The actor Brian Cox He is not afraid to say what he thinks, even if it gets him into trouble, sparks controversy, or puts him in trouble. in the middle of the scandaljust as he is now for having spoken about the Catholic religion.
And in the new episode of the podcast “The Starting Line”, to which he attended as a guest, the star of “Succession“Not only did he declare himself an atheist man; but he attacked one of the most famous books of all time, the Bible.
Cox referred to the writing as the worst book that exists, since it has ideas that are archaic for today’s society, such as the fact that women “come” from men: “For me, the Bible is one of the worst books that exist. They exist, from my point of view. Because it begins with the idea that this woman was created from Adam’s rib, and [la gente] will believe it because they are stupid enough,” he said.
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Likewise, he pointed out religion as a patriarchal system that, he assures, far from serving as a guide for human beings, fills them with lies: “Religion holds us back because we have created that idea of God, we have created it as a matter of control , and it is also a patriarchal issue. People need some kind of truth and that is not the truth… it is a mythology,” he added.
The Scot also pointed to the Bible as ancient propaganda: “We have to honor [a las mujeres] and we have to give them their place and we resist that because they are Adam and Eve. I mean, propaganda goes back a long time.”
This is not the first time that Cox has become a topic of conversation for her statements; she previously supported JK Rowling after she was accused of transphobia and harshly criticized Joaquin Phoenix for his role in “Napoleon.”
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