Lonewolf Diaries: Brad Pitt Leading the Anti-Christian Charge
by Steven CrowderI should say right off the bat that I can’t just blame Brad Pitt. The plague of closed-mindedness permeates every corner of Hollywood… Brad Pitt just happens to be the one who’s most recently crystallized it so perfectly. Much like the time Megan Fox tipped Tinseltown’s hand when she said that if given the chance, she’d urge Megatron to only murder the “white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating people in Middle America,” Brad Pitt had a tongue-slip with his anti-Christian comment this weekend. However, I must give credit where credit’s due folks: he made the comment on the Bill Maher show. It takes guts to take such a stance on that program. Doesn’t at least a part of you admire his moral fortitude?
To start with, Brad Pitt said that he was thinking of running for mayor of New Orleans, on an “Anti-religion, pro-legalization of marijuana and pro-gay marriage” platform. I know, I know… What a risky position to take in Tinseltown, right?
After Brads continued “anti-religion” commentary, Bill Maher decided to step up the game with his uniquely hateful brand of bigotry that’s made him oh so popular with 13-year-old atheists everywhere. In a display of “compassion,” Pitt went on to say, “Well I don’t think any Christians watch this show anyway.”
See what happened there…? Without even realizing it, Brad Pitt’s showed us that his use of the word “religion” is really inter-changeable with “Christianity,” as is the case with most of Hollywood. The entertainment industry is never anti-Religion; it’s simply anti-Christian. This goes both hand-in-hand with Hollywood’s obsession with immorality, as well as their compulsion to take shots at society’s whipping boy while praising themselves for their “risky performances.”
Brad then went on to say, “I never wanted to step on anyone’s religion” (don’t worry, that doesn’t stop him from doing so immediately afterward), “Until I started to see it define policy.”
Ooooh okay Brad, I get it. You don’t mind people having a strong worldview… Until it begins to manifest itself through their actions… Unless of course their world-view is “pro-marijuana” such as your own as displayed by your subsequent trip down memory lane where you fondly recalled your joint-rolling escapades.
Hollywood Bottom-line: If someone’s “religion” is nothing more than moral relativism, it should absolutely determine policy. If it actually adheres to an established code of conduct/ethics, you better keep it to yourself you, jerk!
*Note*: Keep in mind that none of this applies to Islam. You see, in Hollywood, the most anti-gay, anti-women, anti-peace religion gets a free pass in the name of political correctness. Just keep this in mind if you’re trying to make sense of everything.
“I was raised in a religious household… It just didn’t work for me in the long run,” Brad went on to say. Heck, I guess it wouldn’t work for me either if I wanted to live a life of hedonistic bliss similar to our Hollywood counterparts. If I were living a life of booze, sex and cocaine-off-of-the-ladies-hipbones, the last thing I’d want is to have held myself accountable to a power greater than myself.
Hollywood, we get it. The Christian faith just doesn’t work for you “in the long run.” However, for a large percentage of this country (the same country that makes your movies millions of dollars), it does. So please, for all of our sakes, keep your “beliefs to yourself” and just “stop the hate.”
Can I get an “Amen”?
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we thought it was Las Vegas, not New Orleans…
Either way, the erstwhile Pitt is just reflecting his community. And they don't like religion much. Seeing there seems to be a thread of continuity between this and his 'Inglorious Basterds' film- meaning killing Nazis is like, to quote the unfortunate Ms Fox like Megatron killing all those bible thumpers…
Who not only pay to see her films but patrol her neighborhood, guard her freedoms, transport all of her worldly goods. Same for Mr Pitt. He is invulnerable, you know- nothing bad can happen to him because he's rich and famous and darn it he's BRAD PITT.
Let's just hope he doesn't realize his own mortality any time soon. Maybe then he'll find out that there is a higher calling.
I think Pitt will find that even in a place like New Orleans, quite a few people won't take to his point of view. It's fine to disagree with people, but he's taken the next step toward incivility. A lot of people (even those who might agree with him on policy) will find that distasteful.
AMEN, all caps, to every single thought expressed in this essay! And then some!
My list of people I will never again give my money via movie tickets is getting quite long indeed. To quote a forgettable character from Kill BIll:
"F&!$ing with you kid's money is the only way to get through to you!"
Hit 'em where it hurts.
Hollywood is Uber liberal, uber liberal = socialist/communist/religion haters..They have been so brainwashed into believing that everything about religion is bad that they don't even remember WHY they started hating it in the first place. It's just THE thing to do when one lives in Hollywood. Or CA for that matter.
Amen
AMEN, my friend, AMEN
Well, you see, being anti-religion doesn't necessitate being anti-Islam.
After all, what is Islam but a nihilistic personality cult?
"nihilistic personality cult", sounds like Hollywood. No wonder they slobber over Islam so much.
I could possibly respect Brad Pitt ONLY if he stood in the center of Bourbon Street and said the same thing! Amen
Hollywood is NOT religion haters- they actually LOVE religion. Just their religion. Hedonism is religious for them. Mother Gai is religious for them. Green is religious for them. Too bad drugs, alcohol, tobacco, anorexia, complete abject greed is their religion, also. While it's OK for them to accept people blowing themselves up and murdering others (including targeted Jews) in the name of religion, to "love your neighbor as yourself", be a "blessed peacegiver", "offer the other cheek" to those who hate and despitefully use you, to "mourn with those who mourn", to refrain from "lusting after a woman" (i.e. show some real respect to woman), to realize that "as you have done it undo the least of these you have done it undo me", to repent AND forgive ALL people- well, that's simply not a religion in Pitt's eye nor is it obviously a life-style.
Amen
AMEN, from an Atheist. I just do not understand the need to bash a religion, especially the Christian beliefs of this Country and its founders.
Another problem is that Pitt is a White guy.
Note that current mayor Ray Nagin got re-elected despite screwing up during Katrina by playing on Black voters' fear of "racist" White politicians. I bet Nagin will play the race card against Pitt if he runs for mayor of New Orleans.
AMEN and AMEN!!
Adherents to the "no religion" platform: Josef Stalin, Enver Hoxha, Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, Che Guevara, and Brad Pitt.
Great company there, Brad.
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New Orlean's is the wrong place for an Anti Religion platform. Have a family member who is the Pastor of a Church just outside New Orleans and to hear him tell it "Business is a Boomin'" in the Religion Industry. Maybe Brad should step off Bourbon Street and check out the real New Orleans before he speaks again……….
The fact that most of the movies from Hollywood just plain suck makes it that much easier to spend my money elsewhere too.
How many people realize that "Global Green", Pitt's "Greensheep" organization, is the U.S. offshoot of "Green Cross International", which was founded by…… Wait fot it…… Mikhail Gorbachev. Anyone remember HIM?
My list of people I will never again give my money via movie tickets is getting quite long indeed. To quote a forgettable character from Kill BIll:
Don't forget that sage of the ages, John Lennon….
Imagine no John Lennon……
It's easy if you try…….
Egoist and doper……
His brain was truly fried…..
Dystopian one-worlder,
Follow him to hell.
Woo Hoo Oooooo
Friend of Aleister Crowley
and I even spelled it right,
Hasta luego Yoko,
Screeching loudly all through the night.
huh… my quote got cut off. Well, here it is:
"F^!$ing with you kid's money is the only way to get through to you!"
Hit em where it hurts, imo
I have been an atheist for nearly my whole life, but have never been able to stand other atheists for very long. Most of them are rather ignorant and intolerant of religion, much like Bill Maher. Oh sure, I was like him (and other atheists/agnostics) back in high school. I left that behind a long time ago, along with all of my Ayn Rand ; )
The problem with most atheist/agnostics is that they don't question how we got here, or why, and fail to acknowledge 1,000's of years of the human experience… as well as all the civilizations of the world. I was raised in a Roman-Catholic household, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong- but isn't the Constitution kind of an end result of the reformation and enlightenment? Because after 1,500 or so years, Christians started asking the hard questions, as Jesus wanted? About how our faith could lead to a better society? This wasn't just pulled out of thin air.
Now I really have no faith or spirituality whatsoever, but I am very fond of the power of ideas. There really is no American race (well besides Native Americans and Clint Eastwood maybe). We are a republic united by a common ideology. Every time I get into an argument with another atheist I ask "how many civilizations has atheism started?" Try that sometime, It usually frustrates them and will most likely end the conversation right there : )
It does not matter whether God exists or not, he has IMMENSE power…
Richard Dawkins should take lessons from you…
Lennon's a hippy-dippy idiot with no concept of reality.
I said it before, and I'll say it again.
We need to change the name of that California enclave of enriched hedonistic slime from "Hollywood" to…
"HELLYWOOD"
Brad Pit-Of-Hell would go for it. It would work for him in the long run, doncha think?
Amen. Yeah funny that. "Anti-Religious" certainly did segue quickly into "Anti-Christian." Always does, my friend. Always does.
The thing that really burns me is that its OK to make fun of Jesus Christ in so many despicable ways…….
but heaven forbid you even draw a cartoon of Mohamed…..
I just remember the words of a very kind, forgiving man I know…..
"Father forgive them, for they know not what they do"
They remind me of the kids I went to school with, pretending at some sort of intelligence by bucking the so-called status quo. Most of us eventually grow up enough to see the inherent value in traditional morality, even if we don't neccessarily ascribe to it ourselves. Some lose themselves in that morass, however. Pity.
I remember when I admired Pitt because when asked about the war in Iraq he said he'd stay quiet about it because he was just an actor and that was a question for elected officials.
A few years later and he runs his mouth incessantly. I think he does it to please Angelina.
Great post Deez. I believe that our nation has room for everyones ideas on faith and every person has room for the respect due one another. It gives me a little hope for all our futures to see an open mind.
What is wrong with Hollywood today? Why is there such a disconnect between the people and the culture (media, art, ect.)? Pitt seems way to comfortable expressing himself lately. Twenty years ago this would be a PR nightmare, but the Hollywood lefties today feel like they are the majority. Pitt has managed to have a golden image, but now the real Pitt has been unleashed.
With all the talk on the left. you would think that a society that lacked Christians would embrace homosexual rights. However, history says otherwise. Nazi Germany and Stalins Russia did horrible things to homosexuals. We could also look at modern day examples of homosexuals being persecuted by Communist China and Islamofascists.
Michael Medved makes the argument against gay marriage without even discussing religion in this article. Of course, the left never wants to admit that there are many other legitimate reasons to be against gay marriage. It is just easier for them to paint their opponents as people who "cling to their guns and religion"
http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2008...
"It just didn’t work for me in the long run…."
My guess is the long run will not work out so well for him either.
Thanks Kevin, I am at peace with my decision, so many who believe as I do are not.
Mahvelous, simply mahvelous…and you rook mahvelous….
uber liberal = perverted druggie malcontents
The love to make fun of Jesus but on the other hand they say that Jesus was a liberal and loves them . People believe that drugs don't fry your brains?
As the West continues to turn away from its Christian heritage, it shouldn't surprise (people who have studied the Bible) that the West is unable to see the real danger that it faces from Islam. Sometimes people simply refuse to see the obvious. On several occasions (in biblical history) people were prevented from seeing the obvious by God. This is probably what is happening to western civilization today. In less then 50 years the West, especially Europe and Canada, is going to wake up with Muhammad's boot on their neck. Islam, which despises almost every one of today's liberal causes in a way that only another fanatic can appreciate, will fill the vacuum left by rejected Christianity.
I wish that America would avoid what is inevitably going to happen to her allies, but it seems unlikely.
BTW, who is Brad Pitt?
Speaking of Megan Fox.
Doesn't she look like Roger the alien from American Dad? You know, when he dresses up to be a hot chick.
I swear it's uncanny.
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I'm too young to remember John Lennon, but I was influenced in my opinion of him by one heartbreaking quote from his son: "Dad's always telling people to love each other but come he don't love me?"
There is only one supreme being belief that isnt a religon. It is the philosophy of Natural Law. All other beliefs in a supreme being are a form of religon. Youre absolutely right Steven, this is anti-Christian not anti-religon.
A caveat to your first paragraph: For a brief time after the Revolution, Russia did experiment with lifting the lid on sexual and other behavior as part of a general backlash against Judeo-Christian teachings. The early Nazis were worse; Ernst Roehm (Hitler's right hand man, for a time) and many other party members of importance were homosexuals. It was only when both regimes realized such things were not going to fly in the general culture that a crackdown on gays began (ending murderously for Roehm and thousands of other homosexuals). But yes, if Hollywood and the Left are so big on gay rights, why are they silent about the treatment given to homosexuals in the Middle East?
Islam has no qualms regarding the use of any power it may possess to achieve further power, and power is the one thing nihilists respect.
put his b*lls in a vice and he'd be the first one begging god for help.
AMEN!!! God bless you for your boldness! I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ! Christ said we would be persecuted for our beliefs.
I'm agnostic, but tend to find most other agnostics very wishy-washy and, yes, oblivious to the nature of civilization and its formation, religion, etc. It seems as if for most agnostics, agnosticism is just a way to allow them to never take a stand, and give them a safety net "just in case"… as if an Old Testament style god who would cast atheists into hell would give such cowardice a pass.
What, like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35425033@N05/3833101...
"I'm not the boss of the customers, but I'm the boss of you, and I'm telling you to keep that shit kicker hat at home. "
Not completely forgettable
AMEN! BROTHER, I'VE GOT NEWS FOR BRAD PITT, NO ONE REALLY CARES WHAT HE THINKS, EXCEPT GOD & THE DEVIL. GOD LOVES HIM EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN HIM. AND SATAN HATES HIM…IT'S A BATTLE FOR HIS SOUL AND BRAD WAS GIVEN "FREE WILL" BY THE "GRACE OF GOD" JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. IT'S UP TO BRAD AND BRAD ALONE IF HE WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN OR HELL. SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS CHOSEN HELL!!! IT'S HIS CHOICE. I'LL PRAY FOR HIM AND MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIS SOUL…BUT I DON'T THINK SO! THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO HEAVEN AND THAT'S BY ACCEPTING JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE: NO MAN COMETH UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME. JOHN14:6
Oh, for the day when male actor heros were real he men.
and he can't even act. I believe in people who do good for goods sack and not for the political correctness and false image. BIG EGO! NO SUBSTANCE! IN the trash bin with commie Jane Fonda.
However, I must give credit where credit’s due folks: he made the comment on the Bill Maher show. It takes guts to take such a stance on that program. Doesn’t at least a part of you admire his moral fortitude? THIS IS A VERY IGNORANT COMMENT. SORRY, DON'T MEAN TO INSULT YOU. BUT THE TRUTH IS HE HAS NO MORAL FORTITUDE! IT DIDN'T TAKE GUTS TO TAKE SUCH A STANCE ON THAT PROGRAM. EVERYONE KNOWS BILL MAHER IS AN ATHEIST ALSO! IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN GUTS AND MORAL FORTITUDE!!! TO GO ON BILL MAHER'S SHOW AND EXHALT (to praise or worship) GOD/JESUS CHRIST!!! GOD BLESS ALL AND AMERICA!
No wonder he doesn`t like the Christian religion. He is living with a woman he`s not married to and his children are bastards.This way he can dull his consience. poor Brad He is in for a rude awakening.
I found your post both thoughtful and thought provoking. Great post – but you did forget John Wayne. He is definitely a part of the American race.
You really need to understand the idea of sarcasm. Read the rest of the post, especially the last couple of paragraphs. I can understand that sarcasm is hard to do online so I'll give you some room.
"Traditional" morality is like a "classic" car… if it's running it's a fine thing, if not it's just very very old non-functioning lump. Most of "traditional morality" is, at this point, fit for either a musuem or the scrap-heap, but it really oughtn't be on the road.
"I think he does it to please Angelina."
Who wouldn't?
Don't lie, remember Santa's watching…
Hells yeah! Damn that orphan-adopting, charity-donating scumbag! Shoulda totally done the right thing and put some of that money down on symbolic finger-jewelry and a big public spectacle where some guy makes it "officially okay with the big guy" if he sleeps with his ladyfriend. What a selfish jerk…
Um…… Brad Pitt does not like someone to act on their belief unles it is smoking pot. OK
But if you smoke Pot then you won't be able to act Uh …………………………………………..
The thing to do is to stop going to their atrociously boring and worthless movies.
I lived in South Louisiana many happy years. There are no counties there, only parishes. Good luck, pal. You're not the Pitt, but the pits. "…It just didn’t work for me in the long run,” Nope, you mean the short run. Blink and your life will be over. To whom will you pray at that awful moment, Louie Mayer?
No, it would not work for him as he does not believe in Hell either. The hedonist can not aspire to anything higher for they are unwilling to be held to account. Likewise there can be no Hell, for the very idea of consequences affirms that there is a standard to aspire to in the first place.
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Do you guys actually listen to the comment? He isnt planning on running for anything, he was asked and he responded sarcastically.
Also the sunday school I went to I was taught as a christian. Only god judges.
Amen! Love that we are like-minded thinkers….
Actually, in the Gospel of Matthew Jesus taught (I believe chapter 7?) "judge not, that ye be not judged" while in the Gospel of Mark (??? chapter 12???) Jesus taught "judge not unrighteously….(least the unrighteous judgements are meted out to you). Anyway, the context, I believe, is equating judging with condemnation or punishment, rather than calling a spade a spade, or making a judgment as to the morality of a situation. But, I agree that too many go over the top using scripture to slice someone else's behavior instead of their own.
I agree with the Uber Liberal 100%, but I don't like the fact that you put EVERYONE in Hollywood, CA under that label. My sister lives there and assure you she in one of the PROUD, card carrying Republicans and is Lutheran. She is definately the minority and gets grief all the time, but she stands her ground. She does not follow "what is popular" she stands for herself and her beliefs and doesn't sway to popular opinion!
Religion is bullshit, God is far more powerful than any book.
Christians think they own God but they do not. They just use the name of God to enslave others with their bile.
I love Jesus, yet I cannot stand Christians
Christianity requires one to realize that we are all sinners and need the grace of God to receive forgiveness and salvation through Christ Jesus.
I don't like Brad Pitt's movies and I am disgusted by his lifestyle, but at the same time I pray that he will one day seek the one that can save him from the life of hopless despair that has made him so bitter.
Pretty sure that when people use the word "Hollywood" here, they're referring to the industry, not the city of the same name.
Really sorry to see Brad Pitt go down this path as well. I used to quite like him – he seemed a bit more thoughtful than the usual garden variety celeb. I guess it becomes inevitable living in the Hollywood bubble. I wonder if he and Tom Cruise are on talking terms – or will he spare Scientologists? Rhetorical question – Christians only.
Quiet, you! The Persecution-Complex Ceremony is underway and any attempts at critical thinking will be expunged. Amen!
They get that from Nietzsche, I think…
And what exactly are you trying to get across sparky?
EXACTLY Tom!
I appreciate your tolerance, but I suspect that what you really are is agnostic.
What I mean by that is, atheism is a dogma, whereas agnosticism is a logical, science-based conclusion based on a lack of sufficient evidence to formulate a dogmatic position.
You can't tell me that "god" doesn't exist, because you can't possibly know that. You can, however, assert that there isn't enough objective evidence to support the postulation of a god. That's the difference in a nutshell.
Agnostics are rarely aggressive in their efforts to proselytize. Why would they be?
"So please, for all of our sakes, keep your “beliefs to yourself” and just “stop the hate.” "
I so wish that my religiously inclined friends would heed your advice as well Mr. Crowder.
I appreciate your tolerance, but I suspect that what you really are is agnostic.
What I mean by that is, atheism is a dogma, whereas agnosticism is a logical, science-based conclusion founded on a lack of sufficient evidence to formulate a dogmatic position.
You can't tell me that "god" doesn't exist, because you can't possibly know that. You can, however, assert that there isn't enough objective evidence to support the postulation of a god. That's the difference in a nutshell.
Agnostics are rarely aggressive in their efforts to proselytize. Why would they be?
Did he also say that you should persecute those who do not share your beliefs?
Read the comment in this section and imagine they are directed at you because you believe differently. If you can do that you'll understand why some people come to hate the public face of religion
That the no religion platform has been used by some of the most egregious murderers of this past century. State mandated religion and state mandated irreligion are equally harmful.
Hope I made myself clear, chief.
It flows a little roughly, but it's words of truth. Dillonesque maybe…
"Theo van Gogh had more ba!!s than any Ron Howard or Speilberg or any Hollywood bigshot"
Yes. What you said, needs to be said again.
Yes, comments usually made in jest by people on a blog is a stellar way to gauge one's true beliefs….
That you did, I appreciate the clarification though in the context of the original post by Mr. Crowder, it seems like a lot of hyperbole to link Pitt to Stalin. Carrying on with that line of thinking, any one of the posters here could be linked to Torqemada in the same fashion.
"It does not matter whether God exists or not…"
Sigh. See my post above. You aren't an atheist; you're agnostic.
Well, both sides have their morons.
Your bombthrowers call people like me delusional and stupid, and Christian bombthrowers say you're immoral and soulless.
I'm Catholic, you're atheist. Cool. The world doesn't end.
As a nearly life-long atheist I find a lot of atheists are tolerant, but perhaps half are not. Even a number of my fellow cryonicists appreciate the culture and love of life we have inherited from Christianity. I went to Catholic schools for 12 years and I'm glad I did, because I got a grounding in individual responsibility and a firm grasp of right and wrong that has withstood my shift in beliefs.
It's a shame about Ayn Rand. If she were around today, she ought to find herself more sympathetic to religion than to militant atheists, crystal and gaia and voodoo cultists and other upstarts who malign mainstream Christianity so vociferously. Then again maybe she would refuse to see it that way.
Here's something to consider, though. In the battle for the minds of Islamic youth, which is ultimately more powerful: the teachings of the glorious Ayatollah, or Britney Spears writhing around on a pole?
Western culture corrupts. Heck, it corrupted me and I've never properly thanked it…
The downside of that is, there'll always be some pathetic creature willing to strap a bomb to his chest just to make the pain stop. But I think radical Islam may have a hard time surviving the age of the internet. They're rioting on the streets of Tehran already.
You paint with a very broad brush. The Christians I know love Jesus and show it in their daily lives.
'Enslaving others'? There’s always going to be people who use religion (all religions) as a front for their own personal agendas. None of it negates Christ’s message. You should reserve your anger for those who indulge in these deceptions and hijack the Christian name. Peace.
I thought Ron Howard's next project was going to be a film adaptation of "The Satanic Verses".
Maybe I heard that wrong…
I'm praying for your CAPS LOCK key. Try laying on hands…
You're much kinder than I am. Sarcasm done right communicates very well in print. As in the above example.
There's a particular, fairly common form of learning difference where the kids process everything literally and don't understand sarcasm at all. I forget what it's called; my wife teaches those kids. Brenda, I think, remains undiagnosed.
That's actually pretty funny. I gave you your thumb back…
Your just not the "right" kind of Christian. I'm a Calvinist…we can judge people all day long.
"not of the Elect…out of the pool ."
You're just not the "right" kind of Christian. I'm a Calvinist…we can judge people all day long.
"not of the Elect…out of the pool ."
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