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(CP) Actor and comic Russell Brand introduced Friday that he’s going to be baptized this weekend, the fruits of his months-long public wrestling with the tenets of Christianity.
“This Sunday, I’m taking the plunge,” Brand, 48, mentioned in a video he posted to X. “I’m getting baptized.”
Brand mentioned he had heard baptism defined to him as “a chance to die and be reborn; a chance to depart the previous behind and be reborn in Christ’s title prefer it says in Galatians — that you would be able to dwell as an enlightened and woke up particular person.”
He additionally referenced what he recommended had been non-Christian reflections on the identical theme of embracing demise for the sake of life, quoting Stoic thinker and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the Buddha.
“All of these items appear so inviting and exquisite,” he mentioned.
Brand additionally recommended that growing numbers are turning again to Christianity because the empty worth system of modernity disintegrates and leaves them wanting extra.
Brand mentioned he had heard baptism defined to him as “a chance to die and be reborn; a chance to depart the previous behind and be reborn in Christ’s title prefer it says in Galatians — that you would be able to dwell as an enlightened and woke up particular person.”
He additionally referenced what he recommended had been non-Christian reflections on the identical theme of embracing demise for the sake of life, quoting Stoic thinker and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and the Buddha.
“All of these items appear so inviting and exquisite,” he mentioned.
Brand additionally recommended that growing numbers are turning again to Christianity because the empty worth system of modernity disintegrates and leaves them wanting extra.
The actor made headlines final 12 months after being accused of rape and sexual misconduct. He has denied the allegations.
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