LOVE the way he spoke with such sense and clarity, despite Colbert’s attempts to talk over and verbally bully Ricky with his ‘version’ of reality…he stayed calm and smashed it!❤
i loved his example of throwing the bible away and throwing alll,the science books aaway. and loved loved loved the you don't believe in 2999 gods. that was genius,
I've often said-people like Ricky should be in charge of the country. The best comedians seem to have, not only high intelligence, but an advanced sense of justice and right and wrong. And are naturally altruistic. Unlike the clowns who run the UK and the States at the moment
The fact he doesn’t ridicule people for their beliefs, he just outlines his own opinion and makes others take a moment to really think about there’s is what I like most
David Gritton I disagree. I think that he is just a normal, well educated person who actually cares about what he is learning and being told. The same as (hopefully) you and I.
I'd say it was just common sense, and learning to think for yourself, objectively, rather then believing things you're told that have no proof to back them up.
"There are about 3000 Gods to choose from so, basically, you deny one less God than I do, You don't believe in 2999 Gods and I don't believe in just one more." GENIUS!:)
If you make your argument 'they believe in gods (plural). You'd have the beginning of an argument. Christian's have only ONE god. It's not the same as all the others.
Lol, you people have an answer to everything don't you? You just replace everything with 'christian god' and think it's done with that. It's all bullshit
So you explain the Greek Pantheon of gods and Norse mythology as just them mistaking the one true god for a bunch of different gods? You're absolutely mental my man.
@Hammer 001 Your comment is a prime example of what happens when a really funny joke by Gervais is misused by an amateur to bludgeon another user for no good reason. Not only is it no longer funny, it makes you look like a moron for even trying to use it this way. Next time, -butcher- use your own material. In my eyes, the fact that you are so certain that gods do not exist is just as bad as those who have belief without sufficient and verifiable evidence. Indeed, you are claiming to be sure of something that is, by definition, unknowable. Granted, the probability is extremely low, but it simply cannot be zero. You thinking that it is zero is evidence that you are in that 'special' group that shouldn't be throwing shade on anybody else's maturity.
@Hammer 001 Error. You've wasted all that typing... I do not have a god to defend. I am also a non-believer. But, unlike you, I don't claim to KNOW the unknowable. The word atheist has evolved to mean non-belief in deities, not the archaic (and inaccurate) notion that it means that there is any kind of certainty about the non-existence of any deities at all. That last bit would be an error in logic. If any real evidence comes along someday, I may eventually be convinced that one exists, but if it is anything like the idiotic story books tell it, I won't be a fan.
@Hammer 001 Didn't read it, not gonna. You are probably right. There is probably no god whatsoever... But can you not understand that from a logical standpoint, it cannot, and will never be totally, provably impossible? To think otherwise is a logical fallacy. The fact that everything you mention is poppycock is true, but irrelevant. If the is a deity, then it can be proven. If there isn't, nobody can prove that. You can say how stupid all the stories are, and that can be fun, too... but it all boils down to facts. And you cannot prove a negative proposition. If you cannot understand that, you need to look elsewhere, I have no time for this bullshit.
WE ARE ALL DYING! Every day is one day closer to our last day on earth. We should all try to live a great life like you ... but we are not all that lucky.
Irish Cathlic. He teaches fn cathlic shool on sundays ... on the other hand, he lost his father and 2 brothers in an airplanecrash when he was 10 or so. Maybe you ll draw the same lines as I did.
CrackityJones... I lost so much respect for Colbert in that argument. It's sad. So many reasons to like him: his Lord of the Rings fandom. His Neutral Milk Hotel fandom. His bear hatred. Now it's all muddled with the trinity crap. [shudder]
Is he? the way i see it, he's being a wingman so that ricky made a great response for it. I think stephen make an argument that most religion people would do. So that someone with that argument, will know this great response.
@John Digsby Firstly, you can't just replace a word in a sentence and think it will make sense, your doesn't. Secondly, you haven't provided any information to make that statement a point
@John Digsby You can but then anyone who's reading will think you're a moron for saying something that doesn't make any sense. If you don't explain what you mean you might as well stay silent
@@BladeFitness Most religious people were forced to follow their religion since they were kids, they are adoctrinated to follow it, imagine if they didn't study and practice religion until they were 18 or so, very few people would be religious, that's why even smart and cultured people believe in that nonsense, they were simply adoctrinated since they were kids
Yeh your not wrong the world would be a different place without religion that's for sure. But it can help some people and give them hope. I went to a church of England school and had to sing prayer every morning. But it like ricky it didn't take long to see through the stories. I used to think of it as the same as santa when i was a kid you knew it wasnt real you just sort of went along with it.
For 40 yrs i was the most devout hindu. I always was decent, helpful and had respect for all other religions as well. All this inspite my father abusing me like hell. Once my warrior mom.died and some other terrible experiences, i found peace in atheism. This video made a lot of sense and made me feel happy. Self worth and decency to me is everything. Every day i try. Cheers to all.
@@thomasmount7388that’s the thing though isn’t it, goodness does come from within. That’s why christians, for example, pick and choose. Their inner morality guides them, their morality doesn’t come from the book.
If they can tell the difference between good and bad whether there are fairies at the bottom of the garden or not; why have them? They should go to tooth fairy oblivion or the santa retirement home, right?@@thatsmeinthepic
i think its absolutely brilliant, currently in love with viking type shows such as Vikings, The Last Kingdom, and its really frustrating how each religion says they have the true gods and every other religion is wrong, but now seeing Ricki's story about denying gods, shines a whole new light onto religions and how toxic they are to any but their own.
@@Kanosirus Also the part of if no religion or anything fictional can be taught to people under 20 years of age was good and it would mean far less if any would believe because by 20 you would have learnt and grown your own mind fully unlike when a child who takes all adults say inside of it and so when told things about god, you would just say what ever. Loads of what he says is brilliant, he doesnt not believe he just asks for proof to believe and what proof is there? None.
Religion is a product of ignorance. People have a tendency to believe someone else's version of the truth if they can't think of a better alternative themselves, or are too afraid to question it. Doesn't matter how old you are.
That would hurt the economy. The world needs sheep to be herd and earn money from. By removing the religions, you would lose control of billions of people, questioning why the very few are very rich while they were very poor, praying God for help... Everything is about money. None of the big guys believe in God, they are just thankful to him.
Love Gervais and the knowledge and intelligence he shows in many different subjects. He’s not just a comedian like many comedians are he’s a world of knowledge too. Thank goodness he never went into politics and destroyed everything we love about him like Izzard did.
"If you destroyed all (religious doctrine), in a thousand years it would never return. If you destroyed all science texts, in a thousand years it would be back word for word" .......Mic drop. 🎤💥
Katriya You are misinterpreting what he's saying a bit. He means that if you destroy all holy books, new ones would be created, but the stories in the holy books wouldn't be the same as the old ones because religion isn't real but instead a man made concept.
I don’t consider myself an atheist, nor am I religious. Rather, I have neither the time nor desire to waste time on this kind of meaningless argument, either way! However, (much as I sigh at self-congratulatory celebrity atheists), Gervais’ point regarding the probable reappearance of scientific Vs religious text after a fixed period is quite compelling! Good point Mr Gervais!
@Billy But Whole It is totally different because that is HOW science works. Once people disprove something with the scientific method and discover that they are doing things wrong and that it really doesn't work, they SCRAP it, as you just said, it's not done anymore, yes, once people believed it but they know better now because of what? SCIENCE. Yet, that will never happen with religion. NEVER. Does prayer work? Did it ever work? No and no. Will people stop believing and give in? NOPE. They will keep reading a two thousand-year old book of mythology as if it were all true and ignore all of the slavery, genocide, wife-beating, rape, pedophilia, and the number of people god kills along with the insane things he does and commands people to do and keep right on praying. They have done scientific studies and proven that prayer does not work and the religious keep right on praying and as far as hurting people with wrong "beliefs" no one can hold a candle to the pain and sorrow and death brought about by religious belief!! Wow. And as far as the Big Bang, you weren't there either and through science, yes, science so far, the best theory is the Big Bang and scientists have reams of research to back it up. Scientists with IQs and education that would be double yours and mine put together! So, who am I likely to side with, some preacher who is reading the same old shit that is terribly crude and flawed and frankly, insane with terrible morality gleaned from ONE book, or thousands of years of research and development by hundreds of the greatest minds on earth who can prove most of what they do? Hmm, not a tough question at all...
@Billy But Whole Well, that was nonsense! You cannot be serious?! You honestly think that RELIGION and its morality is KEEPING people kind and thoughtful and restraining them from crime and keeping them in line and from doing the "wrong things?" The Bible has a terrible moral compass and the moral compass of most religious people is totally backward. People do have different genders than just male and female. Your sexuality is in your brain, not your genitals. There are gay people and the LGBTQIA community exists and is just fine and doesn't need the religious peoples' approval or disapproval and there is nothing wrong with love between two consenting adults in the privacy of their own bedrooms. The religious need to get their noses out of other people's love lives and stop being bigoted and cruel because of an old mythology that ignores all of its other stupid laws like mixing fibers and planting mixed crops, no one cares about those, but everyone wants to jump all over the gay thing. People just need to butt out and grow up. I don't care what any of my neighbours do in the sex lives whether they are gay or straight and neither should anyone else UNLESS it includes victims like animals or children who cannot consent and that brings me right back to RELIGION!! Religion has been the biggest contributor to pedophilia ever because people who want to pick on children and abuse them can hide behind a religious title much more easily than anything else. They'll be covered for and moved around by their own church. And the bible condones rape, slavery, pedophilia, murder, genocide, beating children to DEATH, wife-beating, plural wives and old men sleeping with 12 year-old girls and you're going to try to tell me that it brings GOOD morality to the table? No, get rid of religion and the backward thinking it causes. Like thinking slavery was OK and using the bible for backup. Like gay bashing and using the bible for backup, I mean COME ON! We make our own purpose, we don't need one handed to us and religion never gave me a purpose nor any atheist that I know and we're all doing just fine. I have great purpose in life, thanks. As if I need an imaginary genie in the sky full of hideous ideology to have purpose! I just loved this comment I read here! stjernekikkert: "I'm glad that I live in Denmark, haven't met anyone my whole life who is religious. There are some who just keep the traditions alive because it's "hyggeligt" :-)* and yet we have one of the safest and most equal places on earth." Sounds like, pardon me, paradise! Lol *Hyggeligt means "Cozy & pleasant" in English.
his biggest point is dont teach kids religion. let them think for themselves instead of believing what their parents or whoever tells them about religion at a young age
Colin Hanmer : here's the problem I have with your statement - atheism isn't a set of beliefs it's the absence of belief in gods. You can't "teach atheism" in the same way you can't "teach someone how not to play golf." You're not teaching some sort of anti religion, you're just not teaching them religion. Actually, you're just not telling them that those religious texts are 100% true. I have already talked to my son about religions. The different ones that are out there, where they come from and some of their histories. I just don't tell him that we know absolutely positively that there's a supreme being that doesn't want us to eat shrimp. And you know what, at 5yrs old he can already see through the bs.
I quite like Karl Pinkington, glad to see him quoted here. He's Gervais' discovery, and a good one! I'd gladly watch more of his travel shows! We've seen the series three times through already. Satisfies my wanderlust very well indeed.
@Binguh Bungah youre a fucking moron. Zero evidence for your god. You will never have proof. Ever. Stip being so fucking stupid. People like you are embarrassing to intelligent people
I know right, while other animals have better eye sight and other great features that we lack.. With bears being able to recycle poop, and some sea life living beyond many years...
im an athiest. my friends kept asking me to go to church, which i eventually did. There was a preacher and within the first 20mins , he asked a room full of poor people to bring money to him for no apparent reason, which to my amazement, they did. his accomplice then walked from the back of the room, took the money and walked off, needless to say i left early. this for me sums up religion.
I was forced to go to church countless times, since I was a kid, because my father's family is catholic. We live in a different country, and somehow my dad never managed to make me go at home. When I was a teenager, I think around 15 or 16, I went to a church and for the first time in my life I didn't just snooze or think about random stuff but listened to the preacher. I was told that Christianity is the only good religion, that neither Judaism, Islam or Buddhism is. And then another preacher said the church is poor and not new anymore, while "someone drove here with their new car" like they were supposed to donate the money. That was the end of it for me. I don't have problem with faith and belief in one or multiple gods as much, because to me, it's more or less spirituality. But I hate church and organized religion. My family is, of course, still faithful, and I don't know what would happen if I told them I didn't believe in God. Sorry for the long comment, just got it out of me.
adam garrett What I want to know about churches is... how come there no Q&A part at the end of a sermon... surely magical men in the sky and whatnot raises a few questions... not least of which is " erm... where did you come by this amazing information? " Every lecture I look at or science debate on TH-cam... well they all have a Q&A so that the audience can ask relevant questions about the premises.... you'd imagine after thousands of years religions would have worked out that it a great way of involving the audience. I got into trouble at a school mass as a kid for that... I stuck my hand up... thats what you do in school right... I never even got to ask my question... I was frogmarched out of the church just for having a question. I was 7 I think... never believed this rubbish from the get go... but that was what propelled me from already atheist to anti-theist. over the last 40 years that stupid attempt to shut me up has created more atheists than just answering the fucking question.
adam garrett for just a moment i thought you were going to say after seeing how easy it was to get this money you became a priest! thank goodness you didn't.
Pesh Madscientist: agreed! I'm also grateful to whoever prepares that daily bread, and the wage earner in the house, and the company that pays those wages, and society that makes companies possible, and...there' are a lot of real people &places to enjoy our gratitude who actually exist and deserve it...
Ron Rolfsen: I just pay at the store. Good point.But I thank the clerk, and I'm grateful someone else grew the food and shipped it to the store. And I thank whoever fixes the food and cleans up afterwards.
You could thank your employer for being the "founder of the feast..." And you could thank your parents for kicking you out and forcing you to find a job. Lots of thanks to go to those who might actually appreciate it and deserve it.
"It's as though humans are the only animals that don't understand that the purpose of life is to enjoy it." - Richard Dawkins "I am not afraid of death. I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it caused me no inconvenience at all." - Mark Twain
I agree. Eg. Dogs treat people far better than people treat people. I believe they have an instinct that they are not here for long so may aswell enjoy it. Compared to humans who are taught the average life span of most humans. We waste our time to our peril.
@@jasoneaton4520 So, do dogs, even other animals. They have an inate protection mode. The only difference is they act immediately whereas humans take far longer to carry out their plans. Protecting ones loved ones is far smarter than devising evil plans with the same outcome.
That's politics in a nutshell......"this is my team idc what the others have to say". I love to hear from different points of views, I actually welcome them, because I Iove to think and see others rational that differs from mine. Colbert's pompous personality does not allow him to listen to ppl and other points of view. He knows better and what's best for everyone.
I always knew he was deeply, painfully, unfunny as a comedian. I didn't know until recently that, once not self-promoting, he had a decent level of intelligence. Good for you Mr Gervais. Not a fan, but no longer a hater.
@@helenpolaroid905 Ricky said; People kept saying, “He’s out of touch. He’s so famous. He’s rich. He’s mega-rich.” I am. Right? I could have this place burnt down for a laugh. Jane, I'm sure adds to the relationship but let's be honest, WOMEN LOOK FOR WALLETS. She's lucky to have HIM!!
@@darkness_of_the_night Yeah there are plenty of examples of magic in Harry Potter too. Your point? So let me get this straight.Your evidence of "magic" is that an old book that said that a city that is now well over 2000 years old, would one day be abandoned? Yeah, that MUST be magic because that's such an unlikely scenario. I mean, it's not like there are tens of THOUSANDS of old cities all over the world that are now abandoned and in ruins is it?
Some Fella FYI, Ricky had told a tale about a “christian” messaging him saying he hoped satan would rape Ricky, so that’s where Stephen pulled that comment from.
No he's not. Colbert can easily counterpoint him. But it's a show, & Ricky is humorous, so he just went on with the flow for the sake of the audience...
He evolved to sleep in the dark of night so as to be rested in the day time to hunt and gather his comedy material so he can feed his cave according to an intricate universal design set off by Early Matter that God used to fueled the big bang. If you want to know where the early matter comes from you will have to pray for an answer. Science will never know. Nailed yah.cisco
After two and a half thousand years of intellectual debate, the subject is finally "nailed" by a 21st century British comedian in 13.06 minutes on You tube. Hallelujah !
I'm glad that I live in Denmark, haven't met anyone my whole life who are religious. Theres some that just keeps the traditions alive because it's "hyggeligt" :-) and yet we have one of the safest and most equal places on earth.
In the past I haven’t really thought Ricky Gervais was funny so I never took any notice of him. However, since his last speech at the Golden Globes I have watched him a few times. What a clever , well educated and funny man he is. Or maybe I was never clever enough to appreciate him . Great vid. 👍👍👍👍
Not only is he very funny, he is also very intelligent and can hold himself against anyone else.... The funniest thing though is he can take the piss out of the Yanks without them knowing it 😂
When Colbert said: "i can only give you my personal experience..." his whole thing fell apart. Anecdotal evidence on such matters is utterly worthless.
because life is a test that only the good people pass and he uses Satan as a tool to sort/test people? there is literally a hole book in the bible about this, Job
As apealing as it sounds, im afraid that religions will be here to stay for much longer than that. Simple minded people hold on to it as it ease their everyday lives in promise that one day they will live hapily ever after once this shitstorm of a life ends... Its way easier that try to do something with your life to make it less shity and actualy be happy that you are even alive, because chances of that hapening where ridiculously low to begin with... People are just lazy cowards that wont accept the truth...
A populations well being has a direct correlation with how religious they are. Could well be the case that people living in shit tend to stray to religion because it gives them promise of better things, something to dream for.
The idea that we’re even having this conversation in the 21st-century is confounding. the idea that I am in the minority because I don’t believe in literal magic is just bizarre. Atheism is a CONCLUSION, not a belief
I say that all the time how in 2019 can so many people be so stupid . It's such common sense. Like Ricky said he was 8 years old and it took him an hour to figure it out lol
For either you simply need to believe, or not believe. You don't need evidence. You could have the evidence presented to you but choose to still believe or not believe. Atheist and Theist would still stand as what they are. Neither term has anything to do with anything else. I fully or partially believe in the existence of a god, or gods. I fully, or partially, do not believe in the existence of a god, or gods. That's it.
It isn’t true if you have to “believe “ in it. I don’t “believe” in photosynthesis. There is just Photosynthesis. I don’t “believe” in hats. Look: the claim that there is a god is an Extraordinary claim. So that assertion requires Extraordinary proof, of which there is none. That’s it 🤷♂️
The majority of atheists I see online these days go out of their way to say that atheism is nothing more than a lack of belief in god, meaning that being an atheist on this definition requires no thought whatsoever
@@Kate-fi8oh a belief is an acceptance that something exists or is true without sufficient proof. Atheists by definition believe that God does not exist which is a view that is currently indefensible
At least science you can show people and they can witness it with all their senses, even do some themselves and all those who see it will have the same account of what you witnessed (to differ from religion, even the people in the bible don't tell the same story) maybe not the science on the Huge scale but the good thing is no matter what scale, the science is all the same. So even if you have to take the big scales "on faith" sort of, you've still seen those same building blocks and so it isn't actually faith
jon Q there is a world full of these people adding to society... just as we believe in 0 gods out of 3000. religious succesful people got 99% lf it right... morals... family focus ... work ethics etc. they just got one thing really wrong... they believed in a god with no evidence and a lack of critical thinking. we have all believed in one bullshitter at one point in our life. they just still have that person bull shitting to them daily.
On the other hand morals, family focus and work ethic pretty much have nothing to do with religion per se because a compelling argument can be made that they each precede any and all religions, we would have lasted as a species otherwise... although I appreciate the attempt at an olive branch.
I love Colbert's sense of humour and all that, but he is a practising Catholic. He seemed aggressive in his questioning (which he usually isn't), and Ricky was as calm as ever! And of course Ricky's arguments just nailed it.
"Why does an Atheist get up in the morning?" Erm, to live our lives? Just because we don't believe there's anything after death doesn't mean we can't still lead enjoyable and fulfilling lives.
If there was a god, why get up in the morning? Just think: There's enough time to be productive in the afterlife. Guess I'll just wither away here doing nothing untill I get there.
True, but it doesn't help those who have committed suicide. they kill themselves because they have lost all hope! If your hope and happiness is in this life, good luck! Thanks to Jesus I'II count on a much better one after death!
Jim Elliott Its all a joke to me, anyway. The way I see it is if God was real I'm sure he or she would be completely understanding as to why people didnt believe. I mean if we are referring to that one specific god out of 2900 or so.
Doryphoros Because statistically atheists know more about the bible than the cherry picking, religious bigots. Read my second comment and pay attention. My point is that in numerous versions of the bible it says non believers will be punished. So why give someone the power of freewill and then punish them for something that is not harmful, but something as simple as just not believing? Lets hear it, smart guy.... im waiting.
Doryphoros Wrong again. You have once again showed your level of ignorance. Im not religious and i have higher morals and treat people better than most religious people. You dont need God, a book or religion to be a good person and thats where the problem lies. Live a life with good morals, treat people kindly, be considerate and compassionate, help others when you can etc. I dont need a book or someone to tell me to be that way. Its the way ive always been. In fact im more of a Christian than most Christians.
I grew up in a Christian area and most of them were drunks, coke heads or people who were pregnant by the age of 15. Thats not judging, thats reality. Its what i saw. I was an alter boy for 2 years, went to church and catholic schools. When i was old enough to know i didnt need an organized religion to lead a good life I left and went to a public highschool for the last couple yrs. Religious people are the biggest judges of all. They themselves cant even follow their own rules and theyre going to to judge me? Lol. Give me a break. Youre done "my friend".
It's crazy that he specifically said do not take my opinion as facts yet hes able to say everything we feel, but can not make into words. We will never meet Mr. Gervais but I appreciate your insight. #100
"I think you have to have worth, you have to feel to your self you have worth. Friends, family, a loving relationship, just because we are human, and that's how we are built".
If religion gives you strength, go and believe in peace. For me, music does the same thing. As long as we are free to choose and don’t hurt each other, there is nothing dangerous in being different and believing differently😎
My parents said that God loves you and will protect you. When they took me to church we got out of the car and I looked up at the church steeple and saw a lightening rod. I said to mum "why does the church steeple have lightening rod" she told me to be quiet or I will go to hell.
There are people who come along once in a lifetime who have an incredible way of breaking down information and making it a pleasure to hear, Mr Gervais is a well written song played by a exceptional band.
How anyone still can be religious after watching this video is absolutely incredible. If you are one of those who do not understand, think again and come back to reality.
Ancient people didn't have the understanding of what we do so far of the known universe. They were like imaginative children, "That's Apollo dragging the Sun across the sky in his chariot". "The devil was a snake that spoke to eve". Hopefully we have grown up.
I really like this God guy. He is sooo eeevil. He even wrote a book about it. Did you know he once drowned 99% of all animals and humans? I have so much to learn from him. -Stewie probably
What a refreshing and new approach. To take that which u clearly have NO understanding at all, and use it for a little attention. Good for u. I gave u a like. Do u feel better? Ur ignorance astounds me.
@@jilliansmith7123 It amazes me how brave people are in sepearte posts - and among those u have not already been embarressed in front of. Given the fact u decided not to reply to anything that I said ... The unparalelled ammount of 'imperical evidence' & otherwise that I crammed in to a single post was, at the very least, impressive if not damn so. It was in abundance. And yet here u are ... No. I think I understand them rather well, actually ...
literally i couldn't believe in god since i was 11 and i was thinking "why do i say god help me when i'm in bad situations then?" i tried believing in myself and tried to solve things without wanting something from the unknown. it worked. it worked even better. i'm a atheist since then.
It's a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It's the opposite. We have nothing to die for, we have everything to live for. - Ricky Gervais
@Binguh Bungah .And what you say does not prove anything at all about the existence of a god;they might as well call for their mom,she won,t be there either.
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LOVE the way he spoke with such sense and clarity, despite Colbert’s attempts to talk over and verbally bully Ricky with his ‘version’ of reality…he stayed calm and smashed it!❤
i loved his example of throwing the bible away and throwing alll,the science books aaway. and loved loved loved the you don't believe in 2999 gods. that was genius,
His intelligence is the reason why he’s amongst the best comedians in history.
Yep. There's a solid understanding of philosophy and human nature, underneath his humour.
*limited intelligence
I've often said-people like Ricky should be in charge of the country. The best comedians seem to have, not only high intelligence, but an advanced sense of justice and right and wrong. And are naturally altruistic. Unlike the clowns who run the UK and the States at the moment
@@terryperring104 You worry about the UK and leave the states to us......the US citizens...most of us DO believe in GOD
D LESHER yeah your country is doing well right now with the glorified orange peel
The fact he doesn’t ridicule people for their beliefs, he just outlines his own opinion and makes others take a moment to really think about there’s is what I like most
The more I listen to or hear what this man has to say, the more I am of the opinion he is a borderline genius..
David Gritton I disagree. I think that he is just a normal, well educated person who actually cares about what he is learning and being told. The same as (hopefully) you and I.
I would like to get Ricky Gervais and Stephen Fry in the same room. They are both to me somewhat similar in their quick thinking and eloquence.
Genius? God!
Are you a genius? Than how would you know?
I'd say it was just common sense, and learning to think for yourself, objectively, rather then believing things you're told that have no proof to back them up.
"There are about 3000 Gods to choose from so, basically, you deny one less God than I do, You don't believe in 2999 Gods and I don't believe in just one more." GENIUS!:)
+Prateek Choudhary That's two different things though. A christian wouldn't say Thor exists.
If you make your argument 'they believe in gods (plural). You'd have the beginning of an argument.
Christian's have only ONE god.
It's not the same as all the others.
Lol, you people have an answer to everything don't you? You just replace everything with 'christian god' and think it's done with that. It's all bullshit
And there''s no saying they aren't different gods either. If you believe in that crap that is.
So you explain the Greek Pantheon of gods and Norse mythology as just them mistaking the one true god for a bunch of different gods? You're absolutely mental my man.
I love Dawkins question to Gervais, "Why does a 21st century British atheist get up in the morning?"
My answer to that is "I have to pee."
Depends®...
If God did not make us so we felt the urge to go to the toilet we would never get up. So it makes sense.
@Hammer 001 Your comment is a prime example of what happens when a really funny joke by Gervais is misused by an amateur to bludgeon another user for no good reason. Not only is it no longer funny, it makes you look like a moron for even trying to use it this way. Next time, -butcher- use your own material.
In my eyes, the fact that you are so certain that gods do not exist is just as bad as those who have belief without sufficient and verifiable evidence. Indeed, you are claiming to be sure of something that is, by definition, unknowable. Granted, the probability is extremely low, but it simply cannot be zero. You thinking that it is zero is evidence that you are in that 'special' group that shouldn't be throwing shade on anybody else's maturity.
@Hammer 001 Error. You've wasted all that typing...
I do not have a god to defend. I am also a non-believer. But, unlike you, I don't claim to KNOW the unknowable.
The word atheist has evolved to mean non-belief in deities, not the archaic (and inaccurate) notion that it means that there is any kind of certainty about the non-existence of any deities at all. That last bit would be an error in logic.
If any real evidence comes along someday, I may eventually be convinced that one exists, but if it is anything like the idiotic story books tell it, I won't be a fan.
@Hammer 001 Didn't read it, not gonna. You are probably right. There is probably no god whatsoever... But can you not understand that from a logical standpoint, it cannot, and will never be totally, provably impossible? To think otherwise is a logical fallacy. The fact that everything you mention is poppycock is true, but irrelevant. If the is a deity, then it can be proven. If there isn't, nobody can prove that. You can say how stupid all the stories are, and that can be fun, too... but it all boils down to facts. And you cannot prove a negative proposition. If you cannot understand that, you need to look elsewhere, I have no time for this bullshit.
Ricky Gervais is not only very funny, he is also very wise. Love him!
I am dying of Cancer. I'm so happy. Not because I believe in an afterlife (which I do not!) I have lived a great life!
Rob Murray 💜💜
respect for the positivity bro❤
Respect bro good to know you’ve lived a great life, if there is an afterlife hope you receive blessings upon blessings there
@@osoelegant188 🥺❤
WE ARE ALL DYING! Every day is one day closer to our last day on earth. We should all try to live a great life like you ... but we are not all that lucky.
He destroyed Colbert here.
Colbert started off super aggressive and was put back in his box pretty quickly.
Is he (Colbert) even religious? The interview talked the case of atheism very well.
Irish Cathlic. He teaches fn cathlic shool on sundays ... on the other hand, he lost his father and 2 brothers in an airplanecrash when he was 10 or so. Maybe you ll draw the same lines as I did.
CrackityJones... I lost so much respect for Colbert in that argument. It's sad. So many reasons to like him: his Lord of the Rings fandom. His Neutral Milk Hotel fandom. His bear hatred. Now it's all muddled with the trinity crap. [shudder]
CrackityJones no he wasnt... dont look into it to make. creating something that isnt there is hypocritical with all this talk about jeebuz
Is he? the way i see it, he's being a wingman so that ricky made a great response for it. I think stephen make an argument that most religion people would do. So that someone with that argument, will know this great response.
Mark Twain wrote "religion was invented when the first conman met the first fool", how true!
Bee bee Be I LOVE 💖 that quote!
@John Digsby Firstly, you can't just replace a word in a sentence and think it will make sense, your doesn't. Secondly, you haven't provided any information to make that statement a point
@John Digsby You can but then anyone who's reading will think you're a moron for saying something that doesn't make any sense. If you don't explain what you mean you might as well stay silent
@John Digsby eh? We are all sometimes conmen and sometimes fools, secular or otherwise.
why is Mark Twain right in saying this amd not those who advocate for a god??
The universe is inexplicable. Religion is a comfort blanket for people who cannot except that. 100 percent fact.
*accept
Excellent statement
100% true but its fine as long as its a choice and not forced.
@@BladeFitness Most religious people were forced to follow their religion since they were kids, they are adoctrinated to follow it, imagine if they didn't study and practice religion until they were 18 or so, very few people would be religious, that's why even smart and cultured people believe in that nonsense, they were simply adoctrinated since they were kids
Yeh your not wrong the world would be a different place without religion that's for sure. But it can help some people and give them hope. I went to a church of England school and had to sing prayer every morning. But it like ricky it didn't take long to see through the stories. I used to think of it as the same as santa when i was a kid you knew it wasnt real you just sort of went along with it.
Ugh, I've gotta hold onto the "Thank goodness I was born into the right god. all others are going to hell, but I'm saved." that's so good.
For 40 yrs i was the most devout hindu. I always was decent, helpful and had respect for all other religions as well. All this inspite my father abusing me like hell. Once my warrior mom.died and some other terrible experiences, i found peace in atheism. This video made a lot of sense and made me feel happy. Self worth and decency to me is everything. Every day i try. Cheers to all.
I’m sorry for your suffering & happy for your new found joy!
Noting that your goodness came from within. Respect to that!
I’m sorry for what you’ve been through and hope you continue to find strength moving forward. To quote a famous film scene…it’s not your fault.
@@thomasmount7388that’s the thing though isn’t it, goodness does come from within. That’s why christians, for example, pick and choose. Their inner morality guides them, their morality doesn’t come from the book.
If they can tell the difference between good and bad whether there are fairies at the bottom of the garden or not; why have them? They should go to tooth fairy oblivion or the santa retirement home, right?@@thatsmeinthepic
You dont believe in 2999 gods, I dont believe in 1 more. lol How can you argue against that
That's when you shout HERESY and call the Inquisition.
i think its absolutely brilliant, currently in love with viking type shows such as Vikings, The Last Kingdom, and its really frustrating how each religion says they have the true gods and every other religion is wrong, but now seeing Ricki's story about denying gods, shines a whole new light onto religions and how toxic they are to any but their own.
@@Kanosirus Also the part of if no religion or anything fictional can be taught to people under 20 years of age was good and it would mean far less if any would believe because by 20 you would have learnt and grown your own mind fully unlike when a child who takes all adults say inside of it and so when told things about god, you would just say what ever. Loads of what he says is brilliant, he doesnt not believe he just asks for proof to believe and what proof is there? None.
@@ShangZilla are they Spanish, cause, if they are, I didn't expect that. 😏
This was the best argument about religion I have ever heard lol
If religión was not introduced to children, but told about it when they are adults….very few people if any would be religious.
It's really that simple👍
Religion is a product of ignorance. People have a tendency to believe someone else's version of the truth if they can't think of a better alternative themselves, or are too afraid to question it. Doesn't matter how old you are.
That would hurt the economy. The world needs sheep to be herd and earn money from. By removing the religions, you would lose control of billions of people, questioning why the very few are very rich while they were very poor, praying God for help... Everything is about money. None of the big guys believe in God, they are just thankful to him.
@@yigithan3713 It's about power and control. Money can be a means to get those things but not necessarily.
@@canucanoe2861 the sad truth
Love Gervais and the knowledge and intelligence he shows in many different subjects. He’s not just a comedian like many comedians are he’s a world of knowledge too. Thank goodness he never went into politics and destroyed everything we love about him like Izzard did.
"If you destroyed all (religious doctrine), in a thousand years it would never return. If you destroyed all science texts, in a thousand years it would be back word for word"
.......Mic drop. 🎤💥
*Pics the mic up. Says:Bravo. Drops it again*
Katriya You are misinterpreting what he's saying a bit. He means that if you destroy all holy books, new ones would be created, but the stories in the holy books wouldn't be the same as the old ones because religion isn't real but instead a man made concept.
His point was the Bible we know will not be rebuilt as it is now whereas science can be rebuilt with the same facts.
What a state of ignorant denial you are in.
I don’t consider myself an atheist, nor am I religious. Rather, I have neither the time nor desire to waste time on this kind of meaningless argument, either way! However, (much as I sigh at self-congratulatory celebrity atheists), Gervais’ point regarding the probable reappearance of scientific Vs religious text after a fixed period is quite compelling! Good point Mr Gervais!
Define irony: Religious man says "you only know that because someone else told you that is what you should believe".
Not really, he was wrongly trying to make the point that science is the same thing as religion.
Roegue He was not. Gervais said science is repeatable-religion is not. It is ironical for Colbert to use that sentence while arguing.
@Billy But Whole It is totally different because that is HOW science works. Once people disprove something with the scientific method and discover that they are doing things wrong and that it really doesn't work, they SCRAP it, as you just said, it's not done anymore, yes, once people believed it but they know better now because of what? SCIENCE. Yet, that will never happen with religion. NEVER. Does prayer work? Did it ever work? No and no. Will people stop believing and give in? NOPE. They will keep reading a two thousand-year old book of mythology as if it were all true and ignore all of the slavery, genocide, wife-beating, rape, pedophilia, and the number of people god kills along with the insane things he does and commands people to do and keep right on praying. They have done scientific studies and proven that prayer does not work and the religious keep right on praying and as far as hurting people with wrong "beliefs" no one can hold a candle to the pain and sorrow and death brought about by religious belief!! Wow.
And as far as the Big Bang, you weren't there either and through science, yes, science so far, the best theory is the Big Bang and scientists have reams of research to back it up. Scientists with IQs and education that would be double yours and mine put together! So, who am I likely to side with, some preacher who is reading the same old shit that is terribly crude and flawed and frankly, insane with terrible morality gleaned from ONE book, or thousands of years of research and development by hundreds of the greatest minds on earth who can prove most of what they do? Hmm, not a tough question at all...
@Billy But Whole Well, that was nonsense! You cannot be serious?! You honestly think that RELIGION and its morality is KEEPING people kind and thoughtful and restraining them from crime and keeping them in line and from doing the "wrong things?" The Bible has a terrible moral compass and the moral compass of most religious people is totally backward. People do have different genders than just male and female. Your sexuality is in your brain, not your genitals. There are gay people and the LGBTQIA community exists and is just fine and doesn't need the religious peoples' approval or disapproval and there is nothing wrong with love between two consenting adults in the privacy of their own bedrooms. The religious need to get their noses out of other people's love lives and stop being bigoted and cruel because of an old mythology that ignores all of its other stupid laws like mixing fibers and planting mixed crops, no one cares about those, but everyone wants to jump all over the gay thing. People just need to butt out and grow up. I don't care what any of my neighbours do in the sex lives whether they are gay or straight and neither should anyone else UNLESS it includes victims like animals or children who cannot consent and that brings me right back to RELIGION!! Religion has been the biggest contributor to pedophilia ever because people who want to pick on children and abuse them can hide behind a religious title much more easily than anything else. They'll be covered for and moved around by their own church. And the bible condones rape, slavery, pedophilia, murder, genocide, beating children to DEATH, wife-beating, plural wives and old men sleeping with 12 year-old girls and you're going to try to tell me that it brings GOOD morality to the table? No, get rid of religion and the backward thinking it causes. Like thinking slavery was OK and using the bible for backup. Like gay bashing and using the bible for backup, I mean COME ON! We make our own purpose, we don't need one handed to us and religion never gave me a purpose nor any atheist that I know and we're all doing just fine. I have great purpose in life, thanks. As if I need an imaginary genie in the sky full of hideous ideology to have purpose!
I just loved this comment I read here!
stjernekikkert: "I'm glad that I live in Denmark, haven't met anyone my whole life who is religious. There are some who just keep the traditions alive because it's "hyggeligt" :-)* and yet we have one of the safest and most equal places on earth."
Sounds like, pardon me, paradise! Lol
*Hyggeligt means "Cozy & pleasant" in English.
@Billy But Whole someone's off their medications again . Nutter
One of the most intelligent men today..
his biggest point is dont teach kids religion. let them think for themselves instead of believing what their parents or whoever tells them about religion at a young age
I wish the same approach for racist parents.
Doing that experiment right now. My son is 5 and it's going swimmingly.
Just as bad as teaching kids religion is teaching kids atheism. Because at the end of the day we don't actually know. Only a closed mind is certain.
Colin Hanmer i would agree. Just let them make their minds up for themselves.
Colin Hanmer : here's the problem I have with your statement - atheism isn't a set of beliefs it's the absence of belief in gods. You can't "teach atheism" in the same way you can't "teach someone how not to play golf." You're not teaching some sort of anti religion, you're just not teaching them religion. Actually, you're just not telling them that those religious texts are 100% true.
I have already talked to my son about religions. The different ones that are out there, where they come from and some of their histories. I just don't tell him that we know absolutely positively that there's a supreme being that doesn't want us to eat shrimp. And you know what, at 5yrs old he can already see through the bs.
"Religion, it's a bit mad innit?" - Karl Pilkington
I quite like Karl Pinkington, glad to see him quoted here. He's Gervais' discovery, and a good one! I'd gladly watch more of his travel shows! We've seen the series three times through already. Satisfies my wanderlust very well indeed.
omg plz send a link XD
@Binguh Bungah youre a fucking moron. Zero evidence for your god. You will never have proof. Ever. Stip being so fucking stupid. People like you are embarrassing to intelligent people
@@jilliansmith7123 Just my opinion, but 'An Idiot Abroad' wasn't funny enough. Needed a re-write.
Really! 😂
Love Karl
We need more comedians who make us think rather than tell us what to think.
So glad that god made perfect ears on which to hold my spectacles to correct the vision of the imperfect eyes he made for me.
Barb Rockow a true church-goer.
My nose is to flat for glasses
@@barbrockow879 He's being sarcastic mate
I know right, while other animals have better eye sight and other great features that we lack.. With bears being able to recycle poop, and some sea life living beyond many years...
Barb Rockow Jesus freak cant even take a joke....
im an athiest. my friends kept asking me to go to church, which i eventually did. There was a preacher and within the first 20mins , he asked a room full of poor people to bring money to him for no apparent reason, which to my amazement, they did. his accomplice then walked from the back of the room, took the money and walked off, needless to say i left early. this for me sums up religion.
I was forced to go to church countless times, since I was a kid, because my father's family is catholic. We live in a different country, and somehow my dad never managed to make me go at home. When I was a teenager, I think around 15 or 16, I went to a church and for the first time in my life I didn't just snooze or think about random stuff but listened to the preacher. I was told that Christianity is the only good religion, that neither Judaism, Islam or Buddhism is. And then another preacher said the church is poor and not new anymore, while "someone drove here with their new car" like they were supposed to donate the money. That was the end of it for me. I don't have problem with faith and belief in one or multiple gods as much, because to me, it's more or less spirituality. But I hate church and organized religion. My family is, of course, still faithful, and I don't know what would happen if I told them I didn't believe in God. Sorry for the long comment, just got it out of me.
adam garrett What I want to know about churches is... how come there no Q&A part at the end of a sermon... surely magical men in the sky and whatnot raises a few questions... not least of which is " erm... where did you come by this amazing information? "
Every lecture I look at or science debate on TH-cam... well they all have a Q&A so that the audience can ask relevant questions about the premises.... you'd imagine after thousands of years religions would have worked out that it a great way of involving the audience.
I got into trouble at a school mass as a kid for that... I stuck my hand up... thats what you do in school right... I never even got to ask my question... I was frogmarched out of the church just for having a question. I was 7 I think... never believed this rubbish from the get go... but that was what propelled me from already atheist to anti-theist.
over the last 40 years that stupid attempt to shut me up has created more atheists than just answering the fucking question.
nice story. everyone is entitled to their own believes.
mick. they could not have done you a bigger favour
adam garrett for just a moment i thought you were going to say after seeing how easy it was to get this money you became a priest! thank goodness you didn't.
I don't thank God for my daily bread. I thank farmers.
Pesh Madscientist: agreed! I'm also grateful to whoever prepares that daily bread, and the wage earner in the house, and the company that pays those wages, and society that makes companies possible, and...there' are a lot of real people &places to enjoy our gratitude who actually exist and deserve it...
I just pay them.
Ron Rolfsen: I just pay at the store. Good point.But I thank the clerk, and I'm grateful someone else grew the food and shipped it to the store. And I thank whoever fixes the food and cleans up afterwards.
You should thank yourself
You could thank your employer for being the "founder of the feast..."
And you could thank your parents for kicking you out and forcing you to find a job. Lots of thanks to go to those who might actually appreciate it and deserve it.
If you made a "Every time Ricky Gervais nailed it!" video, it would be 58 years long
So Ricky is not only a funny guy but very logical and reasonable..true statements!!!
He actually has a degree in philosophy
"its better to have questions you cant answer than answers you cant question" - Exurb1a
Good one.Lovely.
Nonsense, poopy pants.
"It's as though humans are the only animals that don't understand that the purpose of life is to enjoy it."
- Richard Dawkins
"I am not afraid of death. I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it caused me no inconvenience at all."
- Mark Twain
yeah but what if you're raped by satan?
I agree. Eg. Dogs treat people far better than people treat people. I believe they have an instinct that they are not here for long so may aswell enjoy it. Compared to humans who are taught the average life span of most humans. We waste our time to our peril.
Sherry Morris that has nothing to do with it, we’re much smarter so we devise evil plans.
@@jasoneaton4520 So, do dogs, even other animals. They have an inate protection mode. The only difference is they act immediately whereas humans take far longer to carry out their plans. Protecting ones loved ones is far smarter than devising evil plans with the same outcome.
Sherry Morris my comment didn’t post 🙄 so tired of this dictatorship.
we can easily kick, grab or kill dogs. We’re smarter.
This guy is so smart and no one really clocks it
Rickie is super intelligent in his argument. .
CRAZYCR1T1C he’s just logical, really
no. You're just american.
Yep. I agree. And not an ounce of smugness. Very powerful arguments.
i think he is just honest. Intelligent... i don't know, there are holes in his plot.
He tends to nail it, all the time. Everywhere
@Mary Lee ok mary, off to bed now
I always knew he was funny, I didn't know until recently that he was this intelligent and above all logical.
most people who understand how to be funny, are pretty intelligent
he's just a brit. as an american you don't have any kind of intelligence.
That's politics in a nutshell......"this is my team idc what the others have to say". I love to hear from different points of views, I actually welcome them, because I Iove to think and see others rational that differs from mine. Colbert's pompous personality does not allow him to listen to ppl and other points of view. He knows better and what's best for everyone.
Gipsi you’re right, it takes intelligence to be a great comedian.
I always knew he was deeply, painfully, unfunny as a comedian. I didn't know until recently that, once not self-promoting, he had a decent level of intelligence. Good for you Mr Gervais. Not a fan, but no longer a hater.
He's smart and funny in his logical explanation.
Jane is lucky.
Jane has no friends though..
Spirit she is thinking about making friends tho
@@spirit4897
Jane's friends are selective.
Statues, birds, shadows, dead people.
Or he's a lucky man to have Jane ❤️
@@helenpolaroid905
Ricky said;
People kept saying, “He’s out of touch. He’s so famous. He’s rich. He’s mega-rich.” I am. Right? I could have this place burnt down for a laugh.
Jane, I'm sure adds to the relationship but let's be honest, WOMEN LOOK FOR WALLETS.
She's lucky to have HIM!!
The man with the HUUUUGE Golden Globes.
He is now a LEGEND.
He's so clever. One of the most intelligent people I've ever seen. I'd love to meet him.
you're an idiot
@@princessadora na cherry you are
@Tom Thumb ricky gervais studied philosophy at college, so when it comes to debates on theology, hes very well educated on the subject..
Intelligent? Perhaps? Right? Not even close.
Grim UK: sorry you don't like him. But your opinion of him doesn't align with reality.
Ricky giving that suspicious smile after saying "Afterlife" made me think ricky is a time traveler just trolling us
RUSSIAN ROBOT it was a joke u fucking moron
@RUSSIAN ROBOT he has a show called afterlife
@RUSSIAN ROBOT Can you be a bit more specific?
@RUSSIAN ROBOT Have you looked at the trailer or the actual show? you idiot
Ricky Gervais's Jesus realization was exactly most people's Santa realization😂
Yes😂
But Santa /Satan is real (just not what the myths are based on)
@@TheDreamer_Awakens yeah for sure
@@TheDreamer_Awakens Do you have proof?
@@myeyesaredrymylove yes you'll find out when it's too late, lol. Your welcome.
In the words of the great Tim Minchin ...
"Throughout history, every mystery ever solved has turned out to be NOT MAGIC."
Fackin love that guy.
@@darkness_of_the_night Yeah there are plenty of examples of magic in Harry Potter too. Your point?
So let me get this straight.Your evidence of "magic" is that an old book that said that a city that is now well over 2000 years old, would one day be abandoned? Yeah, that MUST be magic because that's such an unlikely scenario. I mean, it's not like there are tens of THOUSANDS of old cities all over the world that are now abandoned and in ruins is it?
He's a man that's on the precipice of enlightenment. He's a person that asks the right questions.
He F-ed up Colbert in that debate.
It’s not hard to fuck up someone who believes in fairytales.
Some Fella FYI, Ricky had told a tale about a “christian” messaging him saying he hoped satan would rape Ricky, so that’s where Stephen pulled that comment from.
not really, he made a good point about being raped by satan.
No he's not. Colbert can easily counterpoint him. But it's a show, & Ricky is humorous, so he just went on with the flow for the sake of the audience...
A very smart and deep thinking man
he may be smart but he lacks knowledge and understanding
Nope, he is only able to scratch the surface but unable to take a deeper look. Thus he is actually wrong on all this
@@TheOlzee just like you just did?
crap case yeah exactly 👌🏻
RUSSIAN ROBOT I was being sarcastic don’t worry lol
"That's good, that's really good, that's really good"
Translation: "I lost"
I respect that a lot more than just denying it
It's a concept beyond our capacity of comprehension.
Ricky is I think the most amazing person I’ve ever come across in my life
Why does a 21st Century British atheist get up in the morning?
Because he's had enough sleep.
Master stroke
Because he had to pee!
He evolved to sleep in the dark of night so as to be rested in the day time to hunt and gather his comedy material so he can feed his cave according to an intricate universal design set off by Early Matter that God used to fueled the big bang. If you want to know where the early matter comes from you will have to pray for an answer. Science will never know. Nailed yah.cisco
@@kenmitchell8367 woah
Woah indeed Nina. Is the woah because your impressed or a little frightened hehe.cisco
After two and a half thousand years of intellectual debate, the subject is finally "nailed" by a 21st century British comedian in 13.06 minutes on You tube. Hallelujah !
Amen brother
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not like it wasn't done 300 years ago
Over the years I changed the question from 'Why do I live' to 'How do I live'. Makes a lot more sense.
A genius deconstructor. Love him so much!
I'm glad that I live in Denmark, haven't met anyone my whole life who are religious. Theres some that just keeps the traditions alive because it's "hyggeligt" :-) and yet we have one of the safest and most equal places on earth.
Wierd flex, but ok
don't ever come to Poland then...maybe i should move to Denmark?
Well if you are born in Italy you decide after 5 or 6 years of church if you like it or not.
stjernekikkert
I agree
What are you talking about? Denmark is about 2/3 religious christianity? Or do you mean your own village perhaps?
I love his brain, his comedy, & his face....Jane, I do envy you
In the past I haven’t really thought Ricky Gervais was funny so I never took any notice of him. However, since his last speech at the Golden Globes I have watched him a few times. What a clever , well educated and funny man he is. Or maybe I was never clever enough to appreciate him . Great vid. 👍👍👍👍
Not only is he very funny, he is also very intelligent and can hold himself against anyone else.... The funniest thing though is he can take the piss out of the Yanks without them knowing it 😂
His logic is straight savage.
Ricky is really my type of hero. I LOVE this guy.
He is fantastic, human, nice, wise and sincere
When Colbert said: "i can only give you my personal experience..." his whole thing fell apart. Anecdotal evidence on such matters is utterly worthless.
it's the experience of millions of christians.
@@jasoneaton4520 Yes, and each one of their subjective feelings indoctrinated into them since birth... must mean it's true, right?
Pi Day Rocks l was never Christian but l’ve felt myself dragged into Hell.
I thought Colbert was a Jew
sweetiepie officially yes. He’s jew light, lots of Nordic or aryan blood.
Ricky is the best debate team member ever! Love how he keeps a smile always :) 😂
"Why can't god sort out satan? Why can't he? He's all powerful...what is he doing??". Exactly. It is ludicrous voodoo.
"if God is all powerful he can not be all good, and if he is all good he can not be all powerful" quote from BvS but its a really good fitting one
because life is a test that only the good people pass and he uses Satan as a tool to sort/test people?
there is literally a hole book in the bible about this, Job
@@naru3443 The irony is strong with your comment.
@@vianeylugo1352 what? mistakes? I'm not native English
David Ruth Nope. Not native English. Just Native Stupid.😉
Seeing Richard Dawkins and Ricky Gervais sitting together makes the video complete
Ricky is a Legend
this man is gonna be a legend 50 years from now. when 70% of the population is going to be atheist.
Nisi Jaupi I really hope so. I would love be to live long enough for religious belief to be seen as silly as it truly is.
Nisi Jp true af
As apealing as it sounds, im afraid that religions will be here to stay for much longer than that. Simple minded people hold on to it as it ease their everyday lives in promise that one day they will live hapily ever after once this shitstorm of a life ends... Its way easier that try to do something with your life to make it less shity and actualy be happy that you are even alive, because chances of that hapening where ridiculously low to begin with... People are just lazy cowards that wont accept the truth...
A populations well being has a direct correlation with how religious they are. Could well be the case that people living in shit tend to stray to religion because it gives them promise of better things, something to dream for.
Nisi Jp - he's already a legend in my house.
Ricky is the man
Explain the tits then.
You not heard of man-boobs?
Ricky is also the tits.
hedgehog1965uk Dumbass
This man speaks only the truth
I'd like to see Ricky Gervais and Jordan Peterson have a discussion
The idea that we’re even having this conversation in the 21st-century is confounding. the idea that I am in the minority because I don’t believe in literal magic is just bizarre. Atheism is a CONCLUSION, not a belief
Ivan Drago Well said! “A conclusion”....so true.
I say that all the time how in 2019 can so many people be so stupid . It's such common sense. Like Ricky said he was 8 years old and it took him an hour to figure it out lol
@@KlineFarmchannel i don't think it's stupidity, i think it's brainwashing. When you're told not to question, too many people obey for fear of hell.
For either you simply need to believe, or not believe. You don't need evidence. You could have the evidence presented to you but choose to still believe or not believe. Atheist and Theist would still stand as what they are. Neither term has anything to do with anything else. I fully or partially believe in the existence of a god, or gods. I fully, or partially, do not believe in the existence of a god, or gods. That's it.
It isn’t true if you have to “believe “ in it. I don’t “believe” in photosynthesis. There is just Photosynthesis. I don’t “believe” in hats. Look: the claim that there is a god is an Extraordinary claim. So that assertion requires Extraordinary proof, of which there is none. That’s it 🤷♂️
"All thinking men are atheist." Ernest Hemingway
Not true tho
The majority of atheists I see online these days go out of their way to say that atheism is nothing more than a lack of belief in god, meaning that being an atheist on this definition requires no thought whatsoever
Atheists don’t “make” churches. And the only people arguing with them are “believers”
Also, atheists don’t have a “belief “. Pay attention.
@@Kate-fi8oh a belief is an acceptance that something exists or is true without sufficient proof. Atheists by definition believe that God does not exist which is a view that is currently indefensible
YOU BELIEVE IN IT CAUSE SOMEBODY TOLD YOU
THE IRONY OF THAT I CANT BELIEVE IT
At least science you can show people and they can witness it with all their senses, even do some themselves and all those who see it will have the same account of what you witnessed (to differ from religion, even the people in the bible don't tell the same story) maybe not the science on the Huge scale but the good thing is no matter what scale, the science is all the same. So even if you have to take the big scales "on faith" sort of, you've still seen those same building blocks and so it isn't actually faith
Absolutely brilliant. I love Ricky Gervais.
A small part of me lost a great deal of respect for Colbert after his exchange with Ricky.
Me too. I've always thought Colbert was brilliant but religious belief just dumbs people down no matter who it is. Sad really.
Maxx Kroes lol I'm glad someone recognized that
jon Q there is a world full of these people adding to society... just as we believe in 0 gods out of 3000.
religious succesful people got 99% lf it right... morals... family focus ... work ethics etc. they just got one thing really wrong... they believed in a god with no evidence and a lack of critical thinking. we have all believed in one bullshitter at one point in our life.
they just still have that person bull shitting to them daily.
On the other hand morals, family focus and work ethic pretty much have nothing to do with religion per se because a compelling argument can be made that they each precede any and all religions, we would have lasted as a species otherwise... although I appreciate the attempt at an olive branch.
I love Colbert's sense of humour and all that, but he is a practising Catholic. He seemed aggressive in his questioning (which he usually isn't), and Ricky was as calm as ever! And of course Ricky's arguments just nailed it.
What gets me up on a morning pain usually when my pain medication wears off.
This guy is gonna bring the world into the light !
Bright guy!!!!!! and great comic/commentator
"Why does an Atheist get up in the morning?" Erm, to live our lives? Just because we don't believe there's anything after death doesn't mean we can't still lead enjoyable and fulfilling lives.
@RUSSIAN ROBOT Yes, religion is just that. Thanks for sharing!
If there was a god, why get up in the morning? Just think: There's enough time to be productive in the afterlife. Guess I'll just wither away here doing nothing untill I get there.
@@tracylf5409 Nice one 🤣
True, but it doesn't help those who have committed suicide. they kill themselves because they have lost all hope! If your hope and happiness is in this life, good luck! Thanks to Jesus I'II count on a much better one after death!
The fact that life exists at all is so astounding that the idea there is something after you die doesn't seem strange at all.
I challenge anyone to find 4x where ricky gervais DIDN'T nail it
tatiana matysuk Damn right 😂😂
tatiana matysuk there is one time
Ed Evans qualify your response with a link?
tatiana matysuk what do you think
Ed Evans every time ive heard him he has been amazing so no clue what u r referring 2
Amazing and wonderful I wish he was running the planet.
Ricky the reason you want friends love and a happy life is because you are a spiritual being and you have a soul.
"If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist? Mind blown.
Jim Elliott I get that, but why give them the free will to not believe and then punish them for it?
Jim Elliott Its all a joke to me, anyway. The way I see it is if God was real I'm sure he or she would be completely understanding as to why people didnt believe. I mean if we are referring to that one specific god out of 2900 or so.
Doryphoros Because statistically atheists know more about the bible than the cherry picking, religious bigots. Read my second comment and pay attention. My point is that in numerous versions of the bible it says non believers will be punished. So why give someone the power of freewill and then punish them for something that is not harmful, but something as simple as just not believing? Lets hear it, smart guy.... im waiting.
Doryphoros Wrong again. You have once again showed your level of ignorance. Im not religious and i have higher morals and treat people better than most religious people. You dont need God, a book or religion to be a good person and thats where the problem lies. Live a life with good morals, treat people kindly, be considerate and compassionate, help others when you can etc. I dont need a book or someone to tell me to be that way. Its the way ive always been. In fact im more of a Christian than most Christians.
I grew up in a Christian area and most of them were drunks, coke heads or people who were pregnant by the age of 15. Thats not judging, thats reality. Its what i saw. I was an alter boy for 2 years, went to church and catholic schools. When i was old enough to know i didnt need an organized religion to lead a good life I left and went to a public highschool for the last couple yrs. Religious people are the biggest judges of all. They themselves cant even follow their own rules and theyre going to to judge me? Lol. Give me a break. Youre done "my friend".
So one of Colbert's arguments is "I'm thankful, I want to be thankful to some entity, so there must be a prime mover."
Colbert is a talented presenter ... it's too bad he's not clever enough to shake his superstitions.
Some argument eh ?Most are similarly imbecilic.
I don't think that was an argument I think that was more to get an understanding of what Ricky thought.
@@pattonium5085 It def was an argument. Colbert is very VERY religious. Can't blame him tho
Kevin Skogg Colbert just proves the point that even a seemingly intelligent man can be an idiot
It's crazy that he specifically said do not take my opinion as facts yet hes able to say everything we feel, but can not make into words. We will never meet Mr. Gervais but I appreciate your insight. #100
The funniest thing I ever heard on the subject of religion is a clip of Dave Allen describing the first day he attended a Catholic school. Brilliant.
"I think you have to have worth, you have to feel to your self you have worth. Friends, family, a loving relationship, just because we are human, and that's how we are built".
Dude nails it EVERY time. I love this man.
He is a genius - period.
If religion gives you strength, go and believe in peace. For me, music does the same thing. As long as we are free to choose and don’t hurt each other, there is nothing dangerous in being different and believing differently😎
5:07
Colbert reaction is out of character. I found that extremely pleasant.
*unpleasant
Out of character :O the guys a fuckin dick man
Ricky Gervais, the philosopher of comedy
@RUSSIAN ROBOT Apparently you watch utter shit
Love him, man's a genius
Ricky Gervais, one of my five living stable genius’s.
My parents said that God loves you and will protect you. When they took me to church we got out of the car and I looked up at the church steeple and saw a lightening rod. I said to mum "why does the church steeple have lightening rod" she told me to be quiet or I will go to hell.
"isnt that a coincidence? you are always born into the right god, isnt that lucky"
single greatest quote
There are people who come along once in a lifetime who have an incredible way of breaking down information and making it a pleasure to hear, Mr Gervais is a well written song played by a exceptional band.
How anyone still can be religious after watching this video is absolutely incredible.
If you are one of those who do not understand, think again and come back to reality.
Ancient people didn't have the understanding of what we do so far of the known universe. They were like imaginative children, "That's Apollo dragging the Sun across the sky in his chariot". "The devil was a snake that spoke to eve". Hopefully we have grown up.
If that's your position you might want to take a good, hard look at your avatar.
"How do you know you are God? Because when I pray... I find I am talking to myself."
I really like this God guy. He is sooo eeevil. He even wrote a book about it. Did you know he once drowned 99% of all animals and humans? I have so much to learn from him.
-Stewie probably
What a refreshing and new approach. To take that which u clearly have NO understanding at all, and use it for a little attention. Good for u. I gave u a like. Do u feel better? Ur ignorance astounds me.
Grim UK Why are you like this?
@@tarragonpowder8724 The irony in that comment. And it is completely lost on u.
Grim UK: no, irony not lost on us, but Dunning-Kruger is clearly lost on you. SAD.
@@jilliansmith7123 It amazes me how brave people are in sepearte posts - and among those u have not already been embarressed in front of. Given the fact u decided not to reply to anything that I said ...
The unparalelled ammount of 'imperical evidence' & otherwise that I crammed in to a single post was, at the very least, impressive if not damn so. It was in abundance. And yet here u are ...
No. I think I understand them rather well, actually ...
Absolute genius!! Love Mr G!!
literally i couldn't believe in god since i was 11 and i was thinking "why do i say god help me when i'm in bad situations then?" i tried believing in myself and tried to solve things without wanting something from the unknown. it worked. it worked even better. i'm a atheist since then.
"So why does a 21st century British Atheist get up in the morning?"........well for my part it's primarily to have a Pee then Tea and Toast....
It's a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It's the opposite. We have nothing to die for, we have everything to live for. - Ricky Gervais
I take a shit as well
@@romber58 🤣🤣🤣
@Binguh Bungah .And what you say does not prove anything at all about the existence of a god;they might as well call for their mom,she won,t be there either.
He is awesome!! Hes got such a great way of thinking. These eyes are brilliant lol
There is a energy you will pass over to when you die. Belive it or not but we will all see for ourself one day.
I'm so glad I wasn't brainwashed into a religion growing up
Congrats. Honestly. GG
I was but got out of it
I stopped believing after my confirmation but a day doesn't go by I don't think why did I believe all that
I grew up believing in God, but I stopped believing in that in the same way I stopped believing in Santa.
Wait actually no I stopped believing when I'd pray for something to happen and he just sits there like "ha bitch no"