Pitt found his Christian upbringing stifling

Brad Pitt has admitted that the way he was brought up amid Christian strictures indeed turned out to be a ‘stifling experience’ for him. The father of 6 said that his childhoood...

Brad Pitt has admitted that the way he was brought up amid Christian strictures indeed turned out to be a ‘stifling experience’ for him.

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The 47-year-old actor - who raises adopted children Maddox, 9, Pax, 7, and six-year-old Zahara, as well as biological kids Shiloh, 4, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne, with Angelina Jolie - admitted he has ‘issues’ with the religious way he was brought up as a child.

"I got brought up being told things were God's way, and when things didn't work out it was called God's plan,”

Contactmusic

quoted him as telling

People.com

.

"I've got my issues with it. Don't get me started. I found it very stifling," he said.

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However, Brad - who plays a father bringing up his family in 1950s Texas in new movie

- explained he is keen for his children to see their own upbringing in a positive light.