Actor Chris O'Dowd thinks following a religion will eventually become as offensive and unacceptable as racism.
The Irish star of films such as The Sapphires and Bridesmaids says he grew up respecting people of faith despite his atheist views, but has become "less liberal" as he ages.
Now he says religious doctrine is halting human progress and brands it "a weird cult".
He also thinks US president Barack Obama had to overstate his Christian faith in order to get to the White House.
O'Dowd has told Britain's GQ magazine: "For most of my life, I've been, 'Hey, I'm not into it, but I respect your right to believe whatever you want'. But as time goes on, weirdly, I'm growing less liberal. I'm more like, 'No, religion is ruining the world, you need to stop!'.
"There's going to be a turning point where it's going to be like racism. You know, 'You're not allowed to say that weird s**t! It's mad! And you're making everybody crazy!'
"And you know, now America can't have a president that doesn't say he believes in God. So we're f**ked! Like, they f**ked everything!
"You wanna go and live in your weird cult and talk about a man who lives in a cloud, you do that, but don't. I mean, you really think that Barack Obama believes in God? No way!"
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He's a comedian
He's a comedian
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: He's a comedian
Ignorant moron...
This guy is particularly simple minded, even by actor standards....
This guy is particularly simple minded, even by actor standards....
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Re: He's a comedian
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For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
Re: He's a comedian
Let's see...
Imagine a Christian who believes that same-gender sodomy is sinful and that "gay marriage" is an abomination.
It's difficult, but use your imagination to envision such a person.
Now.
Can you imagine anyone calling this person a bigot? Maybe some Canadian/Italian who posts on this very board.
I know this is REALLY far fetched to imagine such a person and someone who would refer to them as a bigot, but isn't that pretty much like, "...following a religion [being considered] as offensive and unacceptable as racism"?
I have no idea who Chris Dowd is, but if you don't think he is on to something, you are blind.
Imagine a Christian who believes that same-gender sodomy is sinful and that "gay marriage" is an abomination.
It's difficult, but use your imagination to envision such a person.
Now.
Can you imagine anyone calling this person a bigot? Maybe some Canadian/Italian who posts on this very board.
I know this is REALLY far fetched to imagine such a person and someone who would refer to them as a bigot, but isn't that pretty much like, "...following a religion [being considered] as offensive and unacceptable as racism"?
I have no idea who Chris Dowd is, but if you don't think he is on to something, you are blind.