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HOUSTON, TX, March 19, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Angus T. Jones, who played the role of Jake on CBS's “Two and a Half Men” for 10 years before realizing that the show was “filth” and quitting in 2012, is now focusing his life on his Christian faith.

The 20-year-old former child star left the show, for which he reportedly earned $350,000 per episode, after warning viewers, “If you watch Two and a Half Men, please stop watching it and filling your head with filth.”

In a recent interview with KHOU Television in Houston, Jones said the dissonance between his re-emerging faith and what he was portraying on the show caused him to come to understand the hypocrisy of his position.

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“It was difficult for me to be on the show and be part of something that was making light of topics in our world where there are really problems for a lot of people, and I was a paid hypocrite because I wasn't OK with it but I was still doing it,” he said.

Jones later apologized to the show's producer and his fellow actors for his choice of words after quitting the show.

“I apologize if my remarks reflect me showing indifference to and disrespect of my colleagues and a lack of appreciation of the extraordinary opportunity of which I have been blessed. I never intended that,” he said in 2012.

However, in the KHOU TV interview, although Jones reiterated his apology to the show's creator Chuck Lorre, he maintained that he did and said the right thing.

“That's his, like, baby, and I just totally insulted his baby and to that degree I am apologetic,” Jones said of Lorre, “but otherwise I don't regret saying what I said.”

Jones has joined the Seventh Day Adventist Church, attending the World Harvest Outreach Church in Houston where he is concentrating on studying his faith.

“He really considers his relationship with God and what he’s putting out in the atmosphere to be a lot more important than his reputation in Hollywood. Angus, I’m not sure really cares a whole lot about being an actor or being well known in that regard,” said World Harvest Outreach Church pastor Dr. James R. Doggett Sr.

However, while focusing on learning about salvation in Christ, Jones has not discounted acting entirely.

“I really want to come into the light because I know that is where the healing is and I've seen God do amazing things,” Jones told KHOU, but added, “There's a few different productions that, like, do kind of Bible-based stories. Stuff like that.”