"There shouldn't even be a word for atheist. If they didn't invent gods I wouldn't have to deny them".

Superp

It is not possible, by definition, for anyone to be an Atheist.

There are many extraordinary examples of design in the microbial world. In this chapter, two examples are given: the bacterial flagella and the production of a blood red pigment in Serratia marcescens. The molecular machinery of the bacterial flagella is magnificent. The amazing ability for Serratia marcescens, a rod-shaped bacterium, to produce a pigment that resembles blood is “miraculous.” Powerful Answers to Difficult Questions Each color-illustrated guide is packed with biblical and scientific answers to tough questions facing today’s culture. LEARN MORE! Bacterial Flagella—Icon of the Intelligent Design Movement We begin with Michael Behe who made the bacterial flagellum a popular argument for intelligent design in Darwin’s Black Box, using them to illustrate the concept of irreducible complexity. The flagellum is a corkscrew-shaped, hair-like appendage attached to the cell surface acting like a propeller, allowing the bacterium to swim.

This is just one of many examples to support or point towards design instead of Darwinism,I am just now starting to research complex organisms in nature as well as fine tuning in the universe

@Devin Strait Yes you could argue that 4.6 billion years is not enough time for all of this 'functionality' to arise randomly, however it is an error to invent a god to explain it. It remains an unanswered question until we learn more. All scripture has been written by man.

“Why don’t you believe in God?” “For the same reason you don’t believe in Zeus, Odin and Vishnu” is my go-to answer

I generally reply "which god"?

I like Odin's symbol more than Jesus' Of course that was before everyone and their punk mother started wearing his symbol around their neck.

@Chris Merritt Jesus would have been more successful if he started a rock band. If he'd rocked up in Jerusalem with his disciples and put on a Rammstein style show he probably wouldn't have been nailed up.

Ricky Gervais is one of the best, if not THE best, at conveying the absurdity of religious beliefs and assertions.

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Agreed! Thanks for taking the time to comment. All the best!

Atheism is a religion.

@earlysda don’t be silly. Atheism is a religion like not collecting stamps is a hobby, or ‘off’ is a TV channel.

Ricky is already a legend. Always delivered the utter hypocrisy of religion.

And most other hot topics.

A man that can put into words something I have only tried to do for years.

Perfectly said

you didn't look far

@Andysparrow expand more?

Simply Brilliant, Ricky is probably the most intellectual comedian on the planet. There is always a combination of critical sarcasm with a powerful underlying message. His religious jokes are not only hysterical but point out the utter Maleficent hypocrisy of religion. 🤣🤣🤣

"Ricky is probably the most intellectual comedian on the planet" OMG LOL

Hes not an intellectual!!!

Not quite Carlin but close.... just my opinion

@Donathon  Carlin was brilliant, too.

I agree. Also here in NZ more than 60% of us are not religious. Nobody really cares whether you're religious or not. It's been years since Jahovahs have been knocking on doors as they will get abuse if they do. It's OK to be religious, just don't come to my house and push it on me, that's rude. If someone decides to go to church one day, good for them.

I had an experience years ago that had me scratching my head. I knew a young fellow who was a Seventh Day Adventist. He was absolutely staunch. He believed in God and the bible. I asked him about "what about dinosaurs and the evidence of fossils that went back millions of years". His answer, and I quote. "The devil littered the world with those things to confuse us into believing there was something other than God and the creation of man by God." So even physical proof didn't phase him. When you have people like that in the world, they make up stories to prove their beliefs.

I have actually heard this argument numerous times throughout my life so far... My response to this would be and has been: "So, you acknowledge that humans have a history of making up false Gods and religions, yes? Because for your God to be true, every other religion and God that exists or has ever existed has to be wrong. Literally thousands of Gods and religions, all wrong, made up mythologies. If we have historically created so many false Gods and religions, statistically, yours has an almost 100% chance of also being false. So why should I believe you without sufficient scientific evidence your God does exist?" Every time I have stated this in a debate with religious people, they left or withdrew from the discussion. Essentially admitting defeat. I mean, it's a no-brainer really...

@The Voice Within Oh yes they do for sure. I read a brilliant book years ago and it makes a lot of sense to me. It's called "The Source" and it was written by James A Mitchener. The story is that there are archeologists to go to the middle east and they dig through tons of earth on a what they call a "Tell" which a mound of earth where people have built cities on top of cities. They find several different cities and he fleshes it out with stories of the inhabitants. So they finally get to the very bottom where they find a small statue that is supposed to represent a nature god who is supposed to be responsible for good and bad crops. There was no such thing but they wanted to thank someone who made it possible for them to have a good harvest. It's a really interesting read. So yes, I do think that gods have been made up but I think it's because we need something other than ourselves so we don't feel so alone and that there is hopefully something beyond the grave. As for Ricky's statement of "I don't know" as opposed to do you believe in God or not being nonsense. I don't agree. There are a lot of people on the fence who can't make up their mind one way or another because people can make an argument for or against. If you are on the fence, it means you an agnostic. I am one such person. I would like to think there is something beyond the grave but obviously won't know till we get to that stage. Sorry for the long story.

@LovesBerk If you find the dinosaur claim extreme, don't speak to any Muslims. They tend to get offended when you fall over laughing. You may be able to keep a straight face and agree genies are real but I can't.

What a man, really he is just so brilliant and eloquent. I love his ethics!

We rejoice in not knowing not because we don't want to know but because we have something to work on. -Richard Dawkins

My cat died a few weeks ago and ive never been bothered before about anyone dying but christ when that kitten died i wanted so badlly to believe they werent dead. I more wanted to believe in a time machine than heaven but damn it would have been nice for her to not have just been a cold stiff bit of meat sitting in the fridge not moving and not making her little sounds. Weird ..nobody who died before ever bothered me but that cat will never not be a pain innmy hesrt. She was so bloody amazing. Every time i saw her i said ong youre the best cat in the world. And then she went out for a wee like always and didnt come back in like always. Could be anyone. Will be everyone. But i wont be bothered for the most part. I can imagine that in the old days when somones kid died peopke made up the story to make them stop crying for days on end... and then just all said yes yes we all believe that too...and slowly it just became a habit...like santaclause and the man on the bus who will throw you off if you dont stop kicking the seat. And we will probably never not have a need to make up a stoty to stop somone crying and wailing and not eating because theyre so upset. How could you go on if your dear beloeved child stopped breathing and you had other kids to comfort and had to keep lpiughing the feilds. .youd just collapse without some of these stories i think.

​​​@Pádraig p I think there are more ways to deal with loss than denial. Maybe more healthy ways, I couldn't say, but people are stronger than you'd think. Being sad isn't a bad thing, grief is part of the experience. I think the important part is to not lose yourself along the way

As a former Roman Catholic,glad i woke up and got far away from religion.

Ex 'alter boy' here.Why do people of 'faith' continually trying to justify their 'God'.Won't listen too us non believers.p.s. just don't kneel

Me too! But it took me 65 years!

Same! I'm enjoying my freedom.

Love Ricky more each day, everything about his approach to so many things, the way he can find humor in anything. I find that the similarities in my own thought process are so similar to Ricky's. Injustice and ignorance, two of the worst things to have to endure from the corrupt, greedy and stupid. I would have to say that the Count of Monte Cristo is a favorite movie, injustice made right or at least partially righted. I got "disrespect to authority" on a report card as a kid, knowing how ignorant and uneducated so many in authority were. They say when you get older you realize how smart your parents were, which is true, as I realize how much they did not know. When debating father I felt like I was sparing with an unarmed man. Some think outside the box, while others say, "what box?"

Amazes me that Ricky chose to be a comedian, rather than a philosopher. He is able to look at the world with such "ourside the box" thinking, and yet only jokes around with it..

Loved his definition of spirituality and religion

A comedian with a superior intellect…

The person who shouldn’t be trusted is the one that is only moral and ethical because of the promise of heaven and the threat of hell.

I would have liked to witness a conversation between George Carlin and Ricky Gervais. RIP George.

Oh my, that would have been SO great!

I used to say I was agnostic out of respect to people who are religious but I’ve never believed in god so if asked I’m now honest and just say I’m an atheist, it does seem to be less confusing; however, I do try and respect everyone’s personal sense of spirituality. Ricky is brilliant at articulating his opinion on religion, which I really appreciate , respect and connect with.

don't let Ricky confuse you. I don't think he actually knows what agnosticism means. I even think he does not know that atheism and agnosticism are compatible. exemplaric in his BS question: "do you believe in god?" It's not conflicting to say No and still be an agnostic. You could just like trick him into a similar question to be an agnostic: "do you think there is some kind of entity beyond our limits of knowledge?". If he says no he's an Idiot in his own words because that's the foundation of science to not claim knowledge of something we can't know. And thats agnostisicm.

​@Falk Flak I know (I'm gnostic) that there aren't 256 invisible pink unicorns inside your ear right now. See? That's how it works. Just because YOU were raised around the belief in a god, doesn't mean there is a possibility that it exists or that we "can't know that it doesn't exist. "

you have empiric evidence that there aren't 256 unicorns in human's ears and extrapolate from that. That's how it works. We don't just "know".

He is the only Comedian that can make fun of Anything I mean anything and it doesn’t sound offensive He is Hilariously brilliant

Its because he is intelligent, and does not want to cause offence. As he said he is not going around demanding religious people should not be religious-if that is what they believe. Yet the religious are demanding everyone believes their religion or else! -Pure hypocrisy of all religions.

Jimmy Carr

@MrNiceGuy Jimmy Carr is intelligent but he stays away from hot topics such as religion and generally follows the common narrative. In my opinion.

@Rob Harris lmao what? Have you ever seen a Jimmy Carr special? You are objectively wrong here. He has one of the best Catholic priest molestation jokes out there.

@MrNiceGuy Fair enough that is your opinion. But that is old now. Ricky's take down of all religion is epic.

As a citizen of the United States and a church going person I have no problem with anyone not having the same religious beliefs. Or no religious beliefs. It’s a very personal thing. And in the US, especially the US, you should have the right to your own beliefs. That’s a fundamental principle of our country. But hoo doggy, are there some intolerant toxic dopes in my country and the ones calling themselves “Christian” are anything but judging from the Gospel.

🫵🏻👏🏻 well said and much respect for saying so

In the uk religion has always been a personal thing and not talked about much or pushed. I’m 50 and have never met anyone my age who goes to church in the ukwho is under 70

@lucy lane because we are an adult nation,,,

@lucy lanehat’s because most people understand the age of 50 came to their senses in their 20s and realised religion is a load of bollocks.

The Invention of Lying was so underrated. I think a lot of people don’t get it.

I loved it. And the one he could see the dead and the series After Life.

Can we just take a moment of enjoyment and fulfil our future memories of how calmly Ricky negates everybodies inthusiam about every belief they had (sorry) 'till this moment in time.

"One day atheism will disappear as a concept. Instead, there will be normal people and some weirdo believers." Frank Zappa

I do miss the Golden Globes with Ricky. Maybe he’ll do the Oscars someday 🤔

I actually loved "Invention of lying" I'm sure at least 4 of the other 6 people feel the same soooo 5 out of 7 not bad🤷😅

I think it's a fantastic film. I'm a fan of slightly unusual concepts in films like that one.

I thought it was quite funny. Number #4, I am. I will tick down the overall score a tad, but I definetely didn't hate it.

The idea of God is early humans attempt to try and understand and explain what they saw and experienced in nature.

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheers!

😂😂😂😂😂 you best hope that's true

Edna, "The idea of God" is that on day 1, Jesus formed Adam out of the dirt, then breathed life into him. The first thing Adam saw was his Creator - God.

​@earlysda Show proof of your assertions. Oh wait, you can't.

I seriously enjoy his conviction and calling out bullshit.

I'm an atheist and know religion began as a way to control people and of course, today, organized religion is about power and money. However, i do believe, scientifically, that nothing in the universe disappears without a trace, it transforms. Whether consciences transforms is unknown. I'll be happy to be part of a star, from which I arose and to which I return.

So you follow the Law of Conservation of Energy. However, that only applies if we are in a closed system. The Earth is not a closed system and we don't know if the universe itself is a closed system or not yet.

I will become compost that other things will grow from.

You are not an Atheist as long as you find it necessary to 'believe' or believe in' anything.

@Rick Lee Your only an atheist if you are not convinced any god exists. No other question is addressed by the word atheist.

The problem with the nice people who believe in god is that they not only tolerated the crazy ones, they willfully ignore that fact that the crazy ones subscribe to the same belief system and refuse to look at the problems associated with it.

Exactly. If you consider yourself a Christian, you should be calling out the hypocrisy of the christians, especially the evangelicals. And keep asking your Pastor, or leader of your church why they are not calling them out for tarnishing your religious beliefs.

Because the bible is written so poorly that both sides can defend their believes with scripture. Besides most priests do not want ALL the bible read. There are some unexplainable things in there.

Such an intelligent man.

One of the most intelligent speakers.. comedian!

I do believe religion was invented as a tribal hierarchy to keep you in the tribe you we're born into

Thanks for posting this Celia! I also watch cooking, UK emergency rooms, art, history and Karen videos. I hope we continue to be able to view such a wide range of interests as time goes on.

It's hilarious how the moderator doesn't get the distinction between belief and knowledge even after Ricky explains how they're different categories several times. 😂

I love him more for not allowing himself to be indoctrinated into believing a false deity.

Funny how miracles and a supposed god’s involvement with earth seemed to vanish the moment our understanding of science and physics increased.

And yet there’s still miracles that occur that can’t be explained away.

@Ocean S Such as what? You don’t get to call something a miracle just because you don’t who what it is.

@Ocean S And yet every time a discovery of what actually caused something that we didn't previously know, *not once* , not a single time has it been a god or the supernatural. And we have uncovered and discovered millions of things in 10,000 years of human history, and not once because of a god. But you are right, at one time we didn't know what caused lightning, and so we invented the god of lightning.

"If people didn't invent gods, I wouldn't have to deny them!"

Personally and professionally, the people who have done me the most harm are those that identify themselves as religious/devout/believers.

I doubt it .

@Shadow Priest Don't. Of course, being a believer, you ironically can't believe truth!!

@ROOKTABULA Right, and being an atheist, you unironically want me to just belive you . Got any exemples perhaps?

You helped me leave religion, this was so important. Thx 4 beeing so open.

The first honest intellectual conversation about belief in a God.

“Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.”― Vine Deloria Jr.

There isn't a heaven or hell but imagine the torture of being in heaven forever with Piers Morgan.

😂😂😂

I questioned my dad about there being a heaven and hell when i was a very young child, his answer to me and my five sisters was that we create our own heaven and hell right here on earth which i believe is right and true. I am not a believer of any gods but believe that there was a man called jesus who was put to death and crucified because he was brought up to believe that he was the son of god. I believe that jesus was a good kind man who had morals and principles and tried his best to bring out the best in people, but being told he was the son of christ was his downfall. We can achieve many good things in life by being kind to ourselves and others therefore there is no need for any religions and mythical gods to rule our lives and that of others.

Labels are annoying indeed. I'm a lifelong Christian, I got my struggles, my mistakes, my journey. Not everyone believes in God, but I question my own existence - less to do with my personal faith, more to do with my presence here on earth. The relationship between man and the world is faith, between each other is faith, for that better tomorrow... also faith. Valuing life's greatness is something we all, technically have in common, and that's something. Kudos to you Ricky Gervais for all your gifts and your timeless, priceless humor and satire. 🥲😄😎

You look like an intelligent person so i would love you to answer two questions for me: 1) Why value faith? You can believe literally everything based on faith it is no way to the truth. 2) Your best rational reason why the Christian god should be more real than all the countless other gods we humans invented?

@Hit Man 1. Happiness. There are things that bring joy to not just you or me, but that person there, and here... and across the globe. Conversely, pain. Some things are forever, some things we can believe. 2. It's not like that. Christian God? More real? Invented? It's in your path. It's what makes you get up in the morning. The same things make those people go to church on Sunday, perhaps some other family will spend that day to create a memory that will be cherished forever. Summary: We are here today because of all of our combined faiths, beliefs, struggles, and joy. We didn't just survive, we lived. Proof that we're not mere animals/beasts/mammals/flesh/whathaveyou, but something special. Each one of us. Ricky doesn't dismiss life, but embraces it; I can see that as a gift from God, but if I'm proven wrong someday, I won't discount my beliefs towards that day. That would be a betrayal of all that I've learned to that point. Hopefully that makes as much sense as a person can get into when touching upon a subject as personal as "belief". I don't know you, you don't know me, much less your beliefs. But you responded because you care. I responded because I care. Good stuff, all in all. Also, nihilism doesn't work. Just sayin' 😎

This business of accusing someone of not being open-minded because they don't automatically accept your crazy claim: I say, "Of course I'm open minded. I get to say that because I consider both the possibility that your claim is true and also the possibility that it's false. By that standard, you're only half-open-minded."

I’m grew up in church with Christian parents and grandparents on both sides, my Dad parents less so. As someone who comes from a Christian background I very much appreciate his humour and his blunt honesty. I am more on the agnostic belief where I won’t deny God exist but I do not like the way churches and religion works, especially Christianity. I prefer a foe dark person, where someone acts tough but has a good heart, rather than some who is foe white where they preach and pretend they are so pure and good but deep down down right awful people. Churches tend to draw in a lot of foe whiten extremest rather than genuine goodness, which is bizarre. If church is really about God, shouldn’t it draw in more good than the bad?

One of the best discussions I've watched

If there was a god, which there isn't, that god deserves a slap.

If there was a god, which there isn't, you'd be wrong anyways

It's called life, and it's for us to experience. You are eternal, you experience love, laughter and pain and when you die you go home. Death is not the end but the return to Oneness.

@Jakob Thank you for your pointless opinion.

The force is strong with him :)

What's crazy for me is the fact that I had an imaginary friend as a child and I was ridiculed and was told to grow up and this friend did not exist. Then soon after that I forced onto me their imaginary friend. They both only exists in my mind bit at least mine didn't hurt people and mine was a companion during dark times (abused). Mine wasn't hateful or spiteful or wiped out all of the human race and animals not on a made up boat with his buddy and his family. I know which one I would rather have in my life but at least now being an Atheist I have removed all of this imaginary friend from my mind and life and I'm so much better for it! I'm a better human being, I for one am not anymore a sexist, racist or homophobic human being and that feels great!!! My mind and my nature finally feels in sync, the human being I was meant to be, just wasted 20 years of my life to get here but it was worth it in the end!!! No more 10 commandments that can be broken by choice as long as you ask for forgiveness then all ok. I now live my life by one rule and one rule only! Do whatever the fuck I want as long as I don't hurt another human being or change the direction of their life journey, it is that simple!

14:47...he makes the most perfect point. Careful who influences children.

It explains why so many believe despite the evidence against it. I was raised as a Christian and went to Sunday school and it took me until I was about 34 to finally walk away from it, since the belief was embedded and I was also taught to not question it (plus I wanted to believe). Ricky was a lot faster than me ;-)

@Simon Dando  I started coming out of it between the ages of 12-15... no one seemed to be able to give me sensible answers to the questions that kept coming up...eventually, I was able to put 2 and 2 together.

I fucking love Ricky Gervais, there is no one near his level.

Thank you again, Ricky.😊❤

That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence." Christopher Hitchens

“I’m an atheist, I’m an athiest…”😂😂

Wise beyond this millennium!

Worst thing is, in my opinion, that you can be atheist and do the right things, be generous, be kind, live your life on full speed no matter what others say…. But still, believers ( not dependent of the god they believe in), will tell you in the end “yeeees, you were good and so, but you don’t believe in god, so it was a waste of your time to live a good live, you’ll be in hell anyway…” :) and funny thing is that, like Ricky said, if these believers were born in ancient Egypt, they wouldn’t believe in the “right” god, soooo…. :)

I like the idea of not teaching children about religion before the age 21!! Religion can be as dangerous as alcohol or a gun! 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼

We were taught to be scared of social services when kids ,every Sunday mum would say "god help me you lot are going into care tomorrow "

I wonder if Ricky has ever done any heavy psychedelics. Would be interesting to get his perspectives.

‘The periodic table of non existent things is infinite’

As a Christian it was nice to hear these views and get a clearer understanding of where Ricky is coming from.

If you are inside a house with no windows and 50 people come into the house and tell you its really cold outside you can safely assume its cold outside but you can't be sure. I disagree with Ricky but I love the guy. He is funny as hell (pun intended) and a pleasure to laugh with.

False analogy. The correct analogy would be if none of them ever went out to see for themselves how cold it is and they still claim it’s cold.

We humans need to stop praying to the heavens and start reaching for the stars

God is Santa for adults

AGREED 👏🏻…and I personally believe they need to grow TF up

That’s very harsh on Santa.

Haha imagine mass around christmas, a couple of parents with their 13 year old kid "aren't you a bit too old to be believing in Santa? Now come on, we need to go to this building in the cold where we sing and pray to our imaginary friend who's actually real." 😂😂😂

Proof that God exists: The word “month” comes from the Proto-Germanic word for “moon.” Why? Because of the lunar cycle, which takes about a month. The lunar cycle indicates order, so someone has prepared it like this (Allah is the one who prepared it like this). Another orderly thing is that everyday the sun comes from the east in the morning and comes down from the west. This indicates order. Also, the autumn, winter, spring and summer are also something orderly. Allah prepared it like this so that the farmer knows when to plant. The spider-web is the house of the spider, but it's also the weapon of the spider. This web is such a beautiful and intelligent design which indicates the existence of God. Why? Because when looking at the web, one is reminded of the mercy of the Lord. How so? Because he sees how God has prepared for the spider a house (web) which is also a weapon whereby the spider gets his daily bread. The fact that faeces can be used as a fertilizer indicates planning of God. God lets people eat, and their faeces can thereafter be used as a fertilizer to improve the fertility of a plant. It still has a benefit (the faeces). How beautiful is that? Butter, cheese, yogurt and ice cream are all made from milk. This indicates the existence of God. That milk can be used to make butter, cheese, yogurt and ice cream is evidence of God's planning. He created milk in such a way that it can be used to make different things. It shows the wisdom of God. The atheist should ponder and ask himself: Who planned it like this? (that milk can be used to make 4 different things) Allah is the Creator. He's the One. No one can be compared to him. He's very unique. He's the owner of the Torah, Gospel, Psalms and the Qur'an.

18:32: The very definition of the word "schooling" in all its forms.

So many parallels between religion and organized crime.

good video, well put !!

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Knowledge and belief are separate things. You know or you don't. You believe or you don't. There's 4 options there. You "know" there is or "know" there isn't. You don't know, but believe, or lack belief.

I believe in God, but I also know I may be wrong. I choose to believe that God exists, that should be where we leave it, some believe, some don't. If the God I believe in exists she loves us both equally..😂 I love Ricky G.....he has never once said: I MUST BELIEVE AS HE BELIEVES..... 💃🙏💜🤣

So you believe in « god » despite lack of evidence. Do you ever ask yourself why that is? Do you apply higher standards of proof to other things and clima made in life or take everything at face value and just buy it without evidence?

@Petyr Kowalski I believe in God and in my life there is an abundance of evidence of God's existence. I also have faith in science and medicine, because of the abundance of evidence in my life that it also has saved my life. I do ask myself why I believe: Because it brings me a bit of comfort and a peace of mind in this world. If the God I love exists, he will love the Ricky Gervais' of the world as much (maybe more, Ricky makes people think) as her poor worshippers. I also like the advice of some famous dead guy.... I choose to believe in God because if he doesn't exist I'm am not harmed, but if he exists, I may be saved (depending on whether I paid that last hooker or not..😳😂...) Paraphrasing of course....😂🤪🤣 💃🙏💜🤣 Dance to the music you hear Pray to the deity you love Love the people in your life Laugh as often as possible

Being friends with a religious person is scary as an atheist because I'm super afraid of disrespecting someone. Plus a lot of my religious friends are homophobic but i don't know how to tell them I don't like them since I hate homophobia and I'm gay.

The promise of eternal life is the oldest con in human history.

Nearly as old as "I promise I won't come in your mouth".

@byteme9718 ayo

What a genius, be prime minister,

I still like the phrase (don't know who is the first author): Religion is where you discuss who ahs the coolest invisible friend Thats all to be said....

He says it so casually it feels normal

Well atheism is the default state. People don't get born believing in god.

Exactly ! if you don't invented it, why would I deny it.

Shout-out to the audience member just casually sitting back and flipping a coin between his knuckles @1:05

Paise be to God for Ricky Gervais is what I say 😉

Humanity’s has a God. God also has a god, and his name is humanity. As our Mother’s say to us “we put you into this world and we can take you out”. Let’s put God to rest so we can move forward.

I don't hate you, I just wanted to point out that you can still be saved.

I pray at the Church of Ricky.

The funniest thing is that is he funny while being totally wrong

That would require evidence to prove .something theists seem to lack

He said that ignorance is the most thing that bothers him, at the same time, he wants the creator of the universe himself to come and tell him I am god - as an evidence !

1:05 I like that the guy in the audience is flipping a coin across his knuckles.

I find nothing to disagree with what Ricky says in these clips.

I think the interviewer got him in the end. He couldn’t give a straight answer to “Which door he’d chose!” Then he dilly dallied around!😊 I love him as a comedian and film maker. I loved the series “After Life” he’s an extremely talented man. I believe in God and I believe in “Progressive Revelation” which is a long story on it’s own, but I totally respect Ricky and his atheism. I don’t believe in a God he does not believe in either! Hope it makes sense, what I’m trying to say!!

Thing is in the uk most people I’d say aren’t Christian out of my friends anyway, it’s just putting American politics and cultures on the rest of the world as per

I love Ricky

I always feel that Gervais still struggles with the basics. He gets confused about gnosticism and spirituality. As an Atheist, I needn't bother myself with any of that as they too are based on - or should I say 'rely' on belief. There are always two possibilities. I either know or I don't know. When I don't know, I admit it and when I know, I don't need to believe it. Knowledge makes 'belief' and 'to believe' superfluous.

" God is the absence of you." Vernon Howard.

Man made religion has been far worse for humanity than wars

You've never written a truer word Jennifer. Top comment.

Believe, don't believe. Either way, belief is still there and one will always find evidence for one's beliefs or lack of. Just be respectful, kind, just. Work on your own knowing and drop believing and not believing.

I don't agree with Rick on this subject, but I can't help but like him😊. Most wars are at the root based on religion.

Not doing something because people hate your thi is practically Your work

With a television you don't have to be supernatural. God prefer that because it's more social but we have to use it correctly. Right now we have anarchy blindness. Despite the anarchy blindness I figured it out. That proves we can be God like. Only a person getting crucified would suspect something greater. They crucified me with exact same disease that in Pink Floyd the wall. Victor said it's all good. It should be possible to make everything all good. :⁠-⁠)

A very clever fella, and funny. What the fuuuuc+

The "I don't know" probably means 'i don't know therefore I can't believe either way '.

But then everyone would say that.

It's the wrong question. "Do you believe in God" should be "Are you convinced a God or Gods exist?" Which leaves no wiggle room

If options are: 1. I believe in god 2. I don't believe in god 3. I don't know And I don't know means "I don't know, therefore I can't believe either way" that would mean choosing option 3 also ticks option 2, making option 3 pointless.

One could also believe that there is no way to know if there’s a god or not

As many do. I do too despite me being an atheist. I don't believe in god, but also believe we lack the capacity to truly know whether he is real.

When comedians show more logical skill than theologians. I was born and raised Catholic, which is why I'm devoutly atheist now. When I used to be asked "Do you believe in god?" , I would respond (depending upon who was asking) either "You're begging the question...you're assuming there IS a god and asking if I believe in him..." or I would reply "Which god?"

Hehehe, bloody ripper. And yes he's right.

I understand the disbelief but I found out the hard way that Jesus is not only real. Yet Yeshua is God Almighty amen ❤❤❤

Yako, I wish you could just keep your opinions to yourself...

Take A Moment I am still here, 2023. It's a great time to be alive The fastest growing group of people in the world is non believing people. Get over it Keep laughing Keep taking the piss. Stay Safe and Stay Free ❤😂