‘Succession’ actor bashes the Bible, calls religion a bad influence on humanity: ‘People are so stupid’ [Video]

“Succession” actor Brian Cox gave a harsh assessment of religion and its impact on the world in a new wide-ranging interview out this week.

In a new episode of The Starting Line podcast, the Scottish actor, who is a self-professed atheist and socialist, argued that religion has sold humans a false story about reality and contributed to their own “stupidity.”

“Human beings are so f—d,  basically… because they’re so stupid,” he said.

Religion has “led us into all kinds of horror,” he went on to say, referencing the Holocaust and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. “The same things are being repeated again and again in belief systems which do not serve,” he said.

The actor claimed the conflict in the Middle East is “never going to go away,” because it is fueled by these faulty systems which hurt both Muslims and Jews.

Lamenting the lives lost in the conflict, he added, “People are so stupid… and they cannot …