John Abraham, who is presently promoting his upcoming film Vedaa, recently shared his take on religion and said that while he is an atheist, he is envious of people who have faith. John shared that for him, religion can be equated with having faith and he finds it quiet incredible when he sees people who have a strong belief system. But, he also added that he finds “irrationality” in religion as “absurd.”
Talking to Ranveer Allahbadia, John said, “I envy people who have faith because faith can move mountains. Faith, belief, these are big things so I envy those people who have that kind of belief. That’s what religion is for me. Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jew, Buddhist, Jain, Sikh, whoever you are, faith is the most important thing. That is the biggest god for me, faith.”
When asked about his idea of god, John insisted that he is a “scientific person” and added, “I am a follower of science so I am a scientific person.” He then said that it is difficult to argue about the existence of god if one takes an “educated approach” and said, “If you take an educated approach then it will be difficult to argue if there is a god or not. I am not saying there is no god. But someone who believes in god, it is because of their faith. It is also faith that drives people.”
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Talking more about the subject, John said that he does not want to sound “offensive” but he does not like the inclusion of certain customs and traditions in the name of religion. “I don’t want to sound offensive because I respect people and I respect their religions. But once irrationality enters a religion, like certain customs and traditions that you see and wonder ‘why? what is even happening?’ I find it absurd,” he said.
John restricted himself from elaborating more on the subject and asked people to have common sense. “I won’t comment about people’s religious faith. I will just say have common sense,” he said.
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