Hollywood superstar Chris Pratt continues to speak regularly about his Christian faith—even in conversations with outspoken atheists. Christianity came up during a conversation between Pratt and Bill Maher on Maher’s podcast, “Club Random.”
“I wasn’t confirmed in the Catholic Church,” Pratt told Maher as the two were discussing aspects of church history and Pratt was explaining why he does not identify as Catholic. Pratt said that he is a Christian who attends Catholic church. “I love it all,” he said. “I’m a follower of, you know, Jesus.”
Editor’s note: This video contains language some might find offensive.
Chris Pratt and Bill Maher Talk About Protestantism, Catholicism
Bill Maher is the former host of “Politically Incorrect” and current host of “Real Time With Bill Maher.” In 2008, he released the film “Religulous,” in which he presented an extremely negative view of various religions, including Christianity.
Chris Pratt is an actor who rose to fame while on the TV show “Parks and Recreation” and has since starred in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise, the “Jurassic World” franchise, and numerous other films and series.
RELATED: Comedian Chris Distefano Urges Bill Maher To Read Lee Strobel’s ‘The Case for Christ’
During the conversation, Maher mentioned that he was raised Catholic, commenting to Pratt, “You’re Catholic, I know.”
At one point, the two were discussing the movie “Moneyball,” which Pratt was in and which was based on a book by Michael Lewis. Before Pratt remembered Michael Lewis’ name, C.S. Lewis was the author who came to his mind. Maher and Pratt laughed about the mix-up, and Pratt said, “I like C.S. Lewis, though.”
“You would,” Maher replied. “Not an atheist like me, but he is your boy.”
Maher went on to list well-known figures in addition to Lewis he believed converted to Catholicism later in life, including “The Waste Land” poet T.S. Eliot, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and Vice President J.D. Vance. C.S. Lewis was in fact Anglican, not Catholic, and Eliot is said to have converted to Anglo-Catholicism.
“I was brought up Catholic,” Maher said. “To this day, if I walk into a church, you know, there’s a feeling that will never go away for me: fear. But it’s also, you know, I’m sure, for many people, inspirational. It’s both, you know.”
“I was baptized Catholic as a child, and then I was raised—my family wasn’t religious, but I was, you know, baptized Catholic, kind of procedurally through my family because my dad was Catholic…and then we never really went to church,” Pratt explained. “I grew up next to a Lutheran church, which I went to a few times, and of course, Lutheranism and Catholicism slightly differ in terms of the way that they translate the literal Bible.”
