Entertainment Legend & Freethinker John Davidson

Singer and actor John Davidson was the host of several fondly remembered TV shows, including “That’s Incredible,” “The $100,000 Pyramid” and, most famously, “The New Hollywood Squares.” He hosted his own variety show for a season and was one of the most used guest hosts on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” Davidson has starred in several TV series, including with Sally Field on “The Girl with Something Extra,” and in a number of movies (“Edward Scissorhands” among them). He has also released a dozen solo albums. A highlight of Davidson’s theatrical appearances has been his national tour as The Wizard in “Wicked.”

“I had these discussions with my dad, but they wouldn’t go anywhere because my dad would say: ‘Well, look at the good that Christianity has done,’” Davidson, the son of two Baptist ministers, tells “Freethought Matters” co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor. “And I would say: ‘Look at the harm that Christianity has done.’ I lived in Mexico, as I know Dan did for a while. And I would see these poor, poor Mexican people come in and light a candle and give their last couple of pesos to the church, which has billions of dollars in Rome, and be brainwashed into giving money so that they could be happy.”

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