Though he's never said it, my view is that because of his strong rejection to being called a 'man of god' and his fascination with topics that would easily be borderline blasphemous to religious folks, Freeman is an atheist. You only have one because you have the other. Like up is the opposite of down, left is the opposite of right. Because if you eliminate evil you'll also eliminate good… Evil is the opposite of good. The show tackles topics such as: whether or not man invented God, if there are superior beings in the universe, and the nature of good and evil. įreeman is known for his gravitas and he has shown much interest in the unanswerable questions of life, particularly on his show, Through the Wormhole. If the mathematics work out, then it's true. We posit a theory… and until it's disproven, we have faith that it's true.
When did I say I was a 'man of god'? … faith! There's a big difference… We take a lot of what we're talking about in science on faith. When an interviewer assumed Freeman was religious, he responded: Generally, those concerned with epistemology end up rejecting religion as its claims have very little basis in verifiable reality. Morgan Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Greenwood, Mississippi, Gary, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois.įreeman is not a 'man of God' and he seems to be highly interested in matters of epistemology.