Reaction to Bo Burnham - Rant

[@userid272]

Bo has said in interviews that while he would probably consider himself atheist, he has no problem with religion or religious people, and that people should just do what they want as long as they’re not hurting anyone, and as an atheist myself I wholeheartedly agree with that. As long as you’re not using your religion as an excuse to put other people down (homophobic people for example) then people should just let people live their lives. I do think he made some good points in this rant though lol

[@Katy-sh3ru]

I totally agree! Nice to know that Bo has the same take on that as I do ☺

[@userid272]

@@Katy-sh3ru Exactly! The more interviews I watch of Bo, the more I respect him as a person

[@Katy-sh3ru]

@@userid272 same. Do you remember which interview this was from?

[@userid272]

@@Katy-sh3ru He mentions it in a couple different ones. The ones I know of are The Internet Interviews Bo Burnham (about 56 seconds in) and the H3 podcast. The clip of him talking about it on the H3 podcast is called Bo Burnham on Spirituality

[@Katy-sh3ru]

@@userid272 thanks! 🤗

[@redthorne1129]

I'm so sad most people don't get the "Debra Messing's finger in a holy place, Hail Mary full of Grace" reference. Debra Messing played Grace on the TV show "Will and Grace"...so her finger in...yeah. Bo's a twisted, brilliant dude for some of the wordplay he throws out there :D

[@ericb8342]

Don't forget, she also played Mary Magdalene!

[@kkalski]

@@ericb8342 So many people miss this. Either way it is one of the most subtle brilliant lyrics ever.

[@vortex_all9055]

also the line about edipus holy mother fucking christ because he fucked his mother and killed himself when he found out

[@tersommers]

Appreciate your thoughts, I was raised where I feel I should be cringing at what Bo says not agreeing with it. Unfortunately, I have seen too much hypocritical actions from devout Christians (obviously not all, just the ones who advertise their extensive knowledge of their religion) and this rant hits way too close in truth for me. Thank you for reacting to this one!

[@MayorBrownn]

I feel the same

[@Itsant33]

I don't

[@unclefoot]

I’ve never clicked on a reaction faster. I love this song and your breakdown was awesome!!! I see this song as a kind of prequel to “from gods perspective”. When Bo was younger (like a lot of young budding agnostics/atheists) he went HARD against the scripture he was indoctrinated with and the ways it’s passages are cherry-picked to serve peoples desires and nothing else. Leviticus 45 (technically 25:45) is indeed about owning slaves and the 10 verses following it lay out the does and don’ts to people being property. Before the 14th amendment was ratified, this was one of the biblical passages used by slave owners and racists to argue against abolishment and equal rights. All across the country (not just the south, there were plenty of pro-slavery dickwhams in northern states) this section of the Bible was used as a moral thumbs up from god to continue their way of life. Obviously now, this section has taken on more of a metaphorical meaning and is “not meant to be taken literally”…but, since our country has always been predominantly christian it was at one point used successfully to explain away the immorality of fucking SLAVERY. And throughout the Bible there’s a bunch of other passages that terrible people choose to take literally even when the surrounding passages aren’t. The section about the pope doesn’t mention any Bible references, but that famous “man must not lie with man” is also from Leviticus. Homophobes LOVE taking that passage literally while completely ignoring/explaining away everything else around it. I think the switch to talking about Hurricane Katrina is just another double down on how fucked up our country is. When you’re a minority, thoughts and prayers are all you get. Love your reactions! Keep ‘em coming! Cheers!

[@brockstar1461]

Left brain right Brain from his “what.” Special

[@anonymouscali7966]

I love how you can see the humor in comedy despite your own personal beliefs. Glad we can laugh together. Keep up the grind

[@TheManRunningTheStand]

your voice is oddly soothing, i love the bo reactions.

[@jocelynsmith4315]

As a practicing Catholic, this one definitely makes me uncomfortable 😅 but it’s still objectively good! and lots of religious people are hypocrites to be fair haha. myself included sometimes, i enjoyed your response ☺️

[@bayonettakertok2363]

Gotta recommended "Nerds" or "Eff it" love these reactions and Bering your thoughts, hope your day is good homie ❤️

[@mushpurple]

Don't forget hell of a ride

[@bayonettakertok2363]

@@mushpurple absolutely! Love that one

[@christinedebessehoch]

All of his stuff is dope but I think you might like Nerds. Another super silly one that nobody has reacted to is his Pitbull song. Would crack me up to see what you thought about that one, it’s kind of a banger but he just played it once live 🙈 for context, he stepped in to play at a Florida school’s college homecoming after Pit was in a car accident and broke his hand

[@acrefray]

I've been very much looking forward to this reaction. I've thoroughly enjoyed that you've enjoyed this so much, both in humour and in cleverness.

[@sk7matador714]

What i like about this dude is even when he pauses hes not screaming about simple lines.

[@9997andrew]

But the point Bo makes, especially in regards to slavery in the Bible, is that people try to defend it by saying it’s all metaphors or some parts are metaphors while other parts are to be taken literally. Who gets to decide which is which? I think it would probably be more logical to say that the Bible was written by a bunch of people trying to understand the world around them and then re-written/ translated over the years by people who wanted to use it a source of authority and power. I personally don’t believe in any of it, but I think people should be allowed to believe what they want as long as it isn’t used against others. That being said, I would hope that people understand history enough to know that a book written 2000 years ago is very unlikely to be inspired by some god and should be understood simply as another piece of historical and fictional literature.

[@9997andrew]

@@GretchZ sorry, next time I’ll compile the dates with references when I’m submitting my thesis KZbin comment for you. Would you prefer my annotations be MLA, APA or Chicago style?

[@9997andrew]

@@GretchZ it should be pretty obvious that when I said 2000 years I was generalizing and didn’t mean all the books of the Bible were written and compiled 22 C.E. I’m sorry if that wasn’t obvious for you considering that wasn’t even close to the central point of my comment.

[@fishtailfuture]

this is up there with the greatest raps ever. I would put it top 10. 99% of people never even heard this shit. As good as anything I've heard. We have favorites, things we love. But this is as good as anything I've heard.

[@craigwoodward8455]

Jesus's name isnt yhwh, thats the old hebrew word for 'ME', which is the old name for God.

[@whatitdodave]

Yeah my bad I misspoke thank you for the correction

[@smclemee]

@@whatitdodave But you were close! The Hebrew name that got turned into Jesus at some point is Yeshua.

[@smclemee]

@@GretchZ Which is in turn the perfect name for a televangelist.

[@crimsondragon1447]

If you like raps like this I recommend new math by Bo Burnham

[@hideshiseyes2804]

He has chilled out massively about religion now but this one was right in the middle of the New Atheism era. Lots of young men with lots of anger at religion back then, very different scene.

[@garynulty6075]

2010? I didn't know that till now 😂

[@ncs115]

I agree that the Kanye Rant was better, but this was still great. Thanks for doing this video.

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

Bo grew up in a all boys catholic school and eventually pushed away from religion because he was being a rebel and he thought it was cool. He has friends and family that are religious, but he is now more understanding of religion, but I don't think he is a religious person. Think he accepted it more in his late 20s from what I have read in the past. You'll enjoy "Eff" when you get to it :D

[@tomorrow1wb]

You heard this whole song and thought he pulled away from religion to be cool? 😂

[@mikemath9508]

My three favorite rappers are white, and they were raised religiously. Trevor Moore Bo Burnham Matt Watson (one t in the last name) They're all critical of their upbringing and show it in their comedy.

[@Wico90YT]

Its cool. We're already a Christofascist state with Dobbs, Kennedy, and Carson.

[@christianmeeks]

We think we know you is one of his best performances you should definitely check that out

[@flintbrenick]

In case some don’t know, the pope at the time was Pope Benedict. So that’s where some of the wordplay is coming from.

[@ChaseGamesGood]

Yessir! Love the Bo reactions!!

[@WRoark]

gotta check out You think you know me and left brain right brain both and my personal favorites from bo

[@dauntingbutthereyougo6910]

Seconded

[@davidljubicic9112]

Hi Dave, you should react to the new Megadeth song. Its called "Well be back" and its a teaser for their new album! Awesome song to react to because everyone is listening to it right now! I suggest to not look at the video because of copyright stuff.

[@whatitdodave]

Putting text over it helps haha. Plus I get to see the video as well.

[@davidljubicic9112]

@@whatitdodave Lmao no worries. Do whatever way that feels better. Have a good week.

[@freshifyclips]

react to his highschool party song, think theres some stuff you can dig deep and talk about from it

[@fred._.9138]

Please do his song "nerds"

[@demonik2108]

Should check out High school party by Bo Burnham it has a music video I believe

[@DonnaPoynton.]

Awesome Thank you 😊

[@calebrodarte7888]

do “ Bo Fo Sho”

[@S2BYISRAEL]

God is not mocked, i wont degrade you bo ill pray for you though. I know you have some hurt somewhere.

[@jeremybr2020]

Yes, there are many parts in the Bible that aren't to be taken literally. There are many stories that are used as analogies or teach some lesson. There are those. But there are also parts that are simply black and white. They aren't stories to teach lessons. It is what it says it is and it does what it says it does. The buying and owning of slaves is one of those. It specifically tells you how you are to buy slaves, from where you are to buy slaves and how long you can own them for. The Bible tells you how you can trick a slave that is about to be set free, into owning them for life. Which is if the slave master was to let the slave take a wife, and maybe even have children. If its a slave that only has to do 7 years, after that 7 years they are free. HOWEVER, the wife and his children are not free. The slave owner owns them for life. And if the slave chooses not to leave his family, the slave owner can take him before the town, drive some sort of nail or stake thru their ear (or nose?) marking them as slaves for life. Does any part of this sound like a fable or a lesson? Now of course the religious apologists will attempt to justify this by calling the slavery, indentured servitude. Saying things like....."Its not real slavery, like what happened to the Africans. Its just like a job you have to go to and work off your debt for so many years" No it's not. Anybody whom you can own for life, and even beat them, as long as they don't kill them or put out their eyes or teeth, is a slave. Anyone who they can bequeath to their children to own as well, is a slave. PERIOD.

[@Time_Is_Left]

Most baby atheists tend to be pretty angry with it - I can’t imagine why lol He has since softened on the militancy but maintains the position. Which is funny, another trend is people moving from being a live and let live atheist, to an anti theist- around 2016. 2016 was not a great year for the gods lol

[@Time_Is_Left]

@@GretchZ What are you talking about? What do you think people are taking an issue with? (In terms of going anti theist instead of atheist since 2016?) Because my reason has nothing to do with anything you just said

[@nullakjg767]

What a coincidence that "god" lost his power the moment the internet and education became widely available. Its almost like the solution to ignorance is education.

[@Time_Is_Left]

@@nullakjg767 I get what you mean, and I bet you and I would agree on a lot around the history of this topic, but I do see harm that comes from being too narrow here. For one thing, it can inadvertently give the impression that the shift away from theism is a fad that can be attributed to modernity, and so can be dismissed by the people who don’t need a reason to dismiss in the first place. I think I see it as handing theists a red herring for THEM to make ME chase lol It’s a big conversation thats hard to have in a KZbin comment section lol Sorry to be so wordy

[@willsmith9357]

Yahweh has been the name since forever bruh

[@liamengram6326]

3:45 Yahweh is just the Hebrew name for God. Jesus was Yeshua, which was the Aramaic form of the Hebrew Joshua, which when Romanized became Jesus. Just like Christopher Columbo because Christopher Columbus.

[@majinsole8554]

It’s Bo yo. ~_~

[@JNB0723]

The main issue with religion is that it is almost always implemented into politics and their beliefs and practices are thrusted onto the average person.

[@malokai1491]

dave

[@jkehler1258]

Loving your channel. Please check out Bo's song "Comedy" 👍

[@antonindvorak6479]

Jahwe is actually not Jesus's name, but God's. It is what the Jews call him. When Moose was on the mountain where he met God in the form of a burning Bush. That is where the name came from. But because of the trinity, God is Father, Son and holy spirit, it would also be the name of Jesus

[@karinac.3378]

🤣🥂yesssss

[@shreddedninja]

A little correction. It wasn't Jesus that was called Yahweh, Yahweh is God's name. God is his title to not use his name in vain.

[@genostellar]

I, for one, don't mind if you talk about your own ideas and opinions. What's the point of having them if nobody knows what they are?

[@whatitdodave]

I meant not going in greater detail outside of hints. I still wanted to keep my opinions and comments on the subject at hand without detouring too much.

[@genostellar]

@@whatitdodave Nah, I wouldn't mind details. I like knowing how people think.

[@genostellar]

@@whatitdodave Nah, I wouldn't mind details. I like knowing how people think.

[@rangeetpaul8425]

Femboy rap cypher reaction next Sir please. :(

[@melaniewilliams6740]

I like you. You will never get next tier pausing this much. It's seriously an egregious amount. Good luck