Denzel Has Offended...

Denzel Washington.  Family man.  Actor.  Sex symbol.  Target for atheist rage.

Indeed.  Denzel, the man everyone loves to love, has found himself in a bit of hot water with atheists recently.  While publicizing his new movie, "Safe House," which opened last weekend with impressive box office receipts, he likened atheism to being a sociopath...or at least that's what atheists are saying he did.

In the interview in question, Denzel says in response to a question about how he prepared for the role and character he played in the movie says, “There’s a book I read called, ‘The Sociopath Next Door,’ and… a, it really became sort of the Bible for me in developing this character. I think he is a sociopath. I think he doesn’t have a conscience. I think he is an atheist and a murderer and a liar.”

For atheists, this is indicia that Denzel hates them and thinks of them as sociopaths.  The atheist community has gone to great links to liken Denzel to Mel Gibson for this comment.

But, down here in reality, Denzel's remarks, when listened to in context (and not in an effort to find a way to be offended about everything), was simply a list of all of the things his character was.  Black, sociopath who also happened to be an atheist.

Try again, atheists.  This one's not going to work.