Friday, March 25, 2016

Morgan Freeman: "Religion has been used to justify the worst genocides"

Morgan Freeman (78), believes that religion has been used to "justify the worst genocides" and notes that " killing in God 's name does not relieve any guilt ." This was pointed out the actor in an interview with news agency EFE.

Freeman is in the midst of promoting a series for National Geographic entitled 'The Story of God'. The interpreter, who played the role of God in 'Bruce Almighty', said he believes the show comes at a time when religion "is more present than ever in the whole world" . He further argued that, although it was not raised in a religious environment, believes in God, and said he did not believe or a superior being "and s the real struggle that one has throughout his life , especially when they reach a certain age ".

During the interview, the artist took the opportunity to talk about the only place where no one recognized him during the filming of the documentary to premiere on television on April 3. "It was in an area north of India. A haven of peace. For me it was heaven , "he confessed.

You have to know that in this new series veteran actor runs through seven countries (among them are Israel, India, Mongolia and Egypt) for answers to the big questions of life: " In recent months I have traveled to dozens of cities and I could join the call to prayer in Cairo , I learned to meditate with Buddhist leader, I visited the Mayan temples of Guatemala and I discussed reason and faith at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences , "he said. He added that the series has six episodes: "Afterlife," "End of Days", "Creation", "Who is God?", "Evil" and "Miracles" and concluded by saying that, lthough their spirituality did not evolve with this project , now you have much more knowledge about the major world religions.

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