Yep, that would be nice

It is a totally improbable idea. It might be funny, but it is impossible to grow up in our country and avoid mention of God, even if your parents go out of their way to insulate their children from religion, which mine did. Think of the Xmas songs, or any songs. I had friends who believed. Well, it is actually ridiculous to even discuss the idea. So it was a joke. A throw away idea.

@@stephenpitell6087 what he meant was teaching it, in my country you can have 2 of 45 minutes classes in every week of religion if you want, and im pretty sure that in some schools and countries you actually must go to them, as an atheist i think what he says is one of the best ideas out there, and yes even teaching or indoctrinating atheism shouldnt be done too

We were risen in a atheist society (communist Romania) and I miss nothing about this rigmarole, I raised my children the same, and they are smart, productive members of society too.

​@stephenpitell6087 everyone already understood the improbability, I think you can rest assured.

And your bright as a lightbulb too.moron

He is clueless about God. He can make people laugh, for sure, but he is uneducated and under developed spiritually.

I thought your name's Robert.

_I'm Christian and I don't believe in God or Christianity. My name is Christian, is what I should have said. I'm not Christian, i'm Christian._ Then you should have taken your parents to court for some retribution because of their ignorance. And, while you're at it, *why haven't you changed your name?* It's available. I changed my name because I didn't want to be named after my father -- [this is true] -- at the time, it cost me only about $2.50 (approx.).

I'm Pedro. Go fuck yourself.

Robert Conlee LOL

+LabererMoewe 👏🏽

Except for the fact that we can't 'just say the Universe has always been around' because science has proved it hasn't. Doesn't prove god but it does prove Gervais is a twat.

@@dazboot2966 How does it prove that Ricky is a "twat"? Twat seems a bit harsh.

Daz Boot the ‘big bounce’

That 's because the Roman Catholic Church is a pagan , idolatrous, sun-worshiping death cult with a veneer of Christianity. It never has been, isn't and never will be CHRISTIAN.

Dear Subaru Urabus, It's likely the Catholic Church thanks you for leaving.

halcyon289, How would you know?

@@kenkuehne6027 You're a Catholic yes ? how come you don't know ?

halcyon289, Sorry, no. Not Catholic. I can hold my own on Catholicism. We (as in you and I) just have a disagreement on non-essential theology.

Vichrae V, Like all good fairytales. : )

@@kenkuehne6027 what does that mean?

@@kenkuehne6027 didn't really clarify anything there

@@TheDeepState2001 It means that like all fairytales, they’re fictional and easy for most children to understand.

@@kenkuehne6027 2 years🤣🤣🤣🤣

Morning* checkmate to you sir XD unless you were mourning the birth of jesus and hence all the world's wars starting due to his ass then fair play to you hahaha

Terrezio he was being sarcastic lol as are you

The Old One he was being officiously superfluous in a funny way

looooool legend

I'm really hoping you're being sarcastic. Otherwise, truth be told. YOU'RE AN INDIOT.

Mark Jeffries, I feel comfort after a few tacos.

+praaht18 I disagree, since science should be explaining the superstitions away.

+djdrj It is Explaining the superstitions away. Eg Demons posessing people. We now know there are no demons possessing people, we know its mental disorders , many of which can be controlled with modern medicine.

I know that it does. I also know that some people still have them even though there is tons of evidence that would say otherwise. That's why I said "should" instead of "is".

+djdrj But there are people that don't belive in reality xD

How about this logical solution for everyone regarding the ultimate truth. If you, every night 'request' 'Oh creator of the universe, if there is one, guide me to the right path' Why? well there would be no arguments and people can live the life as they are guided or not (if there is no god). Why is it logical solution? Well when you die (which every one does) if there is no god you have nothing to worry about, if there is a god and you where following gods way fine, and if there is a god but god says no no you did not follow my way, well you will have a very strong argument, you have asked god every night for guidance and if he did not guide you then it is not your fault and all religions portray god as all merciful. Try it out and see what happens there nothing to lose, just a few seconds every night.

He is entitled to his opinion, as are we all. And in my opinion he's a profoundly 'religious atheist'. Like the Dylan song say's, 'ya gotta serve somebody'.

@@kenkuehne6027 In my opinion you can use any term you like, but the proper one would be gnostic atheist. I am pretty sure Ricky is agnostic atheist.

Bojan Dolinar, 'Religious Gnostic Atheist'. Got it. Thanks! : )

@@kenkuehne6027 fighting and criticising ignorance is not a bad thing in any way and it is important to do.

@@dievas_ I agree. That's why I say, the Big Bang and Evolution need to be critically analysed rather than believed blindly without personal investigation.

Someone should create a religion based around fairies

@@garrison1915 Did you know that, in Iceland, they genuinely build roads that go AROUND places elves are said to exist. That isn't a joke, they really do.

IDWIE, You mean like skepticism, doubt or unbelief?

Tony England, Sounds like fun.

@@TonyEnglandUKI did not know that. Amazing ... and ignorant.

Really wow deep,didnt work moron.

So if twins are in the womb,one is atheist and one theist,the theist would be telling the other about another world outside the womb where the atheist would say it's rubbish.

@@grahammiller3914 how would one know about the world outside the womb?

@@petyrkowalski9887 it believed it.

@@petyrkowalski9887 From the sound coming from outside, and in later development from the changes in light and a mothers touch.

Excellent idea

Shut up.

Buckly Brown No. You. I'm telling mom.

+Buckly Brown sorry you cant handle it Bucky. Morpheous has a blue pill for you

+Buckly Brown I suppose according to your ideology, you are the moral one here. Oh the hypocrisy.

+Darly Souza Will you go out with me Darling.... I mean Darly ? I am billionaire with a great sense of humour, and I love ponies and kittens, and I am dashingly handsome, and I am friends with Ricky. Your place or mine ?

Matt Harding My thoughts exactly

shane smith I think at that point we would probably try to genetically modify god and industrially produce divinity for commercial markets. And probably use it in warfare too.

***** God has already been used in warfare, over and over, by the religious. Both sides in nearly all the conflicts of this world had to believe - or be convinced - that God was with them and not the opposition. So yeah, if a jar of God existed, someone would use it to kill.

Yeah, you could say so. But imagine us humans controlling god itself, the idea that we believe that made us. :D

The idea of putting a portion of the Creator in a jar to test it proves God's patience and God's justice for creating Hell for those who want to be eternally stupid about God.

@cathy smith What evil deeds has Ricky Gervais done? What cruelties has he inflicted upon the world besides his disbelief? Has he murdered or raped? Has he stolen?

+MissTaiSah Wow! That's excellent news - good luck with all your new thoughts :-) x X x

+Matti Holden zzz

+MissTaiSah Well done and good luck!

good for you. I can say with a high degree of certainty you will not burn in hell

+MissTaiSah I'm proud of you. Question literally everything. Nothing should be taken for granted or as fact until it has got through the logical, rational filter.

HeavenLeigh You're more than welcome - I loved how clear and funny all his answers were, which is why I put it together and posted it :-) Take care and thanks for your comment.

Dw he will die and everything wouldn’t makes sense to him God always win the soul will pay the prices

sadly I found many Anti Gervais Atheist video from 2020.....but I paisted this link everwhere 😂👍🏽

So true.

+GisHur The biggest irony of this question is, that if there would be any evidence, no one had to BELIEVE. If someone would give me evidence, I wouldn't believe in this god. I simply would accept his existence with all following consequence, just like I accept the existence of the keyboard under my fingers.

GisHur good thinking.

I made a fair attempt to answer this problem in my 1st 2 posts...... main reply page...... I define "God " as the sum total of all understanding and enlightenment...... just as satan is the sum total of all chaos and confusion....... I guess the trouble comes when anyone is foolish enough to personify these concepts

I attempted to answer this problem in my 1st 2 posts main reply page..... I define 'God' as the sum total of all understanding and enlightenment...... just as satan is the sum total of all chaos and confusion...... the trouble comes when anyone is foolish enough to personify these concepts

+James Foote he has just the perfect mix of the two!! Depth and talking abotu serious things sometimes actually improves when there is some humour involved.

You defined part of your religion that includes, 'There should be no....'

@@candeffect Oh, brother!! Atheism is not a religion. Do you have an intelligent point to make?

@@user-vm4ej4uv1q Atheism is the belief that there is no God, and can therefore be defined as a religion based on the faith that there is no God.

You forget .. they have a hole in their fur where their arses is too .

You will be amazed when you reverse the cats. They have a hole in their fur where their arses is too.

A false assertion based on philosophical reasoning. For example, if you were raised in the religion of Atheism, there is nothing standing in your way of adopting a different faith. Same goes for all religions.

​@@kenkuehne6027 Calling atheism a religion seems an odd choice, no?

Dashing Dave, There is no fallacy. You either have faith in your ideology or you don't. If you believe in the religion of Atheism, then you're a faithful Atheist. If you have no faith in Atheism, then whatever ideology you think you might have is nothing more than vanity and emptiness.

@@kenkuehne6027 So not collecting stamps makes me who? Atheism - religion without god, churches, gatherings, belief in supernatural and afterlife. Makes perfect sense.

Halt Hammerzeit, Another bad metaphor. You can't prove that stamps don't exist. In fact, the evidence for the existence of stamps is overwhelming. But far be it from me to prove it to you if you insist on remaining ignorant of stamps. Atheism is the assertion that 'there is no God.' To believe this assertion, you must of necessity exercise 'faith' that the assertion is true, because 'it cannot be proven'. The assertion by Atheists, that Atheism is the absence of belief or faith, is an erroneous absurdity. There is no evidence that Atheism is anything other than a 'belief system', albeit the belief that there is no God. Atheist love to play this game with semantics to prove that Atheism is not a religion, but in order to do this, they first have to twist the meaning of words and ideas into pretzels in order to accomplish it.

A magic old guy always watching you so he can reward the good and punish the bad. The only difference between God and Santa is that, at some point, they stop telling you Santa is real.

@MetaBboy 9-11

@Hello Halogen I know. That's the point I was making.

phew! for a moment then i thought all had gone mad!

thats awesome, what did you die from?

ah glad to hear all is well now, did sound a bit grim for a bit. Ive not seen the Sherlock series, whos in it?

I'm a fairy and I've been hanging around your garden. Dogging.

'fraid not pal

+jim jimjim TBH Gervais would be much more approachable than Hitchens. Hitchens gave off too much of the high intellectual vibe to anyone besides the already doubters. Gervias has more down to earth approach to it.

+zcribe that is so true what you just said. You can watch any debate between hitch and any religious person and the religious one is always making points and asking questions without realizing hitch already answered them in tht debate, is almost as if they dont listen or dont want to listen or maybe they just dont like or dont want to hear the truth

josemaria cerisola, Or maybe, you have too much faith in Hichens.

Ken Kuehne faith? You missed the point exact in the way José described. There is no faith in logic Ken.

Marcel Smet, So, then, you have faith in your assertion that there is no faith in logic. Seems like you're overlooking something. m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fb9-ZpRklq-4Yp8.html

Be prepared to be outcasted if you openly refuse the religion you were brought up on. When you start questioning things and think for yourself you will be labeled as rebellious, odd, lost, traitor of god, prodigal son, turning your back on god, etc. What people will realize is that you are going against the herd mentality and being awakened will offend them greatly.........to tell the truth you will freer and be happier. Welcome to the other side......I've been there :)

I’ve recently come to agree with that. I would love for a Christian to explain to me why it is so important to god that we believe in him, so much so, that he’s gonna burn us alive if we don’t. That’s the most vain, selfish and wicked thing I’ve ever heard. Makes god sound like the devil.

Depends on what kind of God you believe in. I'm a Christian and the core of my belief is that God doesn't send me to hell because I don't believe in him, I end up in hell as justice for my own wickedness and the fact that Christ died for my sins so that I shouldn't have to bear these terrible consequences because God is loving and mercifull enough to offer me a way out, it is up to me if I accept the hand he offers me to be free of this fate or not, because justice for evil is something every human being would agree with and that is exactly what hell is. We also agree that mercy and compassion are good things and that is exactly what God offers us through Jesus. And the idea that God sends 'descent' people to hell is only valid if you assume people are inherently good, history aswell as the christian bible states this definitely isn't the case. Now you could say: "But they never hurt anyone": I refuse to believe that any human being has never hurt another human being in any way shape or form. "But they do good things": Is it because they care or so that they could brag about being good people because if it is the latter then they are not "good" people and it is rarely the case that someone does something simply because they want to do it and not because they were raised to do these good things by there parents in which case you are not a 'good' person. You are simply conplying to your environment(i.e. the way you were raised)

+zeldagoblin Aqualong.

+Death Rattle ohh I don't know... how about, "mental"? :-D

+zeldagoblin Do you put an emphasis on the AL part though?

I dont know anyone who pronounces mental as ment-ahl

+Marteen Lake noooo it's hard to hear if you're not a pedantic fuck like me. The vast majority would say MEN-terl. (The er phoneme would be short, like in the word better). Ricky says mentl, The T and L are pronounced together with the tongue, like little. It just sounds strange to me. I guess I'm more tuned in because I do a lot of work with phonics and pronunciation.

Whilst what you say is true, it’s also only true ‘now’. 500 years ago, leaving Christianity or Judaism would have been equally courageous. Things can change very quickly, and we’re in a time when more educational stuff is available on a daily basis. Who knows in 50, 20 or even 10 years time what will change.

Roger that

i wish i had the courage to tell every1 how much i h8 Islam but living in a islamic country its quit imposible

Daz Moreland, Ah, there are. Lots and lots of them. Why do you think that is? Would you mind if I asked you another question, Daz? If you were a sculptor, and created a masterpiece of art admired the world over, and you eventually sold it to one of your patrons. But while moving it, your patron tripped and knocked it over, shattering your priceless artwork into a hundred pieces. And while picking up those pieces, he cuts himself on a sharp edge, his wound becomes infected and while seeking medical attention he contracts sepsis and dies. Would that be your fault? -Just asking.

Ken Kuehne no, because he’s not all-powerful, like God. And don’t start preaching to me, I’m a Christian. I’m just a logical one.

Kallie Mae, Why are you answering for Daz Moreland? Has he forgotten how to type? In response to your comment though, I wasn't suggesting that Daz (or a fictional facsimile) was God. I was asking a logical question that demands a logical response. Atheists want to blame God for every broken thing in a broken world. If a terrorist kills children in a preschool, they blame God. If a young Mother is abducted from her home and sold into sexual slavery, they want to blame God, if a child contracts cancer, they want to blame God. For so-called 'Atheists', they appear to have an obsession with God. In any case, Atheists hatred for God is misplaced, because they have no knowledge or understanding of who God even is. 'Sky Daddy'? 'Super Santa'? Seriously. The ignorance and denial of all evidence that contradicts their assertions is mind boggling. But hey, carry on.

Ken Kuehne not all of them have an obsession with God just like not all religious individuals are conservative, racist, or strict. I was just providing an answer because I get frustrated when people who haven’t been educated in philosophy or logical fallacies get asked trick questions that they don’t know how to answer. I’m sure Daz is a very smart guy, I just wanted to show you the hole in your argument, which is that no, of course it wouldn’t be his fault. However, we humans are not all-powerful. If we were, like God is, and we KNEW that the other would die from the exchange, to not prevent that from happening would 100% be our fault. They’re allowed to blame God if they want to. God gave them the freedom to think. As someone who believes in God, I get mad at the guy all the time. I think the question more accurately is “If you believe in miracles, then why doesn’t God perform miracles all the time every day to spare us from such great suffering?” People say “because free will!” But as someone who’s suffered greatly in my lifetime, I call bullshit. I’d rather have all my free will stripped away from me than suffer the way that I did. I don’t know the answers to all these questions and I don’t think there are any for us to obtain right now. I think God spares us from the answers for a good reason. When I was in the middle of my suffering, if God had told me the reason why suffering was happening it would have just made me MORE angry, because no answer was good enough. He could have told me that I would have saved every single person on earth and I would have said “I didn’t want to be the one to do it. Give this to someone else. You never gave me the choice. I’m sure there’s someone out there who would love to be the one to suffer this much for the good of others.” He could have told me that it would make the rest of my life WAY easier and happier and I would have said “I don’t care. It’s not worth having to suffer through THIS.” He could have told me the very deep philosophical reasons why or opened my eyes to the spiritual realm to make me understand and I would have responded “well why didn’t you make it differently so that this didn’t happen?” I was in so much pain I would have done ANYTHING to make it stop. Anything. It didn’t matter what God would say. I think there’s a reason God hides it from us and leaves us without answers. I think it’s a mercy to not have answers. How many people change faiths through logic? Very few people. I’m a very scientific person but I came to faith because of the miracles I experienced first hand. No matter how much logical sense all of this makes, it doesn’t explain what I saw and experienced. People don’t change their minds because of logic on ANYTHING. Human beings are such irrational creatures. So I stopped arguing logic with people who disagree with me and started listening to them instead. I’ve seen more people come to faith that way than logic ever did, and I’ve learned so much about humanity in the process.

garrulousglandarius, "Nobody blamed God for anything." garrulousglandarius, that's called an overgeneralization. Spend some time on Athiest threads and you will find angry Atheist blaming God (apparently all of them), and believers. I have no idea why they blame any deity that they also claim to not believe in. It's seems pretty pointless to me, but then, I'm not an Atheist. Your assertion that, "All we do is ask you to explain...", well, you can ask, but I suspect you actually couldn't care less about the answer. It's also very likely, that you don't actually care what I personally believe either. So, it's not actual answers that you're searching for, it's just an argument to make your points. The answers to your questions are neither secrets, nor hidden. In fact, there are so many answers, that a well-known Atheist started writing a book to disprove the existence of God, and found the answers to so many of his honest and sincere questions, that he could no longer remain an Atheist. His name is Josh McDowell. You can look him up.