“And if you take that away from them, they get angry. It freaks them out because it's like the tent pole. That tent pole moves, the tent comes down and everything, you know, if you believe that this is the truth and someone says, ‘No, it's not. It's bulls---.’ Everything else you believe is in fair play. Everything,”

Chuck Lorre · said 2026-10-13 · reported 2026-10-14

Lorre compared shared religious beliefs to a tent pole holding society's understanding of reality together.