11/08/15 Mormons Rant read by Lewis Black

NSFW! If you're a Mormon, you may not want to listen.

[@onemercilessming1342]

Whoever the author of this "rant" is, I say "Well said, you!". This was brilliant.

[@MrHocotateFreight]

You should look up this fellow in the video, he has comedy performances where he does exactly this!

[@gertrudelaronge6864]

​​​@@MrHocotateFreight Thanks, I definitely will.

[@jsmith1746]

As an ex-Mormon, I approve of this message!

[@81bajaj]

Me too "brother!" I even sold those hamburgers!

[@dragon1011dk]

As an ex-Mormon too, I too approve of this message!

[@wesleyfortney2339]

Hajaha

[@gonzothompson412]

Seem to be a lot of yinz guys

[@swamivicky]

i am a hurricane sandy surviver, and the mormons came down my block, and helped a lot of people. they were really great. that having been said, this was hysterical.

[@michaeldarby9029]

I should hope that they helped. That pseudo religion has more money than the U.S treasury! And yes, I am an ex Mormon.

[@Thelategreatjohnnybratton]

They helped so they could recruit you. All religions want to control the population and take their money. Its all nonsense

[@innervisions1828]

Mormons are not the problem. The Mormon church is the problem.

[@zeldasmith6154]

They troll for converts.

[@williamarnold9744]

Well researched and reasoned arguments coming from the 18 year old who wrote his reasons for leaving the Mormon church.

[@vincentconti3633]

It's a script written by his writers!

[@sirpercival4731]

In mexico .... THERE IS AN OPEN SEASON ON mormons !

[@riceburnerbiker1483]

Sir Percival we need an open season on Christians here!

[@donaldjohnson257]

@@Another-Address....It's just as likely that the tooth fairy will one day stop by and straighten it out for all....All religions;...what a fucking joke!!

[@AS-st6ie]

@@vincentconti3633 this actually written by an 18 year old, I know him personally

[@rocklight86]

Two years later this showed up on my suggestions ... and I loved every minute of this rant. Pretty much hit the nail on the head with this one.

[@lincreed-nickerson7949]

Not only did I resign, I helped others resign... Once the young people in the community became aware I knew the required wording of the resignation letter... which you can find on line... I had young people in the community come to my office and ask for help with their letter.

[@ross-carlson]

Good for you, it's so nice to see someone help people out of this cult - and let's cut to the chase, that's what it is, a fucking cult through and through. If you haven't read the CES letter you should, amazing stuff.

[@bigblue6917]

You needed special wording for you resignation. I thought Fuck You Arsehole covered it.

[@maryrosekent8223]

Good work, Linc Reed-Nickerson! What bird is your icon? Mine’s a Yellow-and-black broadbill, which I saw in Malaysia-it’s about the size of a cantaloupe.

[@kmcorby]

That you have to "resign" at all is creepy as hell. I didn't even have to do that in the Roman Catholic Church. I just stopped going. And they don't call me to check up on me, either.

[@TheRealPoonJab]

Your work might be likened to a modern day underground railroad. For white people. How full circle have we come? Keep up the good work

[@veranet99]

Only Lou can deliver such a rant. It's frigging magical.

[@bluebirdgirly]

agreed. But the young ex-mormon who wrote this, so brilliant

[@ShieAyla]

Absolute magic.

[@billt8504]

I like..."if you're Mormon, you're not gonna like this..."

[@tracieyudichak2315]

This is the first time I have seen the Mormon Religion perfectly described. Thank so much for sharing!

[@tamolsonphotography]

Fits whose definition of “perfectly”? You really mean, it fits your personal narrative. There’s a difference.

[@tracieyudichak2315]

@Tammie Olson you are "perfectly" right. I forgot to state this disclaimer before expressing my opinion on the internet. I can understand how confusing it is that nobody can decipher opinions without you policing this disclaimer. Thank you for your service. It's been "helpful"!

[@SektionEi8ht]

This is literally every ounce of pent-up rage I had at the Mormon religion following my resignation from it, compressed into one DELICIOUS document. Bravo to whoever wrote this rant, and bravo to Lewis Black for giving it the gravitas it needed.

[@kimberlyperschka7322]

SamValiant you should of left since you were not willing to keep Gods comments.

[@painkillerjones6232]

@@kimberlyperschka7322 Satan calls you..OBEY!!!

[@haroldwhite5761]

Yes, but I would have added how good they are at keeping women in line and well-brainwashed, a holdover from polygamy days. Just the other day a Mormon cousin (female) told me that discrimination doesn't exist. If you're feeling discriminated against, it's actually just a lack of self-esteem on your part. I said I'll be sure to explain that to the mothers of dead black boys who were unjustly killed by police!

[@ursamagickmt672]

Amen

[@marelinem541]

@@kimberlyperschka7322 You are a fool being parted from your money ... All for a Corporation that is selling you something you won't get until after you die. If you could face the true history of that church, you would want nothing to do with them.

[@dirtyblond2332]

I have Mormon friends, that are both excellent friends, excellent people, and are both very intellectual. For the life of me, I dont understand how otherwise brilliant people fall for the lines of shit their church tells them to beleive in. Blows my mind...

[@sheilastutz870]

I have met some very nice people from the church too, but there are ways of life that can push people to the edge!

[@dougboggio7098]

Dirty Blond lead a human to knowledge and they will want to think........... Exactly what religion........any religion.......DOESNT want you to know or do They want to control you Just my theory

[@byronp2311]

Religion is one HELL of a drug.

[@44hawk28]

Could be worse, they could be Catholics. But the truth be told, it's hard to dance if you refuse to hear the music.

[@dnice374]

Easy. I was a Catholic for decades until I woke up. You do not understand the power of indoctrination.

[@everett79]

I love when he gives it to the audience for not laughing. 🤣

[@zeldapinwheel7043]

Wow. I'm stunned. That was an amazing rant. And it was the perfect combination of 4 syllable words, and 4 letter words, and absolute sincerity. . Good job, kid. And great job reading it!

[@barrywerdell2614]

I had a semi-girlfriend who was a Mormon one day I asked her out for a drink, she agreed and I figured she'd have water or something when the waitress came over to take our order she asked "What Can I have?" I said; "Anything you want", to my surprised she ordered a long island iced tea, I said; I thought Mormons didn't drink, aren't you a Mormon?" she said; "I said I was a Mormon, I didn't say I was a good one."

[@kevyak]

Barry Werdell dated a Mormon like that 😂

[@sussekind9717]

When I was in Tunisia, a majority Muslim country, we went out to a restaurant. When we sat down the waiter came over and asked what we would like to drink. I asked if I could have a cocktail. The waiter leaned over and said, "we normally aren't allowed to sell alcohol, as this is an Islamic country. However, since you are obviously tourists, if you sit at the table in the back, I can serve you some cherry wine if you like". So we go over to the corner and he brings us the cherry wine in a stone caraffe, along with a couple of tea cups, so that nobody could see the contents. I looked at the tables next to us and noticed there were muslims drinking wine at those tables too. I ask the waiter in a low voice, "I thought muslims weren't allowed to drink"? The waiter replied, "Its like this, Allah does not see so well at night".

[@whatta1501]

@@sussekind9717 lol, good story

[@ColbyWanShinobi]

@David Renton Click where it says "Read more" to expand the rest of the comment.

[@tootsla1252]

😂😂😂

[@billiegrimm-stone3866]

As a former mormon holy shit this kills me. Everything about it is beautiful from the writing to the reading to lewis' commentary. The letter writer is superbly honest and dealt with their situation in the greatest way 😆 (I've never formally resigned because they "need" my member number and fuck if I remember what it is, but I left when I was 15 and got stalked with randomly appearing baked goods for months after)

[@marelinem541]

For a long time, I didn't even know you could resign formally, and it never occurred to me that you needed to. I thought I HAD quit! But then when a mormon pedophile in-law of mine was molesting my child and I told the Bishop, I was excommunicated. No one ever had to ask me for my member number. (I also wouldn't have been able to give them one.) So apparently, they are quite capable of finding it on their own. They don't want to let people out, so they can keep claiming them as members and pretend they have a much larger membership than they really do. I think if they quit counting members that no longer have anything to do with ‘The Church,’ they would statistically be the fastest shrinking religion in America. They do NOT want that distinction. P.S. After confessing to a small portion of what they had done, my in-law was deemed no longer holy enough to teach Sunday school (for one year), and was put into the Boy Scout program (because of course that's what you should do with someone who molests young boys ...) And years later, the known pedophile was still in the Scout program. Since Mormons have now parted ways with the Boy Scouts (over the Scouts no longer hating on gay kids), I suppose my pedophile in-law now works with whatever ‘The Church’ replaced the Scouts with. How typical of religion: We must not allow gay kids in the program, but we will knowingly set up straight kids to get fu

[@elizabethpetersen5226]

This, this is beauty. When I submit my resignation letter, I am going to Starbucks and enjoying some nice coffee I'll buy with my 10% raise on a nice Sunday afternoon. Peace out, Mormon cult!

[@kimberlyperschka7322]

Elizabeth Petersen yes you did the right thing if you can not obey God’s commandments then you should leave

[@FyvX5]

Elizabeth Petersen, please don’t get hooked on Starbucks coffee.... It is over-roasted, burnt, overpriced and horribly overrated swill. Go to a good ol’ mom and pops diner where they serve good brew. Enjoy.

[@lynneceegee8726]

Kimkay Per you do not obey gods commandments you obey a fantasy story by a criminal. Your cult is based on lies and deceit.

[@painkillerjones6232]

@@kimberlyperschka7322 Mormons suck

[@skahatoad]

if you do the math it would be an 11% raise. 100/90 =11.1

[@yellowisksheppard8889]

There is a huge difference between eating McDonald’s burgers and selling them. Worst experience of my life...

[@Lutherson1962]

Ya lived.

[@joshuameredith4281]

At least there is some (albeit negligible) nutritional in eating a McDonald's burger and in selling one, you are giving someone that same negligible nutritional value

[@oblivious8868]

You know it's gonna be good when he says "And if you're a [Insert group of people about to get blasted], you may not want to listen."

[@rsoubiea]

please do one on scientologists, lol.

[@SvenTviking]

Rhonna Marsden Same really, but more insane. Less angels more bad 50’s sci fi.

[@oblivious8868]

That would also require someone to escape the madness and be a fan of Lewis Black. Not impossible, but not super likely.

[@cmdraftbrn]

they'll put out a hit squad.

[@cjok8367]

Too dangerous.

[@paulh2981]

Please, NO! Do you want him to explode??

[@dragonsword7370]

"F&*( the garden of eden in Jackson county missouri!" Oh thank goodness, I live in jackson county in southern illinois lol. I almost took offense for a sec!

[@michaeldriggers7681]

My mother is an ex-mormon, my wife is an ex-mormon, my landlord is an ex-mormon, my mother in-law is still mormon, my father in-law is still mormon, my brother in-law is an ex mormon, my former boss is a mormon. I have never been a mormon. I am a very devout atheist who used to be a Lutheran. No matter where I go, mormons surround me. I agree with everything this kid says. The mormon church was built atop a mountain of lies, sexism, racism, and crazy. (Also I am pretty sure they are following me, as I am personally responsible for the loss of two of their members)

[@rosegeaber7533]

Ahahahhaaaa 🤣👍 nice one!

[@sowhat1073]

Don't join the Airforce lol.

[@athena854]

I mean, it's not that shocking if you live anywhere in the Mountain West.

[@velikovskysghost]

@Michael Driggers The Mormon religion was/is built on a mountain of lies by Joseph Smith who was a lazy boy with a strange imagination.

[@velikovskysghost]

@@kika-ge5qr I do actually believe Jesus was a real person, while I don't believe in the God concept i.e, I don't believe this universe was created.

[@michiro8470]

Brilliant! “ The difference between eating McDonald’s hamburger, and selling them” lmao :D

[@claytonhess5512]

That bit took a second to make sense.... brilliant.

[@camerondavis8356]

@@claytonhess5512 Imagine if you had to go to a foreign city at your own expense and convince people how great McDonald's is for 2 years with all kinds of supervised restrictions on your life.

[@terryh5763]

still don't get it

[@green97probe]

@@camerondavis8356 they're still gonna get the McShits version of christ diarrhea

[@lisagulick4144]

Having sold McDonald's burgers *and* eaten them for five years, I can say with authority that there's not much difference. You get the shits from eating them, and when you sell them, customers treat you like shit because they know you have to just smile and take it. Both ways, you end up with shit.

[@spiderfur]

So damn funny! Also, a very impressive letter for an 18-year-old. I was an inarticulate mumbling misanthrope at that age.

[@jameswells554]

Yeah. I had to live in Southern Utah for almost 10 years. The Plygs are so inbred their eyes are almost joined.

[@BodyByBenSLC]

I am ex-mormon. It's all true, every word. This is why I am athiest.

[@390rambler]

No God! No Devil! No Tooth Fairy! Religion is a mental illness! www.godisimaginary.com/

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

No Tooth Fairy?!? ::sadface::

[@emeraldkat2167]

In fact, it's worse than what this rant went over. I think one could write an entire book on the subject and still not get through all the issues with the religion. And that isn't even touching on their more evil counterpart - the FLDS *shudder*

[@oblivious8868]

Emerald kat Wait, hold up a moment...there's a worse version.of the Mormon church?

[@emeraldkat2167]

Oblivious Yeah, just look up the FLDS (fundamental latter day saints). Absolutely terrifying.

[@Donegal62]

If that was an 'actual' rant by an 18year....it was brilliant.

[@PredatorFan13]

That kid's going places.

[@raeraetarbox2572]

Speaking as a former member of the mormon church, it's 100% accurate.

[@MiracleFound]

There are 18 year olds who are capable of this.

[@athena854]

​@@MiracleFound I left the Catholic Church at 15 without getting confirmed. It's absolutely possible. Naturally our priest wanted to know why; I told him I wasn't going to get up in front of a bunch of people and lie, because I was taught lying was wrong. 15 year old me was a lil baby badass; 36 year old me wonders what happened to that kid.

[@owlperson5075]

Mormonism: What if Scientology was Christian?

[@gbone3879]

Absolutely perfection description. Brava!

[@dalerrogers]

LMFAO

[@sandrastevens4418]

I live in Utah am not Mormon, I can absolutely agree the president of the church basically runs the state. No separation of church and state. The have their own scripture and believe Jesus came the USA Your 10% is taken before taxes if you don't pay you can't go to church. They don't allow caffeine but own Pepsi it is made for one thing money.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Guess where the inspiration for scientology came from. It's basically mormonism infused with science fiction.

[@aylam9667]

More like if mormonism was more of a scam and less of a religion.

[@robertcaine9973]

Thank you Lewis for pointing out the insanity of religion in this insane world. Your humour brings sanity for those of us dealing with a mostly insane world.

[@marshawoods9078]

Glad to see that guy got out of the Mormon church.. They are crazy

[@KittyPurrsMistress]

Love that kid, love the rant and love you for reading it.

[@thephantomeagle2]

I know someone that got sick of Mormons, orJWs. So one day he decided to take care of them. He met them at the door wearing a monk's robe with a long cowl. The room was dark with a pentagram on the floor. With candles a every point. "May I help you" was his responce. They never returned.

[@maxdembroski7956]

The last time Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my door, I answered the door and said, “You must be them two hookers I ordered.” They ran and I haven’t had any problems with them since.

[@thephantomeagle2]

@@resq7 I think it was a combination of the pentagram, his hood, and the dark room with candles.

[@marelinem541]

We used to get the missionaries on my street a couple of times a year. The neighbors would call ahead to warn each other. Seven or so years ago, I met up with them in my front yard and told them about my history with the mormon church. (I was raised mormon, and these were not happy experiences.) I never raised my voice, but pretty soon the little twit that was doing all the talking was screaming at me like a crazy person. (His silent companion had eyes the size of saucers.) Finally he walked away while screaming at me "There is no such thing as child abuse, because I don't believe in it." I assume the silent companion ratted the screamer out to his mission supervisor, because mormon missionaries have not set foot on this street since.

[@VvpandoravV]

My ex-maniac jumped out at JWs once, in his underwear (in all of his 6’ 300 lbs glory att) w Aliester Crowley’s Magick and excitedly told them they were welcome to discuss their religion in our home if they were willing to discuss ours (mind you this is a collector’s book and not a religious one - at least in our home). They are still so scared 20 years after we moved out that old neighbors of ours still laugh about them STILL crossing the street to pass by the “demon worshippers” house so as not to be “contaminated” by us.

[@DustinRodriguez1_0]

Mormon missionaries came by my house a week or so ago and I talked to them for awhile (they were the ones who decided to leave, I never asked them to, I consider that a win). They denied several of the crazy-ass things I knew they believed. They even denied believing in the different types of people (Lamanites, Nephites, etc). It took me all of 2 minutes to find their mention in the 'Book of Mormon'. Never trust anyone who tries so hard to look so pure. Humans are messy creatures, and no honest man regulates themselves to such an absurd degree. "Deny lust and you will be molested by strange temptations."

[@desireeneil607]

Most of the time they don't actually know that doctrine. They aren't taught all of that stuff in missionary training. You have to seek it out.

[@fr1nkly]

Why the quotes on your final sentence? I googled it and there are no other citations. Just curious.

[@CanItAlready]

They're feed a little bit of info at a time, on a need-to-know basis. They're also taught not to tell non-members anything more than necessary to get the process started. "Milk before meat"

[@CanItAlready]

Desiree Neil And, like scientologists, they're told not to seek it out.

[@JeffRebornNow]

CSharp, 'Milk before meat,' but they're not allowed to milk their own meat. LOL The pamphlet on masturbation that Oral Roberts University gives to incoming freshmen boys is hilarious. To quote: "When all else fails, tie your hand to the bedpost."

[@anonUK]

"I believe that in 1978 God changed his mind about black people..."

[@g0679]

anonUK BOOM! Just like that. Like long ago, when the Pope said, “This just in - it’s okay to eat meat on Fridays.”

[@richdandanell2911]

Yeah , It's funny how god is all knowing but is always changing his mind .

[@samiam619]

g0679 Yeah, why did they change the no meat on Friday rule? Ya suppose the “Meat, it’s whats for dinner” people got to him?

[@seanspawn7805]

changed his mind how exactly. In a good way (for black people) or a bad way. l've always been a bit confused about what constitutes a black person or for that matter a white one. I get the obvious ones. I'm white by most judgments, that big fella from the 'The Green Mile' is black but seriously Muhammad Ali, Barack Obama. How can they be classed one way or the other. That makes no sense. Look at the world. North pole, a bit tanned, north Europe the whites. Asians, Arabs and Mediterranean's a bit tanned. North Africans, some tanned some black with a few white tourists. The rest of Africa mostly black to my white. As the say in London its all bollix in eh.

[@sheilastutz870]

That was '68. They talked about God's timing and when they were truly ready, I know, something's amiss, obviously. Have you watched " Heart Of The Matter" with the host, where LDS people call in to debate with Sean, who left the church after being a member for 40 years?

[@SteveB357]

I was an adult convert, until I was told that my youngest sister, who died homeless got what she had coming to her.

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

No way

[@PHATB0Y20]

I mean homeless aren’t people so

[@Giveuspeace]

😢

[@vic1sch]

Do you want to try again? If a member of my family was homeless, they wouldn't be for long. If a person with a beard says something that offends me, that shouldn't and wouldn't influence my opinion of all bearded men or women.

[@godlesshelp8503]

First Lewis ... I could watch you everyday ..

[@josephalves1981]

Exmormon turned atheist here. Loved this video.

[@marvinmartian7281]

Bravo! indeed. You're no longer a moron slave now you are brave & now you're back to a logical human chalenging life again.

[@deathwrenchcustom]

Same! Done with the mormon church when I was 17. Did the generic christian thing for a while, and now I'm a free thinker.

[@jcjcc1960]

So you are still very lost.. What was the improvement? So you believe in NOTHING! Great job. Stupido

[@BrytheP]

273 mormons forgot to plug their ears.

[@jettec9411]

400 now

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

Does anyone know why mormons hate science fiction ?

[@jettec9411]

@@georgeb.wolffsohn30 I don't know, believing you become God on your own planet and have spirit children sounds pretty science fiction to me.

[@sussekind9717]

That was actually one of the best rants I've heard from Lewis Black's series.🙃

[@kcajmortsnnew1488]

in southern idaho ,approx. 100 years ago ,at the age of 8 yrs, ; my mother, one of 13 children of a moron family ,walked out of sunday school so this kid certainly wasn't the youngest

[@pamelacass9642]

"moron family"?

[@kcajmortsnnew1488]

@@pamelacass9642 yup...they were so damned dumb they shunned my mother for life

[@marelinem541]

Your mother was one smart cookie. She did you a very big favor by doing that (and saved you a lot of time and money as well). I certainly wanted to do that at 8-years-old, but my father would have literally murdered me. In the 1960s mormons seemed to believe it would be preferable for a child to be dead than allowed to commit a sin that would keep them out of the Celestial Kingdom. I remember a mother in a Fast & Testimony meeting saying that she would rather her daughter was dead than to come home from college 'unchaste.' I was a kid and didn't know what 'unchaste' meant, but I damn well knew what dead meant, and my little head whipped around expecting to see the congregation shocked, but instead they were all nodding their heads in agreement.

[@loritracy1385]

😂 Thank you. Sorry I'm late to the party. Have always loved you Lewis, since we were both young. 🤣 I only have youtube now ( which is plenty) & appreciate these. Stay safe. 🌺

[@rebeccakleitz3177]

Lewis, SIR, you are a treasure and I adore you!

[@Erin-Thor]

This was HILARIOUS!!! Could you PLEASE have David Archuletta put this to music when he comes out of the closet? I would so-ooo-oo pay to hear that!

[@Lux7355]

To be fair, it's only _slightly_ more crazy than the rest of them, what freaks _me_ out, is when they leave the Mormon church, and go straight to _another_ one, out the frying pan, right into the fire.

[@DrSamba1]

Mormonism is the worst theistic religion, except for all the others.

[@veronicaelsegood5175]

Here's a tip when they come knocking....KNOCK BACK.... It confuses them and amuses me.

[@dandy5091]

That is so good!

[@Craxin01]

I live in Oklahoma, and yes, we get Mormon proselytizers here. When my grandfather used to sit on the front porch drinking beer, they'd ride right past our house. He can't anymore, so they did bother us once. I said in my most threatening tone (which would frighten a rabid pit bull), leave my property and never return. Not one knock or ring since.

[@TheGordohhh]

The word "Mormon" in the title of this, could be replaced with any religion. I laugh at ALL Religions, Just as I laughed at this.

[@TheGordohhh]

???? Your question makes absolutely no sense at all. Please tell me of a religion that has been created by atheists. And by the way,... Atheism is not a religion.

[@SuperScratch1]

+Gordie Helmkay Heresy !!! The one religion that IS true is to be found in the Gospel of the Flying Spagetti Monster - repent - embrace His Noodly Appendage and be saved !!

[@gierinarpagaus4160]

You are obviously confusing the word "atheist" with "pagan" or "heathen". Or even worse: You are considering that "your" god is the one and only and therefore all other Religions are by default atheistic.

[@Felice_Enellen]

@David Anewman You're engaging in strawman tactics. Citing a select few power-hungry lunatics in order to support a claim that atheists create religions makes no sense. Atheism is a word that literally describes the principle ("-isme") that there is no ("a-") god ("theos"). To claim atheists create new gods is self-contradictory and fallacious. Anyone who creates a new god out of whole cloth is, by definition, not an atheist.

[@Felice_Enellen]

@David Anewman All you've done is repeat the same thing I just told you was a strawman argument. I think we're done here.

[@translateslowly]

An 18 year old wrote this? Only thing I thought about when I was 18 was girls, beer and weed. Not necessarily in that order. My faith in humanity has been restored...... For a minute..

[@penboyasgod6103]

That's what *ALL* "religions" are about --- "god" is nothing more than a distraction. What "religions" *should be called* are: *_Socio-Political Ideologies [SPIs]_*

[@penboyasgod6103]

MichaelKingsfordGray Who the fuck are you 'responding' to? Nothing you said makes any sense.

[@DrSamba1]

Penboy as 'god' Religious fanatics rarely make any sense.

[@NGEvangeliman]

I decided on my own to be an atheist when I was 13 or 14. It just seemed logical, I didn't look I to other people's thoughts on the matter till I was 18 or 19 and even then it's only because I find the rants entertaining. No one pushed to be either religious or not. I just never really liked the organization, I went to church once when I was like 6 or 7 and felt super uncomfortable and disgusted.

[@Tadesan]

You are a bad person.

[@erinflannery1920]

Lmao, I was waiting for him to get around to the sacred undies!

[@torjohnson65]

God's armor

[@dogbarbill]

This was a Sunday night. If I had known about this, I would have gone to it. Not sure about the venue, but I suspect it was at the Civic Center in downtown OKC, about 8,000 capacity.

[@glennhayes1292]

Extraordinary I believe in some 18 year olds again !!

[@steppenwolf3252]

This was one of the BEST Lewis' rants EVER

[@melanietoth1376]

Whoever this ranter is I hope they become a writer. I would love to hear/read more

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

This was really good, all around. Especially the point about sleeping in and drinking coffee. You could really feel how they were getting their life back from this cult.

[@czgibson3086]

If you're a Mormon, you need to listen to this.

[@xaenon]

Mormons CAN'T listen to this. Logic and facts don't penetrate the little bubbles they live in.

[@marelinem541]

@@xaenon Because if "Logic and facts [did] penetrate the little bubbles," they wouldn't be mormons anymore. LOL

[@NeoRocket001]

It's not my "little factory", it's my BIG factory!

[@Bluesit32]

So you're saying you have elephantiasis of the testicles?

[@oldschoolman1444]

Sure, that's what they all say...lol...

[@suzystone244]

Lewis Black just recited the REAL book of Mormon. 💣💥❤

[@bikebudha01]

"There's a difference between eating McDonald's hamburgers and having to sell them". Holy fuck, that is a huge wisdom drop right there....

[@raywest7570]

I love Lewis Black. Keep up the good work my friend.

[@wobble108]

Well done to that young man for standing up for his own rights and choices in life... They did try to draw me into their fold....but that was one battle they were deffinately gonna lose.

[@Bronco541]

Sounds like, as George Carlin would say a "disgruntled worshipper"

[@vfaulkon]

As an agnostic that lives in Utah currently, holy fuck was this cathartic to listen to. There are sensible young people out here somewhere! Thank every fake god ever!

[@tjrubicon5463]

Shortly after 2000 I was exploring this new internet thing. I looked at the Mormon web site. Lots of pages. Their leader, Gordon B. Hinkley, had one page that proudly listed 20 something similarities between the Mormon church and Islam. Shortly after 9/11 I searched for that same page and it was gone.

[@lisagulick4144]

LMAO!!!!!!! This has to be the most brilliant rant that came from someone other than Lewis! The kid didn't even get to Joseph Smith and his magical goggles, or the golden tablets that were the supposed origin of the Book of Mormon, or the "reformed Egyptian hieroglyphics" that were actually nonsense squiggles added to a real fragment of an Egyptian document (which, I understand, was actually a burial rite). Good thing he didn't - I would have been in the emergency room gasping for breath, but from laughter, not COVID!

[@neutronpixie6106]

"Hi. We're from the church of latter day saints." ...."That's great. Why don't you come back LATTER in the day!" dun-dun-tsss

[@sirwilliam51]

You know you're in a interesting area of the country when you see the mormon twins... elder and elder.

[@tedecker3792]

Elder Berrywine, is that you?

[@blackitikatt533]

BRILLIANT!!! 👏👏👏

[@bryanreeme8584]

Someone recently asked if i was "a god-fearing man"... I said, "why the f*ck should I be afraid of God?!"... maybe got that from Mr. Black, thanks

[@stevemiller7433]

Christer Philosophy: God is Love, therefore you must fear him

[@UmbralWrath]

I'm a Christian and I find it stupid the way they use it. You're not supposed to be scared of him but respect him.

[@bryanreeme8584]

What's to fear?? Gave his son to take the burden of mankind's sins, so we got the ok to be shithead's our whole life, all we gotta do is say we love Jesus in our dieing breath and all's well 🙏.. ridiculous

[@qdllc]

A cursory study of the religion makes me wonder why anyone would believe in it. It's entire foundation has not one shred of historical or archaeological evidence backing its claims.

[@TT-ph8rp]

they live in fear of life without their support/enslavement group.

[@johnperry4857]

Actually, there is significant evidence to support the historicity of the Gospel. If you'd like to hear it, just ask. If not, well . . . .

[@Jackie371]

Actually, they were good before Brigham Young. He's the one that changed things to suit his perversions. Joseph Smith was pure of heart when he began spreading the message he received.

[@wednesdayschild3627]

I love my catholic church.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... its* entire foundation (same as "its claims")

[@foxibot]

I love what Walter Kern said he is so funny. I laughed so hard when he was on Bill Maher. His dad was a convert after some big disaster. He is actually quite nice while being humorous about the mormons.

[@johnnikasjr.8161]

How to screw with missionaries: "I've watched the church evolve from shunning non Mos to welcoming everyone, I'm atheist, do you think they'd let me join?

[@EckkoVoid]

"CONTINUED TO FUCK LIKE RABBITS* I replayed that part so many times and it still cracks me up everytime.

[@clancypool3160]

Love this man need more of him he is hilarious

[@pauldavisschlichting3726]

I did one year as a Mormon. I got to go inside of a temple of theirs. It was . . . Cool but rather unimpressive. A black friend of mine and I were talking and he said that he wanted to see the inside of that Temple. My friend was also blind. So, I went through a year of tithings and early Sundays just to keep up my personal undercover mission to see the inside of this newly constructed temple and After relaying what I had seen to my friend, his drunk ass chastised me for “Mocking their religion.” ! I do not associate with him anymore.

[@kencurtis7322]

Speak the truth, brother Lewis.

[@mrrareclassprodigy]

KZbin day, Android very amusing today what is it Raquel Welch's birthday?! And now this video practically thanking me for treasuring Lewis Black activities, should I expect a major bill in the mail soon? LOL

[@MemphiStig]

i love that he reads a fan's rant but i think if you're a Mormon, maybe you should listen

[@robertesposito8288]

This is so true and I love it. I was raised Mormon too. LMFAO 🤣

[@jjgdenisrobert]

The kid has a bright future....

[@cmurphy0707]

‘Fuck the Book of Mormon!! (Not to be confused with the phenomenal Broadway musical) I howled! This Trevor kid is a natural comedian.

[@SandraNelson063]

I don't know who this boy is, but gee whillikers, he's right! I hope he does well in life, so he can rub his success into his former congregation's nose. Amen.

[@mqbitsko25]

You hope for him to be petty and bitter forever? Instead of just living his life and letting others live theirs? Which uncle molested YOU, sweetie?

[@arx754]

@@mqbitsko25 "Petty and bitter"? Listen again. The guy has a GREAT sense of humor about it all. He's MOCKING the hell out of the Mormon Church. h'ed be great at stand-up comedy or perhaps as a comedy writer for other stand-ups. And, yes, the unexpectedly of the use of profanity can be a great comedic tool.

[@tonypegler3618]

"There is a huge difference between eating McDonald’s burgers and selling them" - Quoting Walter Kern on Bill Maher show.

[@Mikdeelow]

imagine believing that the LDS could mean anything but Last Demon Stronghold!

[@billiegrimm-stone3866]

Imagine believing in actual demons 😏

[@g0679]

Michael Lowry Joseph Smith was a fraudster. That counts for Demon, in my view.

[@powermovergaming6469]

Michael Lowry Marine muscles are required Intelligence not essential LDS Latter Day Saints were the first group to send supplies after the 9/11 attacks and the biggest relief groups to supply people and equipment from out of state add are they really demons to you

[@pamelacass9642]

I was riding a Chicago bus in '80 when I noticed 2 Mormon missionaries getting on, then talking to people of color. They finally got to the back and tried to engage me. I told them just because somebody in your church after 150 years decided they were missing out on getting black people into Mormonism doesn't mean I'm stupid enough to join. I said it loudly. And, proudly. I felt sorry for the little missionaries, but I knew more of their church's history of racism than they did.

[@heidihansen5793]

hell, they had a member of the John Birch Society (which was white supremacist) as a Prophet.

[@Stasiaflonase]

These rants are all wonderful!

[@thomascanfield8571]

Converting misery into a source of amusement is a great talent

[@gregorygipson6565]

Bloody brilliant!!!

[@ggrthemostgodless8713]

They come around knocking on my door at least once a week, no matter how nasty I tell them to go away every time... they are so damn nice, and yet I know what they want to take from me!! They don't even flinch when they tell the stories!! LOL

[@Jimvanhise]

Something not talked about much (and it certainly won't be turned into a film that way) but the very first Sherlock Holmes story, A STUDY IN SCARLET, has the Mormon church as the antagonists of the story. Written in the late 1800s (when Mormons were unpopular everywhere) it is about a young man who flees the Mormon church in Utah but they send agents in pursuit of him all the way to England. The young man's story is told in a long flashback sequence.

[@jbarn49]

I was surprised by that story as I began to read them all. Seems the truth about Mormons was known way back then.

[@anncrane1097]

@@jbarn49 Well, yeah. Pretty much everybody knew it back then.

[@gregorys6838]

We live in a small community, with an established Norwegian and Bosnian in the late 1800s. Now it just seems like a small thriving community. I met a women who had become involved in the community. She told me, she had been here 40 yrs. and they still did not accept her. She was just a citizen.

[@cliffcampen4033]

That was outstanding.

[@slewfoot6608]

So glad you broke free! Thanks for this funny vid rant!!

[@trumpx9551]

Perhaps the best rant of all time.

[@jimbonsf]

Lewis, you are awesome. Keep on keepin' on, brother.

[@shellysaxton6081]

At 2:23 - exactly why and when I officially removed myself. Also an atheist.

[@TheTeufelhunden68]

Reading the bible, or any religious text is the best way to become an atheist.

[@hollymae70]

Omfg... Priceless!! Love you, Lew.. :)

[@adonispink8008]

Boy I really feels good being an atheist !!!!! 👍😀 ⛪🔥

[@gullintanni]

The funny part is that a lot of religious folks laugh at this and the lunacy of the Mormon's, but they are all equally ludecrus, sort of at least. Scientology and other modern religions are a bit more stupid to believe in. Still, if you look into religious history, you don'y have to be very smart to see that no religion is right or true. Funny part is that evolution made us superstitious as a species, so it is natural to believe in the ghosts and gods. One has to use reason the defeat superstition. I think religions and superstition is holding us back as an intelligent species. On top of the silliness they have all these stupid rules and dogmas that elevate their way of life and makes everyone else below them. That and the lack of reason they bring to the table is enough to wipe out all the good things that faith might bring people. I hope one day that science finds something so incredible that all faiths just disappears and we'd enter a new age of enlightenment. Rant over.

[@mrcurly1147]

@@gullintanni Even if we find life elsewhere in our solar system (Io or Europa) there will be people that still cling to the fantasy that we are special creations from some cosmic wonder boy. Just so grateful I was never indoctrinated into any of the toxic cults of religion. For the uninitiated like us, it is so obviously a mind control death cult that preys on the weak of mind. It is perpetuated by the most vile and disgusting excuse for humans there are.

[@marelinem541]

@@gullintanni I wish I could give you 100 upvotes for that!

[@robertyancey4867]

Nobody rants better than Lewis Black...HILARIOUS!😁😎

[@yinka661]

I approve this rant also :-)

[@sgnt9337]

This is the funniest sketch I've heard in a long time!!!!

[@grog5564]

Mormons and Jehovas Witnesses are why God invented German Shepherds.

[@kimepp2216]

Great Pyrenees are exceptionally adept at this as well.

[@lisagulick4144]

@@kimepp2216 A goose is the best at guarding a yard from strangers. I am not kidding. And they freak out intruders worse than a dog, because most people don't know how to behave around a goose!

[@marelinem541]

@@lisagulick4144 Yes! A bad person can convince the dog with treats. A goose is not so easily fooled. Their position is that if they don't know you, you need to leave. I always loved that they cause maximum pain with minimum damage. Mine would take a tiny sharp pinch at the back of the knee and give a quick twist, resulting in incredible pain, with nothing to show for it but the tiniest little blood blister that didn’t even break the skin. But it hurts way worse than a dog bite. And people have nothing they can sue over. Fortunately, my geese always gave kids a free pass and didn’t consider them a threat.