He Was a Jewish-Buddhist-Atheist
Wilder was born in 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to a Jewish family. Despite his upbringing, Wilder never felt connected to a Jewish god. Or any other monotheistic god, for that matter. He wrote in his 2005 memoir: “I have no other religion. I feel very Jewish, and I feel very grateful to be Jewish. But I don’t believe in God or anything to do with the Jewish religion.”
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Occasionally, the actor joked around and referred to himself as a “Jewish-Buddhist-Atheist.” But in truth, Wilder didn’t commit himself to any philosophy. The only thing he believed in was the Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”