Neil Peart and God, Was He One?
Neil Peart: Was He a God & Did He Believe in One? No. Neil Peart did not believe in God or organized religion and was accused of being a "faith basher." This is an odd topic, yet I see many people on the web searching for Neil Peart and God. Some common questions include: does Neil peart believe in god? was Neil Peart blessed by the Gods? is Neil Peart a God? While the last one might be tongue-in-cheek, the first two are more serious in nature. Neil did not shy away from expressing his thoughts on religion and God in general. As he got older, and wrote more books, his leanings became more clear. Faith Basher or Freedom Fighter? It was easy for many people to see this as him bashing religion. He experienced enough pain in life to lose whatever "faith" existed. This is likely the same reason Geddy Lee's (Weinrib's) parents were not explicitly religious after surviving the war. Many Jewish people who survived found it difficult to believe any such God wo...