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Why Brad Turned Away From Religion
Tuesday October 2, 2007
Tuesday October 2, 2007
Brad Pitt may have been born a Southern Baptist, but as the Springfield, Missouri, native entered college, he found himself having a crises of faith.
"When I got untethered from the comfort of religion, it wasn't a loss of faith for me, it was a discovery of self," says Pitt, 43.
Now the head of Hollywood’s most famous family finds comfort in his partner Angelina Jolie and their four children, Maddox, 6, Pax, 3, Zahara, 2, and one-year-old Shiloh. “I still have faith in that,” he says.
In the new issue of Parade magazine, Pitt discusses his evolution from college journalism student to actor to philanthropist. Is a run for office in his future? See interview excerpts below to find out…
On inequality:
"Whoever said all men are born equal never left his own backyard. I see people everywhere without opportunity. I want to help level the playing field."
On whether his charity work is the result of his relationship with Jolie:
"That's idiotic! I do it because I'm a member of the human race. In Africa you see people on the street dying from AIDS, children left without parents. We're all cells of one body, with the same emotions and desires for our families--for a little dignity and a chance for a better life. Let's focus on that! I believe in the founding principles of America. I want to fight for that. I know most Americans feel the same way."
On whether he’ll ever run for office:
"Oh, my God! I never thought about it. I have no desire at this point. Maybe I serve better by not going through that door. George [Clooney] should do it! He'd be quite good. I think Ben Affleck should run."
On being famous:
"When fame really hit me was when Legends of the Fall was released three years later. You get no warning about what celebrity is or how to deal with it. It's sort of multitiered. The initial stage is feeling discombobulated and not up to the task. I didn't understand the incessant attention when I went outside, the way people completely focused on me. It made me very uncomfortable.
On the paparazzi:
"I mean, yesterday Angie was taking Maddie off to school. There were 30 paparazzi outside. One guy sticks a video camera in Mad's face, yelling, 'Maddox! Maddox!' He doesn't get a response. He doesn't know my boy. Mad is already savvy to this, unfortunately. But my 2-year-old dreads being anyplace there are cameras. It scares her. They're all in her face. My kids are faced with this every day! It's disgusting. So we've been run out of L.A., all the major cities. We just can't live there. You don't understand--this is the hunt, the hunt, the hunt! I thought it might be over a year ago. It's gotten worse."
On turning away from religion:
"I didn't understand this idea of a God who says, 'You have to acknowledge me. You have to say that I'm the best, and then I'll give you eternal happiness. If you won't, then you don't get it!' It seemed to be about ego. I can't see God operating from ego, so it made no sense to me.
On the ways of the world:
“We're basically all the same. There is so much focus on our differences. Again, this thing of ego—my high school is better than your high school! We forget that we all have the same feelings on any side of the world. Why can't we find common ground instead of this obsession with our hatreds?”
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11:05 PM
kalee Says:
11:05 PM
kalee Says:
haha why do you waste your time.. like you guysdony like doit ghis.. you just wrote a fuking book
11:05 PM
kalee Says:
haha why do you waste your time.. like you guysdony like doit ghis.. you just wrote a fuking book
11:05 PM
kalee Says:
haha why do you waste your time.. like you guysdony like doit ghis.. you just wrote a fuking book
11:46 PM
Katie Says:
Brad was found opened a profile on a celebrity and millionaire dating site named millmatch.com, along with blogs and photo. I will check it out for you guys and come out with the truth soon.
1:59 PM
Katie E. Says:
ANON 9:04 - Wow, may I reiterate my previous stance that you are the picture of class and elegance! lol! Another lovely high school dropout...I'm so proud to cancel your vote. haha!
1:34 PM
Anonymous Says:
12:25 PM Anonymous Says:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA -- Who's the "mental midget?" I think it's you, "f*cking" freak!
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Gee, your "brilliance" is outstanding. *YAWN*
12:25 PM
Anonymous Says:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA -- Who's the "mental midget?" I think it's you, "f*cking" freak!
9:04 AM
Anonymous Says:
Jolee and Katie E: Well, aren't you two just the special mental midgets! Yawn. Do either of you even know how to read, let alone comprehend what you read? No, because the both of you still don't get it - but I would expect that since you both are very selective with your weak, lame and pitiful "arguments" and you still don't get that your convoluted opinions are not facts.
But you know what? You lowlife's aren't worth anymore of my valuable time. But please, keep projecting your stupidity and anger onto each other - you are just proof of the complete dumbing down of America. Enjoy your blissful ignorance. Oh, you can both go f*ck yourselves too. Have a nice f*cking day you f*cking @ssholes!
1:03 AM
Katie E. Says:
Hahaha! No kidding Jolee. Good Lord, no wonder our country's going to hell in a handbasket.
It's funny how my dad and uncle are watching the same exact PBS Ken Burns series and come away with completely different viewpoints than this imbecile
12:59 AM
Katie E. Says:
Wow, you seem like a very high class individual with your ridiculous amount of cussing. lol! I guess a college degree can be awarded to anyone these days (that is, if you made it that far).
I've been in classes all day, which is why I've posted on a limited basis...but that doesn't mean I haven't thoroughly read your laughable posts and comprehend your argument.
You did, in fact, compare the Taliban to Al Quaeda. Through your illogical comparison of fighting tactics: "Did the Taliban follow the Soviets into Russia when they got their @sses kicked in Afghanistan?" (in response to Al Quaeda coming over here and fighting on our own turf - which they are). That's a complete and utter comparison of the proverbial apples and oranges. But whatever, someone with your intellect would never figure that out. lol!
And yes, if you proclaim that the draft "definitely" needs to be implemented, you ARE under the delusion that you are all-knowledgeable when it comes to military tactics. Me? Well, I prefer to let the professionals handle matters that I don't know all the details about...say, professionals like General Petreaus, et al. When he calls for a reinstitution of the draft, then I might take the matter a bit more seriously. Until then, I'm going to keep my mouth shut on issues I don't fully understand for fear of looking like an ignorant blowhard...kinda like yourself.
Have a good night and please see a therapist about your anger management/cursing issues, I really think it would help you... lol!
12:49 AM
Jolee Says:
Hey Katie E. I'm pretty sure we're dealing with a complete freak here. Our 2 anons always post just moments from each other after 40, or more, minute time spans. Leads me to believe "they" are the same person. Pretty scary people out there, huh? LOL! I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
12:10 AM
Jolee Says:
Hey Anon, are you a cop? Because if you aren't, you must be pro-rape, pro-murder, pro-crime altogether. Pretty ridiculous, eh? But according to you, you must support something if you aren't fighting it directly, right.
8:55 PM
Anonymous Says:
Another moronic RePUKElican who couldn't tell a fact if it up & kick her in the @ss. I will forgive your highly inaccurate post because you don't know any better. This is what happens when one jumps into a debate 3/4's of the way through, not knowing the full story. This is a perfect example of what happens when one doesn't pay attention, they make uninformed statements & end up looking like an ignorant f*ck. You're not even a functioning idiot. Congrats, you've surpassed your own high standards of idiocy.
It's obvious you both missed my point-I never said I was basing my argument on a documentary, dipsh*t, which was that the disparities between sacrifice & duty in WWII are not parallel to Chimpy's war, regardless what you chickenhawk @ssholes like to think or what Chimpy shoves down your throat. We instituted the draft in WWII for a reason-we did not have the manpower, much like today. If everyone is so hell bent on supporting the troops, then we should all sacrifice-why don't YOU get your @ss over there then? Why should the soldiers and their families be the only ones? I never said I knowledgable about military manuevers, so I don't know which side of your @ss you pulled that from. I never said the Taliban &Al Qaeda were the same entity, I just said they were similar in that they are Islamic Fundamentalists, like al Sadr's group, Hamas & similar groups. They just go by different names, stupid. And, I have yet to see any facts or proof from either you or that other idiot supporting your arguments, just your convoluted opinions.
Columbia, ah yes. One of the best schools in the country. I can see how your obvious mental limitations would make you feel intimidated by one so educated but that sounds like a personal problem. Ahmadenijhad? I didn't hear anyone applauding him. But coming from you and seeing your distain for facts, I'll take that as another item pulled from your @ss. Don't guess-don't think-it would cause your head to explode.
8:08 PM
Katie E. Says:
ANON (the idiot one, you know who I'm talking about) - Oh my gosh, you are such an elitest pig...it's a rare occasion when someone manages to make a good, open-minded and non-argumentative debater such as JOLEE give up. Congratulations on being a frickin' jerk-a$$ moron.
I don't have to defend JOLEE, b/c she's a big girl, but she's saying you've based the majority of your argument on a PBS DOCUMENTARY! Whoo-hoo, you sure are well-equiped to override the decisions of our commanders on the ground over in Iraq now that you're watching a PBS DOCUMENTARY! Good Lord, you think the Taliban and Al-Queada are the same damn entity. When you throw out completely false facts like that, I don't know if you realize it, but it makes your entire argument "suspect." Not that I found the remainder of your argument factual or informative or anything, so it's definitely not that big of a deal.
Please do us a favor and head back to Columbia where I'm sure it was the idiots such as yourself who were applauding Ahmadenijhad during his rambling, incoherent, and ridiculous speech.
P.S. Don't get my opinions from redneck.com...cute though, kinda...I guess??
7:20 PM
Anonymous Says:
7:10 PM Danielle Says:
Who died and made you God? What's that saying "do not judge lest ye be judged?" Well, hypocrite, you've proven his point.
If Jesus were alive, he'd smack the sh*t out of you.
7:10 PM
Danielle Says:
That's what's wrong with him. That is why he is Brad PIT-iful. He totally disrespected his marriage, hurt his then wife, and had a bastard baby---sin after sin against God---and with no remorse. He could not have God-given patience to wait on his WIFE to rightfully give him the child he wanted. This fool could not wait until his marriage with Jennifer was LEGALLY over before knocking Angie up! What if Jennifer said, wait I think we can work it out, at the last minute? That's not wisdom, that's foolishness. Then, all his kids he "pimps" to the paparazzi and magazines for money. Do you see ANY other star parading their adopted children like that (ie Madonna, Sheryl Crow, Meg Ryan, and the Parker chick that just adopted an African girl)? He better watch his back for what Angelina believes in---some REAL "karma". All Jennifer is going to do is sit back and laugh. She said she would never take this idiot back.
7:07 PM
Anonymous Says:
And, Jolee the Jack@ss - I've given you clear data, asked straight-forward questions and you have done nothing but weakly attempt to distract from the facts with your opinion, like the good little RePUKElican sheep you are. Secondly, your pathetic opinion is not FACT.
Why do RePUKElicans hate the trooops so much that they voted down a bill that would give our soldiers equal time at home with their families and their tours of duty?
Come on you RePUKElican piece of sh*t, refute my facts.
6:57 PM
Anonymous Says:
5:27 PM Jolee Says:
Why don't you pick up something more than the National Inquirer and educate yourself with REAL world events, maybe a newspaper, perhaps? Your lack of education and complete ignorance is pitiful and you ought to smack yourself right upside your cavernous head.
6:54 PM
Anonymous Says:
5:24 PM Jolee Says:
LOL! Do you have any idea what "The War" is? Oh, that's right - it's not "Desperate Housewives" or "American Idol". It is a documentary, filmed by Ken Burns and Kim Novik, which gives both soldiers and private citizens perspectives of WWII. It's not a movie dingle berry, it's a documentary - it's not fiction but fact. The footage is really striking, especially the ones where our soldiers are dead and bloated, floating in the water on Omaha Beach, idiot - yeah, that's quite a piece of fantasy I'm referring to. It's REALLY cool to hear the vets choke up when describing how their foxhole buddy was blown in half. Why don't you go to pbs.org and look it up yourself. Then you can come back and apologize to me for your supreme idiocy. I don't make sense - what kind of a f*cking moron are you, any way? What are you, an @sshole? Now you've pissed me off - And f*ck you - I support the troops - including a cousin currently in Baghdad, who, by the way, thinks Chimpy McFlightsuit is an incompetent tool just like most of us with more than two brain cells to rub together, by wanting them home, now, and in one piece.
I'd be more than happy to debate with you but A. I have nothing to debate with, you have presented nothing even remotely close to a fact in backing up your argument (and no, talking points don't count); your ignorance and sheer stupidity is astounding and you ought to be embarrassed of yourself and B. For making light of the seriously f*cked up situation this country is in.
Take your hippie bullsh*t and your war-bonding drivel and shove it firmly up your voluminous @ss. Now, kindly go f*ck yourself.
5:27 PM
Jolee Says:
5:08 PM Anonymous Says:
Right back at you, Bud. Again, absolutely no substance to your post. You astound me with your intelligence. Why don't you go back to your Britney, or Angelina thread, or whatever it was - where your lack of intelligence is less noticeable.
5:24 PM
Jolee Says:
You're highly argumentative and you don't make any sense. What movie am I talking about? The one you brought up, smarty - "The War." Are you a hippie? "Let's all go through war together," because that's a solid concept. LIEbrals are the ones who don't want to give support for the surge. Why don't they?
Listen, I'd be more than happy to debate with you, but I can see my efforts are just a waste of breath on you. I don't know how to respond to someone who gets all upset because I referred to a movie that YOU brought up, and who thinks we should all fight a war together because it will be a bonding experience...I'm at a loss for words...LOL.
You have a good afternoon.
5:08 PM
Anonymous Says:
4:41 PM Jolee Says:
Good - we have common ground in some respects. So Bushie, why hasn't the Chimp secured said ports, borders and plants?
5:08 PM
Anonymous Says:
4:38 PM Jolee Says:
I'm wounded. Boo hoo. Now you've made me cry.
YAWN.
5:07 PM
Anonymous Says:
4:35 PM Jolee Says:
No, I've got it mental midget and I've got it more than you do, obviously. Unfortunately for you, it appears that you've got those talking points engraved on your one remaining brain cell. You don't get it, you'll never get it and I find that very, very sad.
Okay-let's put it this way, we have approximately 350K active troops worldwide, 140K are in Iraq, do you believe we can contain Iraq with 140K? Do you think the generals who said we needed at LEAST 350K troops from the start were just pulling numbers out of their @sses? So should we send each and every soldier to Iraq? I'm curious as to where you got the less than 30% figure from.
I'm also very curious though, what movie are you talking about? I don't know where you get your info and I don't know what movie you are referring to, which would mean that you are OBVIOUSLY wrong. I'm more of a BBC, PBS person who believes one who is schooled in the ways of terrorism and in the proper tactics in order to combat it than a bunch of chickenhawks playing cowboys and indians in the White House. I can guarantee you this, attempting to quell a religious rivalry that has festered for 1,400 years with 140K men and a few bombs isn't the best way to combat terrorism. And I think we see proof of that on a daily basis. But you keep those rose-colored glasses on and eat what Chimpy McFlightsuit rams down your throat. Your wilful ignorance is very becoming for you.
4:41 PM
Jolee Says:
"our ports are still wide open as well as our nuclear plants; our borders are a joke & he wanted to sell our ports to Dubai! Which is more important, money or safety?"
** I completely agree with you on this.
4:38 PM
Jolee Says:
4:24 PM Anonymous Says:
Who cares about Angelina Jolie? What are you talking about??
And it's really easy to just call someone ignorant when they disagree with you and give no reason for it. I think you're ignorant too - so take that!! (as I roll my eyes)
4:35 PM
Jolee Says:
Okay, you're understanding, or lack thereof, makes it hard to debate with you...Obviously, since your basing your whole opinion off a movie.
And just so you know, less than 30% of our military is in Iraq. There is absolutely no NEED for a draft; there was during WW11. There's a big difference there, can you see that?
4:24 PM
Anonymous Says:
4:04 PM Jolee Says:
yeah, it's more important to scream about the evil Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. I'm guessing you enjoy being an ignorant f*ck.
4:21 PM
Anonymous Says:
3:59 PM Jolee Says:
Why is that not fair? Are you saying it was unfair for us to institute the draft in 1941? If we didn't institute the draft, we'd probably be speaking japanese or german right now. If you haven't watched the pbs special The War, I highly recommend it.You can get a good feel for sacrifice and what this country went through-TOGETHER. I'm fully aware that signing up for the military is a job-I have many family members who have served & are still serving. However, we don't have ENOUGH manpower and the brunt of this war is borne on the shoulders of 130K men-that's fair?
I'm sure our efforts here and abroad have helped but it's not the whole kit & caboodle. Yes, we've been lucky & many terrorism experts have said the same. As far as Bush's efforts-why hasn't he instituted ANY of the recommendations by the 9/11 commission? Why has every prediction he has put forth been wrong? Yes, he took an oath to uphold the Constitution & protect this country so should we be attacked again, it would be his fault. Especially in light of the fact that he didn't do much to prevent it - our ports are still wide open as well as our nuclear plants; our borders are a joke & he wanted to sell our ports to Dubai! Which is more important, money or safety?
How can the Taliban & Islamic fundamentalists not be one & the same when they both have the same goal? Did the Taliban not rule Afghanistan with Sharia & isn't that the goal of the Fundamentalists? They may both go by different names but their goal is one & the same. Al Qaeda attacked us on 9/11 but who do you think gave them aid, who protected them & who CONTINUES to protect them? The Taliban, who are at pre-9/11 strength & have continued their funding via increased opium production. All the more reason why we should have kept ALL of our resources in Afghanistan in order to wipe out the Taliban, Al Qaeda & bin Laden.
