"Well, here’s a scientific question: Has anybody ever seen hard evidence? What we get is theories from our earlier prophets. Now, people who think that God invented us think that the Earth can’t be more than 6,000 years old. So I guess it’s a question of belief. My belief system doesn’t support a creator as such, as we can call God, who created us in His/Her/Its image."

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Source: Morgan Freeman on Inventing God, Aliens Eating Us and His Survival Odds in ‘Dark Knight Rises’. Interview with Tim Molloy, www.thewrap.com. June 7, 2012.

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Morgan Freeman

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Morgan Freeman is an acclaimed actor and filmmaker known for his powerful voice and roles in films like 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'Driving Miss Daisy.'

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