Recently, Brian Cox, aged 77 and known for his role in Succession, referred to Christians as “stupid” and characterized the Bible as one of the “worst books ever.”
During an interview on The Starting Line Podcast, the actor asserted that religion holds humanity back “considerably” and argued that “It’s belief systems which are outside ourselves.”
“We’re not dealing with who we are, we’re dealing well… if God says this and God does that, and you go, ‘Well, what is God?’ We created that idea of God and we’ve created it as a control issue, and it’s also a patriarchal issue,” Cox said.
“That’s how it started, and it’s essentially patriarchal. We haven’t given enough scope to the matriarchy and I think we need to move matriarchally. We have to go more towards the matriarchy because the mothering thing is the thing which is the real conditioning of our lives,” he continued.
“Our fathers don’t condition ourselves, they’re too bloody selfish,” Cox opined.
“But our mothers have to because they have an umbilical… you know, that’s what the umbilical cord is about. Even though it’s cut away, there’s an umbilical relationship to your child. And women have that. Men do