Actor Morgan Freeman had an interesting interview on CNN this morning, as he was talking about his new show “Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman.”

He correct the anchor who refers to him as a “man of god” and tells her he’s a “man of faith” — faith in science (the segment begins at the 1:11 mark):

The relevant part of the transcript:

Kiran Chetry: And you’ve said before, Morgan, that you’re a ‘man of god.’ When you did this and so many of these questions were posed— Freeman: When did I say I was a ‘man of god’? Chetry: You’re not? Freeman: [laughing} No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o. No no no no no. Chetry: You’re a ‘man of faith’. Freeman: Faith! There’s a big difference. Chetry: Alright, so, the question of faith leads us, most of the time, to a god. What is your view of faith? Freeman: Questions of faith is whatever you actually believe is. We take a lot of what we’re talking about in science on faith. We posit a theory… and until it’s disproven, we have faith that it’s true. If the mathematics work out, then it’s true. Until it’s proven to be untrue…

We need to add him to the list of celebrity atheists.

Anyone else love the notion of an atheist actor playing God?

(via Atlanta Atheism Examiner)



