Andy Drozdziak
Guardians of the Galaxy actor Chris Pratt has compared criticism of his faith to the rejection suffered by Jesus as he quoted the Bible during a film premiere.
Referring to criticism received when making public declarations of faith, Pratt said: “If I was of this world, they would love me just like that but as it is, I’ve chosen out of this world. That’s John 15:18 through 20.”
He also said that ridicule of Christians is ‘nothing new’ and has been happening for over two thousand years.
“That’s the way it is — nothing new,” Pratt said. “Two thousand years ago, they hated him (Jesus) too.”
Pratt,43, who is married to Catholic Katherine Schwarzenegger, daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger, was interviewed by Page Six at a Cinema Society screening of his upcoming film, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. He is known for posting about his Christian faith on social media, such as a verse from Psalm 23: “He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me to still water.” When announcing his engagement to Katherine Schwarzenegger in 2019, he said on social media that he was ‘proud to live boldly in faith with you.’
Despite his defence of his faith, Pratt has rejected the title of being a ‘religious person.’
“I didn’t know that I would kind of become the face of religion when really I’m not a religious person,” Pratt told Men’s Health in a 2022 interview.
“I think there’s a distinction between being religious — adhering to the customs created by man, oftentimes appropriating the awe reserved for who I believe is a very real God — and using it to control people, to take money from people, to abuse children, to steal land, to justify hatred.”
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