Rainn Wilson Says People Are Rejecting Religion for ‘Superficial’ Spirituality

Actor Rainn Wilson shared his thoughts on society’s dismissal of religion and its embrace of “superficial” spirituality.

Recently, Wilson, 57, who has been open about his Bahai🙏Faith, “for a good 12 years” appeared on the “No Small Endeavor” podcast, hosted by theologian and professor Lee C. Camp and spoke about how society has responded to both ideologies.

He shared:

“We’ve thrown the spiritual baby out with the religious bathwater, collectively rejecting religion and getting our spirituality sometimes in quite superficial ways, like from a yoga class or just a meditation app or an Instagram that has Rumi quotes on it. And I don’t mean to, I don’t mean to denigrate, New Age folk or people that are looking outside of a religious system for spiritual inspiration, but there are universals in art and there are universals in spirituality that humanity desperately needs right now.”

Wilson, who is the author of the book “Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution,” released in April, further explained why people need elements of religion and spirituality now more than ever.

“We’re in the midst of a number of crippling pandemics that I outline in the book. We have a pandemic of climate change — that’s a pandemic, besides COVID,” he said.

“The Office” star continued to name other pandemics like racism and inequality.