no longer religious

I'm completely unreligious myself, but I've never heard this man say anything he needs to apologize for on that subject. Some people just assumed he belonged to a church that condemned homosexuality and demanded a renunciation without even bothering to ask him if that was true.

The same goes for him being glad his daughter was born healthy. The social media trolls are insane.

Living well is the best revenge.

A lot of Christians say they're not "religious." In fact, there's a common phrase in evangelical Christianity that goes: "It's not religion, it's relationship."

They want to differentiate the dead religion of superficial rituals and observances from a living personal relationship with Jesus.

I think your leap on him not believing in Jesus goes too far. I think he should be commended for expressing more nuance on religion. Nuance shows humility and willingness to compromise. American pluralism requires an intentional effort by religious people to look beyond their own experiences when engaging those of different faiths and cultures. This is the principle I’m seeing in Pratt’s comments on religion in the interview. I’m not seeing Simon Peter denying Jesus three times before the rooster crowed.

Does the church "condemn gay people" or does it state what the Bible clearly states, which is that the practice of homosexuality is a sin? Because these are two different things.

This is not just semantics, either. Because it's one thing to persecute a person for even feeling sexual desire for a member of the same sex. It's another to say, "We understand that you feel this desire, but God teaches that the desire should remain unfulfilled."

I agree though that Pratt should be more direct regarding what he believes. If he follows Christ and believes the Bible to be the word of God, then say so proudly.