Stephen King Questions God, Faith In ‘Revival’ | TODAY 

For an author who has written some of the most horrific books, he sure does give off an incredibly positive energy!

I know this will sound weird to some people and to some they will sadly know where I'm coming from. Stephen King saved my sanity as a teenager. When i read his books i could leave my horrible home life for a few chapters at a time. If I'm honest more than a few chapters at a time. But i digress. When people talk about his drug/alcohol abuse. He's human. Mr. King is the one who told us He had a problem. He's overcome His addictions and is a better man for it. Also from what i see and hear His kids are well adjusted human beings. Be like Stephen King!

2:51 that guy, son, that guy is Stephen king.

What a storyteller this man is. So many greats books, so many.

Personally not religious, and while I may not agree with all the points he made it's understandable why he believes (or at least chooses to believe) in a god.

Damn, I'm not even done with It, Cujo, Dr. Sleep, Mr. Mercedes nor Misery and the man launches a new one? I will never catch up!

Wow, what a remarkable man. He will always be my favorite author. Just finished Revival and it is thought-provoking and incredibly astounding. I can also appreciate Stephen King's belief in God. If anyone is interested in what he is discussing by saying that "there is nothing to lose by believing in God", he is appealing to a philosophical argument entitled Pascal's Wager and I encourage anyone who is interested to research it. The philosophical reasoning has convinced me of the existence of God and it has certainly convinced Mr. King as well.

"Something to look forward to. In the dark, where no one can hear you scream."

Faith in God goes far beyond religious traditions and beliefs. It's a relationship between us and our Creator, our Father in Heaven. When someone calls someone else out for their own thoughts and opinions, it's the religion that does it. Not the belief itself. If more Christians focuses on what Christ would do instead of what we would do, then the Salem witch trials and the Spanish Inquisition wouldn't have happened.

he's brilliant and funny!

I read Revival when it came out, and I really enjoy the story of this preacher who lost faith in God after the tragic loss of his wife and child. He lost his way and become angry and disillusioned with life. It's a Frankenstein tale. It's beautifully written like all his novels.

I knew Stephen King was a true believer for sure when I was done reading DESPERATION. That book leaves no doubt as to his faith. King has faith in the God of the Holy Scriptures

LOVE Stephen and his works since I was a kid.

Just finished Revival, and I thought Pet Semetary was bleak. How wrong I was. The thought that no matter how good a life you live and do good, you will eventually die and end up in the hellish dimension of the Null and the monstrous Mother . *Shivers * They don't call him the King of Horror for nothing

They really show clips of Kubrick shinning in front of mr king

Very few celeb/authors interviews catch my interest like a good sit down with Stephen King. I’m always interested to know how the king of horror views the world.

I'm a Christian and I love and support Mr. King.

Listening to this book right now. Enjoying it a lot!

When we are filled with understanding, we'll know, presence in heaven with God, is where we want to be. Exercising disobedience robs us of His blessings. Obedience causes God to step forward in our life. Disobedience makes him step back to let us have our way. Don't miss your blessings

3:00 that's a sensitive question for the old. I wouldn't ask my grandpa that...

I love you Stephen King!

The idea of an inevitable, hellish afterlife regardless of what your beliefs or deeds are in life is actually a pretty good metaphor for the anxiety people have about there being no afterlife at all. People are so terrified of nonexistance that the closest approximation we're capable of is Hell, regardless of the fact that no afterlife means that you will simply detach as your body and brain breaks down and basically fall into a dark, endless sleep. You're not going to feel pain, or fear, or misery, or anything else ever again.But its impossible to really imagine because we have no way of grasping not existing, so fear is the only response we're capable of.

2:02, Kirk Hammet casually passing by in the background lol

It's better to believe than not to believe 😍 It's a win win situation✊

Actually Steven King, you are expecting a revival more than anyone👍👍👍

They are zooming in and out from different angles like its a football game...it's two people talking.

Everyone has their own faith and I believe we should explore the work if god more

Its so beautiful how his belief in God gave him the strength to overcome his addictions, I myself have used faith to deal with personal demons. Also the fact that he has no fear of death shows he has profound conviction in his beliefs. I dont think he is strictly religious, but that he has a broader understanding of God than christian dogma teaches, basically because hes too smart to buy into it wholesale.

the button, the button, i can't stop thinking about Matt's button lol

I hope Mr. King comes to believe in Jesus. I'm glad he believes in God.

I have read Cthulhu Mythos those of Lovecraft and King's Revival baffled me a little bit. Is it fictional or real phrase: "That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die"? In Revival King mentioned some forbidden books. Is it phrase fro those books?

Nobody chooses to believe. Based upon knowledge and experience we arrive at our beliefs. The fact that he says he chooses to believe suggests that he doesn't really.

Listen this kind of men is the best way to learn to write and to be a better person.

His story is Lovecraftian, if you guys don't know search for HP Lovecraft, although he was kind of a racist guy, he still one of the most influential writer in the history. You can see influence of his works through today's arts and stories in games, movies and books.

Love Stephen King! One of my favorites of his is 11-22-63 about the Kennedy assassination. I wrote my own novel about faith--Gladiator 37--about a warrior forced to confront his past and trust a God he doesn't believe in. Check out the animated trailer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iLZeH_X4brA.html

King questions "faith, god, and what lies beyond death" in everything he's ever written.

Me and King share very similiar religious beliefs. I definitely believe in God (even thought its more panentheistic than the usual christian) and I am a bit iffy on an afterlife

People who believe in God only do it because it benefits them in some way or another.

A successful author who never lost respect for his craft

We should always see what God see’s in Us!

Maybe because all the elements of fear the he imagined and tried to wrote must have been to much for him that he "chose" to believe in that higher power called "god"... Either, he's still one of my favorite fiction writers... Just wish he wise up and face fiction head on...

There are those like Mr King, late in lifers, who have never investigated the resurrection of Jesus, simply relying on you gut instinct and reasoning without the facts will be at your own reckoning! Good luck bud

Huh. I admit I'm a little disappointed to learn he believes in God. Sounds like AA got to him. Maybe (big maybe) belief in God makes some people happy, but, “The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." Brush up on your George Bernard Shaw, Stephen!

HE TOLD MY BOI TO KNOCK IT OFF!!

"Something to look forward to.. In the dark where no one can hear you scream" the king of horror

Revival does indeed have a terrifying ending. Just finished reading and I’m trying to find any info on the null💀

Stephen King is the greatest author of all time!

that 9yr old kids in the backround

Stephen king est très talentueux Un des meilleurs

I never pegged Stephen King as someone who believes in God.

There is a lot to be said about organized religion in the “last days”. Think on it..........

I feel sorry for people who don’t know God.

It's all about context!

God bless you Stephen King. God has gifted you an incredible imagination!

Book was amazing

revival c'est passionnant

Mother is a good villain

that ending :(

Stephen King Rules !!!

I read 15 books by him so far, and Revival is my least favorite. It's a great book, but I didn't feel like I was in the story, like I felt reading the other books

💡Thats because hes wired up to DECEPTION.. Do not be decieved god is not mocked

Being a great writer doesn't mean you're realistic.

Stephen king my respect 4 u just grew knowing your a man of God

Don’t you mean “Gan”?

I believe that all living beings are an integral part of the One Perfect Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent, Beginningless, Unconditionally Loving Source which sustains us all, and which Loves us all, and I believe that Jesus Christ is One with this Source.

look at these people whine cause mr king chooses to believe in the obvious choice he found whille exploring the dark side of "it". read "needful things" to see satan/temptation in a human form.

Stephen King needs an amulet! Ha ha!

There is a downside if you believe in an imaginary place like a heaven. Because if you think that you are going to heaven anyway, maybe you are then not really caring about your current life, I guess that is kind of a threat. If you are not believing in a heaven or something like this you have every reason to make the best out of this one life you have, because it is the only chance you have got to make it right. In my opinion religion is just an abondenment of logical thinking and it's just lazy to stop reasearching all about this unisverse during this limited time we have got and believe in a supernatural being and supernatural places that we end up being at after we die. It's comforting, I am sure, but also lazy and often even dangerous..

Pennywise

The ending of this book in particular is pretty deliciously nihilistic.

He chose to believe because he had a net benefit. I don't think their is a net negative effect of not believing either.

Stephen King was IT based on characters and places in East Tennesee too many coincidences.

Read the Bible Mr king

Be smart and accept to be unhappy and questioning, and tormented, or be ignorant and be happy not worrying about greater issues. Bless in ignorance.

Hope he gets saved. He's halfway there. Just needs Jesus and repentance

I believe in God, just not an afterlife. I love Him anyway.

Even more of a chill up our spines and vaginas with that gross out

I love his sense of trolloridom.

Master of horror

So much spoiles I might as well not read it

After reading The Revival, I can honestly say that my former favorite author needs to retire. In his golden years, Mr. King has become a VERY woke and bitter author, subtly spewing his far left venom at his longtime fans. He has become a typical, cranky, old person that thinks HIS views on religion and politics are the right ones, and he creates superficial, cardboard characters to get his pathetic messages to the masses. Shame on Mr. King, and shame on me for purchasing and reading this book..... which is so full of dog whistles I lost count of them. I must say, from ages 14 through 45, I considered this man the best at what he did. This is the gifted writer that gave us The Shining, 'Salem's Lot, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, Carrie, Christine, Cujo, The Stand and many more. It's really heartbreaking that he chose the radical route. The bitter and radical man that wrote this novel (Revival) couldn't possibly write another enjoyable classic like the aforementioned novels. He has went from a masterful storyteller for all, to a radical leftie for a select few. His last 5 or so novels prove this, with Revival being the final nail. Goodbye Mr. King, it was good while it lasted.

How does one *choose* a belief? I mean you either believe or you do not, based on weather or not you are convinced of something or not. Otherwise you are just *pretending* to believe. Lying to yourself (or others) as it were.

In the Quran, you do good works to go to heaven. In the bible, it's blind faith for a slave caste. Muhammad even wrote that the ink of a scholar is worth more than a martyr. I'm not Muslim, as I am unable to be in my culture, but the Quran makes sense. I still read the Bible and the Quran both.

Sadly most people will never see Heaven because this is a Christ-rejecting world.

Read about Stephen King celebrating the Republican train crash that left one person dead. Yeah, he's a total creep. I would not make any cruel comments about any democrats being in an accident. People should be a little more considerate about commenting on when things like this happen.

I knew there was a reason I didn't read Revival.

I suspected SK believed in god and did it because of A.A. rehab. I love the guy and his books (one of my fav authors)... too bad he’s fallen for the two worst arguments for the existence of god. Pascal’s Wager is the most horribly, flimsy (and cowardly) argument put forward so far. And having wishful thinking driving your beliefs is very harmful and a weak argument. I would bet 90% of the American public buys into these arguments. Having an imaginative story using ‘supernatural’ events is fine because these are hardwired into our reptilian brain and make us human, binding us together. But as for god’s existence... no evidence and therefore no belief

Why does King need to believe in that shit? I thought his passions were writing and rock 'n roll. That should cover all bases.

I'm a huge Stephen King fan but he chooses to believe because it's better to believe than not to? Stupid reason. Pascal's Wager has been debunked many times.

Matt Lauer...bleah 🤢🤮

Pascal's wager, pff.

I bought REVIVAL and read it. It's a crappy novel. Avoid.

Wrong answers, Stephen King. ...Hope you learn the truth, real soon.

Makes a good show, but inwardly a miserable, disturbed and morally twisted man, evident through his imagination. Turn from the false god of money, Stephen, turn to God's Son, Jesus Christ, before it's too late! You, too, readers! Peace. If one truly turns away, they were never on the way to begin with. :(