Actor Matthew McConaughey says in a new interview that he sees no contradiction between science and faith, and that the Bible has helped him become a better person.
He also says Hollywood is sometimes “condescending” to people of faith.
McConaughey, a professing Christian, made the comments during an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Asked if he considers himself religious, McConaughey replied, “Yeah, absolutely.” He told GQ Magazine in 2014 that he attends a non-denominational church that is “based in the faith that Jesus is the Son of God, that He died for our sins.”
McConaughey told Rogan he took a role in the 1997 film Contact in part because of his beliefs about the compatibility of science and faith. The movie tells the story of scientists attempting to make contact with extraterrestrial life.
“I had written a college paper called ‘John Wayne goes West,’ and it was about how do you – how can you – be a believer in a world of science. And I remember writing things during the making of that movie, like, ‘Science is the practical pursuit of God.’ The two are not exclusive. They dance together. They go together – belief and science.
“I never saw those as contradictions. And that’s part of the reason I attacked that role and became part of that movie. I wanted to play a person that had that point of view, of a…
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