Chris Pratt is taking advantage of the promotion of “The Final List”, his Amazon Prime Video series, to address all the controversies he has starred in in recent years. His faith has featured in many of them, most notably his alleged connection to the Hillsong Church, a fairly powerful congregation in the United States that openly condemns the LGTBQ + community. In 2019, the “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor was linked to Hillsong and Elliot Page criticized him on social media, saying that “If you are a famous actor and you belong to an organization that hates a certain group of people, don’t be surprised if someone simply wonders why they don’t talk about it. Being anti-LGBTQ + is wrong, there are no two sides to it. damage is serious. Period “. Pratt responded shortly after saying: “It has recently been suggested that I belong to a church that “hates a certain group of people” and is “woefully anti-LGBTQ +”. Nothing could be further from the truth. I go to a church that opens its doors to everyone.”.
In a recent interview with Men’s Health, Chris Pratt wanted to completely distance himself from the controversial church: “I’ve never been to Hillsong. Never. I don’t know anyone from that church.”. He justifies not having said it before because he didn’t want to “don’t throw church against the bus”Y says she attends Zoe’s church, which was founded by Pastor Chad Veach and also a celebrity frequenter. She doesn’t surprise anyone, she also has a homophobic background. Although the church does not specify its opinion on the LGBTQ + population, its leader was the producer of a documentary in which same-sex relationships were claimed to be “sexual failure”. Pratt defends himself by saying that he doesn’t go to that church exclusively and that his daughter with Katherine Schwarzenegger was baptized in the Santa Monica congregation where his wife went as a child.
“Religion has been oppressive for a long time”
The actor, who returns as Star-Lord in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’, wants to clarify his opinion on the Church and religion: “Religion has been fucking oppressive for a long time. I didn’t know that I would become the face of religion when I am not truly a religious person. I think there is a distinction between being religious – adhering to man-made customs, sometimes appropriating the awe reserved for someone I believe is a very real God – and using it to control people, to take their money, to abuse children, to steal land, to justify hatred. Whatever. The evil that is in the heart of every human being has taken root in the back of religion and joined the journey “.
It is not the first time that he distances himself from the establishment of the Christian Church. In the post in response to Elliot Page, Chris Pratt also wrote: “My faith is important to me, but no church defines me or my life, and I’m not a spokesperson for any church or group of people. My values define who I am. We need less hatred in the world, not more. I am a man who believes that everyone has the right to love whoever wants free from the judgment of other men “..
Source: E Cartelera
