(CP) Actor and comedian Russell Brand announced Friday that he’s going to be baptized this weekend, the culmination of his months-long public wrestling with the tenets of Christianity.
“This Sunday, I’m taking the plunge,” Brand, 48, said in a video he posted to X. “I’m getting baptized.”
Brand said he had heard baptism explained to him as “a chance to die and be reborn; a chance to go away the past behind and be reborn in Christ’s name prefer it says in Galatians — that you may live as an enlightened and woke up person.”
He also referenced what he suggested were non-Christian reflections on the identical theme of embracing death for the sake of life, quoting Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the Buddha.
“All of these items seem so inviting and exquisite,” he said.
Brand also suggested that increasing numbers are turning back to Christianity because the empty value system of modernity disintegrates and leaves them wanting more.
Brand said he had heard baptism explained to him as “a chance to die and be reborn; a chance to go away the past behind and be reborn in Christ’s name prefer it says in Galatians — that you may live as an enlightened and woke up person.”
He also referenced what he suggested were non-Christian reflections on the identical theme of embracing death for the sake of life, quoting Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the Buddha.
“All of these items seem so inviting and exquisite,” he said.
Brand also suggested that increasing numbers are turning back to Christianity because the empty value system of modernity disintegrates and leaves them wanting more.
The actor made headlines last yr after being accused of rape and sexual misconduct. He has denied the allegations. Â
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