Nightwish End of Concert with Richard Dawkins

[@Timrath]

This was the closest I ever got to a religious experience.

[@kimjong-un1136]

The irony.

[@juliocesar4442]

Funny

[@adelbertomuggler372]

if that is true, l feel very very sorry for you. you should go out wander through the wilderness out there a bit more, enjoy the starlight, the sun in the morning in the eve, the clouds, the colours at any given time of the day. Are you living in a subway station or what ?!

[@hanahcolw9678]

I love how all the people in the seats gave Richard Dawkins a standing ovation

[@ghostlovescorexxx]

We were already standing up from our seats before he stepped on stage 😁

[@jimmonytuckles]

I was in the seats, when Dawkins came out I could not believe my eyes, it was absolutely incredible

[@ashrafsahdan5606]

You can see Tuomas can't hide his inner fanboy of watching his hero closing his own concert.

[@folkme3042]

Absolutely!What a unique moment.I think the whole band were a bit awestruck.

[@ellensteinbrinck6307]

I'm in tears. I love Nightwish, and I love Dawkins. I hope I get to meet him someday. He, among others, including the great Christopher Hitchens, have truly changed my life in the most literal sense, transforming me from a sheltered Christian child, to a grown maturing atheist. I hope to be like him one day. If you ever read this, Richard, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Never stop what you do. It really does make a tangible difference in the world.

[@ivarpl2002]

Ellen Haataja He also had a great influence on me, since I read his books about evolution and genetics I just wanted to know more and more about biology, he ignited my fascination with life and evolution

[@Docsporseen1]

The fact that the crowd went ape for Mr. Dawkins really shows the quality of Nightwish fans.

[@kimjong-un1136]

Bloody fucking shit bricks... I'm a reader of many books, and to see one of my favourite authors partake in a band whom I love... fucking fantastic.

[@lou4073]

Wow...oh the humanity!

[@florenna]

Both my heroes on the same stage, Nightwish & RD, why didn't I see this before! :)

[@weslleyfernandesgoncalves8661]

Darwin and Dawkins deserves this! What a beautiful scene!

[@minnesotaatheistgamer480]

I love Nightwish, when they did the endless forms most beautiful album with Dawkins narration was the greatest thing I've ever heard from a band I have so much respect for Nightwish I would love to see them live.

[@TheMadSocrates]

Oh my god Tuomas looks SO EXCITED.

[@jeffk1482]

Just a *little* 🤣🤘

[@dorothea81]

That is wonderful and beautiful. That is why we evolved.

[@kimjong-un1136]

Lol, 'this' isn't why we evolved, but I see your representation of love for this video. :)

[@CristinaTurlea]

Just wonderful!

[@rayzhong8542]

Recited almost the whole paragraph, checked the note for "and wonderful" 😂

[@NightZ2_]

Would be a dream to be there!

[@croci17]

The face of Tuomas at 1:50; his funny smile!!

[@LaZanzaraAlbopictus]

“Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.”

[@jopeacock1891]

I was there, so amazing!

[@Hairysteed]

This feels like a religious experience and yes I am aware of the irony!

[@Jonayofsweden]

That is totally wierd and awesome

[@mariusdire]

Was there up in the seats, and this was a great surprise at the end.

[@curtisyue182]

It's interesting to see a band taking such a scientific theme for an album.

[@jeffk1482]

It's pretty rare! I *LOVE* this album!!!

[@kevinqwen221]

Check out Allegaeon.

[@hm0780]

Wonderful gracious Man

[@LucasBatistussi]

For more music and Art touching the arms of the science ! Amazing !

[@theotadros2040]

This is something special.

[@PatrikRasch]

Goosebumps.

[@tombpolish4445]

Dawkins is a great man,I am sure they were honered to have him say a few words.

[@МихаМихыч-о6ь]

1:50 tuomas reacts so sweetly to dawkins' cheat sheet

[@curtisyue182]

*Looking for the comment from that one guy who thinks Richard is evil*

[@michaellejeune7715]

Howard M. Any luck?

[@Aidan.G]

Simply awesome!

[@NayharaRamos]

Magnífico!

[@MarkLawsonY3K]

Shudder at the Beautiful, Dawkins is the new Vincent Price !!! All lives Matter.

[@Richard_is_cool]

Now I know what this reminds me of: Stephen Fry in "The Bishop and the Warlord"

[@florenna]

The only weird thing is the woman screaming "oh my god" (sic) in the background all the time... ;)

[@BlackInMind5]

That's not weird, Dawkins acknowledged all the time the great influence of the Bible on the English literature and language, it's one of the few things he considers positive about "The Book".

[@farahbenbrinis9963]

florenna hhhhhhhh

[@ljb5163]

I never knew about Richard's "thing" with Nightwish. This is pretty cool. c:

[@frostup5163]

Tuomas is the Biggest Fanboy XD

[@martinsnape7995]

You can see that Floor Cant wait for Prof. Dawkins to appear.

[@chestbuster1987]

TheThinkingAtheist comment section brought me here lol

[@Brombit]

I was so ignorant. I only heard this performance, and thought it was Troy speaking :P and... and... I didn't know Richard is still alive :X (Yeah, I'll show myself the way out ;) )

[@Iamhere12333]

RICHARD DAWKINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ArRkDr]

Oh my god...NW and RD! :D