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Damon will not go there.

That, perhaps, is the heart of Matt Damon’s faith: not a set of propositions, but a posture. A reaching. Damon’s position is made more distinct by the company he keeps. His best friend, Ben Affleck, has had a far more public and tortured relationship with religion. Affleck, who famously wore a “I’m Not Religious” pin on Real Time with Bill Maher , has vacillated between criticism of faith and a strange, defensive pride in his own Irish Catholic roots. But Affleck has also been willing to call himself an atheist. matt damon faith

In a revealing 2015 interview with The New York Times , the journalist asked him directly: “Are you an atheist?” Damon will not go there

He told The Hollywood Reporter that he found himself whispering a prayer, despite not believing in the God he was praying to. “It was instinct,” he said. “It’s what you do. You reach for something bigger than yourself when you’re small.” Damon’s position is made more distinct by the