Aaron Rodgers recently opened up about his religious upbringing with girlfriend Danica Patrick
But Rodgers has previously hinted at a fracture in his faith, tellingin 2017 that he began to question his beliefs as a young person, and continued to do so through his first few years in the NFL.
Despite growing up in Northern California with devout Christian parents, the 2011 Super Bowl champion said he regularly pressed clergy members on issues he had with the religion, and was often left unsatisfied with the responses. . “Because the words that I got were: ‘If you don’t confess your sins, then you’re going to hell.’ And I said, ‘What about the people who don’t have a Bible readily accessible?’ “Rodgers’ questioning continued from his time in college at the University of California, Berkeley, to being drafted by the Packers in 2005.
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