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Brian Cox, the 77-year-old "Succession" actor is a self-proclaimed socialist well known for his controversial and discourse-sparking opinions. In an episode of "The Starting Line Podcast" with Rich Leigh, Cox shared more of his thoughts on religion, wealth distribution and politics.
When asked about religion holding humanity back, Cox said, "Oh considerably, yes I think religion does hold us back because it's belief systems which are outside ourselves."
"They're not dealing with who we are. Were dealing with, 'Oh if God says this and God does that, and you go, 'Well what is God?' Weve created that idea of God, and weve created it as a control issue, and its also a patriarchal issue . . . Its essentially patriarchal; we havent given enough scope to the matriarchy."
"I mean the propaganda goes right way back. The Bible is one of the worst books ever, for me, from my point of view." He continued that people may need religion, "but they dont need to be told lies, they need some kind of truth, and that is not the truth. It is not the truth, its a mythology you know . . . its not really to do with what women understand more than anybody."
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Brian Cox? pffffft Only those who refuse to read the Bible produce this kind of perverted crap. I'm totally down with
ancianita
Apr 30
#7
Why do Christians refuse to even think they could be wrong? Arrogance is what turns people away from
flying_wahini
Apr 30
#38
And written by hundreds of "men", not their "God", with controlling the masses in mind.
Bev54
Apr 30
#53
Wrong. The Bible is fact based 2,000 year history. If you don't own one or haven't read one, you wouldn't
ancianita
Apr 30
#9
Remember that 48% of your fellow Democrats are Christian. Democrats are reality based, not "IF" based.
ancianita
Apr 30
#16
100% of those being tortured during The Inquisition declared themselves Christians
Stardust Mirror
Apr 30
#32
sorry. anyone that believes there is absolute truth between the pages of a book ...
stopdiggin
Apr 30
#41
Miss me with this ignorance. Tell all this nonsense to 48% of your fellow Democrats who are Christian.
ancianita
Apr 30
#17
So what? Just because people were raised to believe nonsense doesn't mean that the nonsense is not nonsense.
Sky Jewels
Apr 30
#25
The mental gymnastics one must go through to convince themselves this bullshit is "real"
Sky Jewels
Apr 30
#28
So is the Koran. And just because you think you are correct, I can say I KNOW you're wrong.
flying_wahini
Apr 30
#39
The Bible is a steaming pile of convoluted mythology made up and promulgated by males.
Sky Jewels
Apr 30
#12
So what do you think of people who swallow this bullshit -- such as President Biden?
onenote
Apr 30
#46
He's Scottish, not English; the status of the "national church", the Church of Scotland, is different
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 30
#54