Surprising Celebrities

who Reject God

Many comments from the original but with Richard Hollerman’s views interspersed.

Billy Joel

Musician Billy Joel had strong words about his lack of belief in God. During a Howard Stern interview, Joel remarked that he was an atheist who would rather “laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.” He is not totally against religion, however, as his song “The River of Dreams” has religious themes and its music video features Christian singers.

The day will come when Billy must give an account before the “Judge of the whole earth” and either come to Him or turn Him aside. By the way, when we learn about a “musician,” we know that nearly all of them (or all of them) are evil and the music is bad.

Michael Loccisano

Billy Joel does identify with his Jewish heritage but doesn’t practice Judaism. Growing up, he was also exposed to the Catholic church and couldn’t get into that either. He said of the catholic church, “I viewed the whole business as a lot of very enthralling hocus-pocus. There’s a guy hanging upon the wall in the church, nailed to a cross and dripping blood, and everybody’s blaming themselves for that man’s torment.”

Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane has never been one to shy away from his atheism nor the importance he places on it. Like the cartoon dog, Brian, he voices on Family Guy, Seth MacFarlane has vocally expressed his ideas for all to hear. He sees atheism as a cure for mysticism and New Age practices.

Seth MacFarlane told Steppin’ Out magazine in 2007 that “I do not believe in God. I’m an atheist. I consider myself a critical thinker, and it fascinates me that in the 21st century most people still believe in, as George Carlin puts it, ‘the invisible man living in the sky.’ ”

Sadly, we know that Seth is wrong and mistaken. He is blasphemous and evil. Sadly, we must see that He will either turn to Christ and plead for Him to save Him or turn from Him to outer darkness!

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon is an atheist who strongly believes in the separation of church and state. Unfortunately for him, his most famous atheist quote doesn’t quite capture his high-mindedness: “I don’t believe in God, but if I did, I would say that sex is a God-given right.” And that certainly tells us where his priorities are, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Kevin Bacon has said more directly, in 2005, in The Times of London, “I don’t believe in God.”  But before he became an atheist, he was raised as a Catholic. His wife, actress Kyra Sedgwick is Jewish, but she does not practice Judaism  – religiously if you will.

Patton Oswalt

Patton Oswalt considers himself an atheist, but he can’t quite bring himself to condemn religion as forcefully as some other celebrities. “My feelings on religion are starting to morph. I’m still very much an atheist, except that I don’t necessarily see religion as being a bad thing.”

On Patton Oswalt Twitter’s account, he wrote about the bible: “It’s a cool book with some wonderful passages but it also has ghost sex & giants & super babies & demons. It’s why we don’t make laws based on Game of Thrones, My Little Pony or Legend of Zelda.”  In addition, atheism is often referred to in his stand-up comedy.

We have heard that people will “laugh their way to hell” and surely this is the way it is with Patton. Let us find fulfillment in Christ!

Ricky Garvals

Comedian Ricky Gervais is another atheist comedian, which should surprise exactly no one–he really can’t seem to shut up about it. There’s never a time when he’s not cracking jokes, and that includes when he’s speaking about atheism.  When actually asked about his atheism, Gervais says, “I always try to give a sensitive, reasoned answer. This is usually awkward, time-consuming and pointless. People who believe in God don’t need proof of his existence, and they certainly don’t want evidence to the contrary. ”

Ricky Gervais does want to make it clear that atheism is in of itself a belief system. In a Tweet, Ricky Gervais said “Atheism is merely the rejection of the claim that any god exists. Saying it is a belief system is like saying not going skiing is a hobby.”

Of course, atheism or lack of belief in God is just that—a rejection of a faith in Christ and a saying that God and Jesus are wrong and a mistake. Sadly, Ricky himself is wrong and false.

It might be observed that Christianity and eternity is not a matter of which “comedians” should boast. Only by coming to Christ can one find life now and life hereafter!

Larry King

Journalist Larry King was not one to shy away from tough issues, and that included the issue of religion. He argued that religion stems from a fear of death and that if death didn’t exist, neither would religion.  Larry said that he was an agnostic atheist, which just means general disbelief in God without claiming to know for certain.

Nearing the end of his life, after a nearly fatal stroke, King said, “I have less fear of dying now.” And what did he want to do with the rest of his time, King told People magazine “I’m 86 and it is what it is. I just want to keep working until the end. I’d like to die at work—I’ll retire right there!”

Sadly, we know that King was wrong and his death will have convinced him of this, even though he is now gone. But we must think of the thousands who were influenced by his unbelief and evil. He and they are all wrong!

Barry Manilow

Barry Manilow had an unusual response when asked if he believed in God. Instead of talking about the big man upstairs, Manilow mentioned another guy: “Yes, his name is Clive Davis, and he’s the head of my record company.” And indeed he owes Clive Davis much of his success.

When talking about his upbringing, Manilow does not credit religion for becoming an upstanding gentleman. Manilow says “We were very poor, but I never knew it. I was given a secure upbringing and I always felt loved and wanted,” and credits his grandparents for making him the man he is, saying “Grandma and Grandpa taught me Jewish traditions and raised me to be polite, caring and sensitive, a gentleman.”

It seems that either many of the people this person is writing about or Jewish people in general is ones that come to mind. Whatever, we know that this view is wicked and will one day be judged, by a holy God and Christ Jesus!