Editing Ben Affleck (section)

===Religious beliefs===
Affleck came from an [[Episcopal_Church_(United_States)|Episcopalian]] family,<ref name=dyny>{{Cite news|last=McGee |first=Celia |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/wild-jen-ben-opens-celia-mcgee-article-1.527155 |title=Wild about Jen; Ben Opens Up to our Celia McGee |work=Daily News |location=New York |date=December 18, 2003 |access-date=September 13, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915141237/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/wild-jen-ben-opens-celia-mcgee-article-1.527155 |archive-date=September 15, 2014}}</ref><ref name="auto" /> but was not raised in a religious household.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pos8Z7Zwbd4&t=114s| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/pos8Z7Zwbd4| archive-date=November 14, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Ben Affleck on his supportive friends in Hollywood, sobriety and new movie|work=ABC News |access-date=February 23, 2020}}{{Cbignore}}</ref> In 2008, he listed the [[Gospel of Matthew]] as one of the books that made a difference in his life.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Affleck |first1=Ben |title=Books That Made a Difference to Ben Affleck |url=http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Ben-Afflecks-Books-That-Made-a-Difference |website=[[O, The Oprah Magazine]] |access-date=April 15, 2017 |date=August 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622054620/http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Ben-Afflecks-Books-That-Made-a-Difference |archive-date=June 22, 2017 }}</ref> As infants, each of his three children were baptized as members of the [[United Methodist Church]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thompson|first=Bob|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/movies/miracles-from-heavens-jennifer-garner-on-her-emotional-role-in-miracles-from-heaven-and-keeping-it-professional|title=Jennifer Garner on her Latest Emotional Role and Keeping It Professional as a Mom, On and Offscreen|work=[[National Post]]|date=March 8, 2016|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref> and, from 2015 to 2020, Affleck, Garner and their children were regularly photographed at Methodist church services in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ben Affleck on Being a Christian and the Need For Redemption |url=https://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/movies/ben-affleck-on-being-a-christian-and-the-need-for-redemption.aspx |access-date=February 29, 2020 |work=beliefnet.com |language=en}}</ref>

Affleck is agnostic<ref name="auto" /> and has described faith as a "struggle": "But the [[twelve-step program]] is faith-based ... Faith has served me well in recovery as an alcoholic."<ref name=mosaic/> He identifies more with the teachings of [[Buddhism]]: "I have a difficult time with the theistic aspects of [[Alcoholics Anonymous|AA]] ... One of the things I like about Buddhism is it's like, believe what you believe."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keegan |first1=Rebecca |title=Ben Affleck on 'Air,' New CEO Gig and Those Memes: "I Am Who I Am" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/feature/ben-affleck-air-production-company-grammys-memes-justice-league-1235353301/ |access-date=April 1, 2023 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=March 16, 2023}}</ref>