United Kingdom, April 30 -- Brian Cox has insisted the Bible "is one of the worst books ever".

The 77-year-old actor has has insisted religion "holds us back" as humans, and blamed narratives in the Bible for society's patriarchy.

He told 'The Starting Line Podcast': "We do because we have to honor them and we have to give them their place and we're resistant to that because all our... it's Adam and Eve, I mean, the propaganda goes right way back - the Bible is one of the worst books ever, for me, from my point of view.

"Because it starts with the idea that Adam's rib - you know that [from] Adam's rib, this woman was created, and they'll believe it cause they're stupid enough."

The 'Succession' star argued that religion distracts peop...