‘I’ve become more religious,’
says Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg admits that the
challenges of the last few years have
made him “more religious”.
The Facebook CEO has come under fire
over persistent accusations that the social
media platform has an anti-conservative
bias and influenced elections, and has had
to appear before Congress for questioning.
He opened up about the impact that the
last few years have had on him spiritually,
and his struggles to be a good dad in the
face of his heavy work commitments.
In an interview at the Silicon Slopes Tech
Summit last week, he said : “The last few
years have been really humbling for me.
I’ve become more religious.”
He added that it was important to believe in
something “bigger than ourselves”, and
that family would always be more
important to him than his work.
“We all need to feel like we’re parts of
things that are bigger than ourselves,”
Zuckerberg said.
“I try to put my girls to bed every night… I
don’t always get to do that but that’s
important to me.
“Work is important… but at the end of the
day we’re all people, and you need your
family and friends and communities around
you.”
He added: “You have to believe in things
that are bigger than yourself.”
It reflects a religious progression in the
billionaire who used to declare himself
atheist on his Facebook profile.
In December 2016, when asked by a
Facebook user if he was still an atheist, he
revealed that his views on religion had
changed.
“I was raised Jewish and then I went
through a period where I questioned things.
But now I believe religion is very
important,” he said at the time.
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