Brian Cox expressed his skepticism toward religion in a new interview, saying it holds humanity back as a tool of patriarchal control, and called the Bible “one of the worst books that ever existed.”
The Succession star, 77, appeared in the latest edition of The Starting Line Podcastwhere he spoke with host Rich Leigh about a number of topics ranging from the distribution of wealth to religion and politics.
When Leigh asked if religion holds humanity back, Cox responded: “Oh, considerably, yes. I think religion holds us back because they are belief systems that are outside of ourselves.”
“It’s not about who we are, we’re dealing with, ‘Oh, if God says this and God does that, and you say, ‘Well, what is God?’ We’ve created that idea of God, and “We’ve created it as a matter of control, and it’s also a patriarchal thing… and it’s essentially patriarchal: we haven’t given enough room to matriarchy.”
The veteran actor delved into the topic, citing the biological differences between mothers and fathers.
Brian Cox, 77, expressed his skepticism toward religion in a new interview, saying religion holds humanity back as a tool of patriarchal control and calling the Bible “one of the worst books of all time.”
“The motherhood thing is the real conditioning of our lives. Our parents don’t condition ourselves because they are too selfish, but our mothers have to because they have an umbilical cord. That’s what the umbilical cord is all about.” …’
Cox continued: “Even if it’s cut, there is an umbilical relationship with your child, and women have it, men don’t, they’re just sperm banks.”
Cox said changing a patriarchal approach to society would be a challenge, adding that the narratives underpinning that approach go back to the Bible.
He said, ‘We do it because we have to honor them and we have to give them their place and we resist that because all of our… are Adam and Eve. I mean, the propaganda goes back a long way: the Bible is one of the worst books of all time, for me, from my point of view.
“Because it starts with the idea that Adam’s rib… you know that (from) Adam’s rib, this woman was created, and they will believe it because they are stupid enough.”
Cox admitted that while spiritual people need something to guide them, he believes the Bible is not the answer.
‘They need it, but they don’t need to be told lies, they need some kind of truth, and that’s not the truth. It’s not the truth, it’s mythology, you know… it doesn’t really have to do with what women understand better than anyone else.
After Leigh commented that removing religion could be perceived as a high level of thinking, Cox responded: “I don’t think it’s that high; I think it’s a level of understanding.”
The Succession star appeared on the latest edition of The Starting Line Podcast, where she spoke with host Rich Leigh about a host of topics ranging from the popular TV series to religion and politics.
When Leigh asked if religion holds humanity back, Cox responded: “Oh, considerably, yes. I think religion holds us back because they are belief systems that are outside of ourselves.”
Cox admitted that while spiritual people need something to guide them, he believes the Bible is not the answer.
Cox referenced the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and the rising death toll in explaining his attitude on the issue.
“It’s higher than killing someone, and killing someone in this unnecessary pursuit of something that has no use for us at all,” he said. “And the cruelest thing is these children… who were massacred by Hamas and the more children there are that way, you know… it’s good for thousands, we have probably killed 5,000 children now and the unborn live in these hospitals “. .
‘I mean, really, it’s amazing that we do this… even Hamas is doing well. “It’s all going too far now, isn’t it?”
He added: “I mean, people are so stupid… they’re so stupid… and they can’t see the writing on the wall, you know?”
Early in the chat, Cox, a self-described socialist, expressed his cynicism regarding humanity while speaking on the topic of wealth distribution. He said that “hopefully” billionaires will not exist in the future, but he was not necessarily optimistic about the evolution of society.
“Unfortunately, we’re still kind of saplings, you know, we’re still those frogs that aren’t adults, we haven’t grown up,” Cox said. ‘We are not yet out of the baby stage of our existence.
‘You know, it’s…human beings are basically so screwed up; Basically, they’re screwed and they’ve been screwed and they’re not doing anything about it and they continue to be screwed, because they’re so stupid, that’s really the thing about humanity, it’s so deeply, deeply stupid.’
Cox referenced the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas and the rising death toll in explaining his attitude on the issue.
Cox pointed to the “appalling” series of events in the aforementioned Middle East conflict, saying, “You know they’re going to fix it, but it’s never going to go away because of belief systems, belief systems that don’t contribute to equanimity.” ‘
The Emmy-winning actor is coming off a career-defining role as media mogul Logan Roy on the HBO series Succession.
Cox pointed to the “appalling” series of events in the aforementioned Middle East conflict, saying, “You know they’re going to fix it, but it’s never going to go away because of belief systems, belief systems that don’t contribute to equanimity.” .
“It’s about this notion of God, that the idea that there is a God who takes care of us all, there is no such thing, it doesn’t happen, that’s not what it’s about.
He added: “It’s about us and we don’t examine ourselves enough to not look at who we are.” We are always looking outside ourselves, instead of looking inside ourselves.’
