The screen legend stars in new supernatural thriller The Rite — in which he plays Father Lucas, a Catholic priest who specializes in exorcisms — and he admits the role made him evaluate his own beliefs about religion.
When asked if he believes in God by Piers Morgan on his CNN talk show, he said, “Yes, I do. I’m not an atheist. I don’t know what it is. None of us do.”
“But everything is God. Everything is particle physics. I’ve read everything I can. I started reading Charles Darwin’s The Origin of the Species … I believe in a God that Einstein believed in, a sort of Spinoza kind of interpretation.”
Although he believes in the concept of a creator, Anthony doesn’t agree with the dogma imposed by organized religions.
Instead, the 73-year-old star believes fundamental certainty in life can cause much misery.
“I think it is dangerous.,” he said. “Certainty is responsible for some of the most awful terrors in the world.”
“I made a point in The Rite, I was saying to the young priest, ‘So what do you believe in? The truth? Oh, yes, the truth. Look where that got us. Hitler, Stalin – they know the truth.’
“I know atheists, brilliant atheists. I enjoy reading Christopher Hitchens, I’ll examine everything. But, what I enjoy is uncertainty.
“There’s lines in this movie where I say, ‘Cherish your doubts because there God is hiding.’ I don’t know. You don’t know. None of us know.
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