Don’t take him to church.
Stephen Fry caused quite a stir earlier this year on Gay Byrne’s Meaning of Life when he criticised Christianity in general.
In these teasers for Gay Byrne’s interview with Hozier, the young singer-songwriter explores similarly sensitive themes.
Hozier criticises the Christian idea that babies are born with original sin and must be cleansed of this through a baptism ritual to which they haven’t consented.
Articulately and eloquently, Hozier also condemns the church’s persistence in ‘sticking their noses’ into the ‘relationships of two people’ – saying that the Catholic doctrine can inspire people to ‘fear being born, making love and dying.’
This one is bound to be a controversial must watch when it hits our screens this Sunday at 10.30pm on RTÉ.
Clips via RTÉ.
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