Religion - Tim Minchin

Tim minchin explores the topic of religion in style!
This came just after his song about god and anal sex (a brilliant little ditty entitled "ten foot cock and a few hundred virgins"), which is what he is refering to when he says "material like that"

[@jeremiahd2209]

"Created by man to explain the existence of feet in the absence of the knowledge of the existence of Tony" I have watched this dozens of times and this line still blows my mind.

[@rruzgarr97]

+Jeremiah d goosebumps

[@daboi7153]

+bingleton it could be toni xD

[@dylanmansper4218]

+Jeremiah d that line is a clever part of the show but wouldn't you think that even if mankind HAD known about tony, we would have invented a macro-world about god and his ways anyway? I guess things like the bible would have been much less ridiculous, no ark or adam and eve, but perhaps there still would have been a biblical text which says we should follow a god who tells us not to wear multi-fabric clothes or we'll be stoned lol

[@aliilaak7663]

+dylan mansper DAMN this feels good, this explains alot and its kinda situation i am in it, right now

[@GodsOwnPrototype]

Ironically a hypothesis that fails Popper's criterion of scientific falsifiability, thus losing out to the religious explanation, which, acknowledging the issue to be beyond the sphere of Science proper, doesn't even make the claim for itself. The opposite of Faith is not Doubt but rather Certainty. Everything is subject to the fallacy of the neglected aspect &all communication to some equivocation in the attempt to transfer understanding. The world of now depends on Faith like any other, our currencies are Fiat, the whole banking/finance system that is the engine keeping our bouncy castle reality filled with enough air runs on the fuel of Confidence. Metaphysics presents choices of worldview & traditions from the ever-expanding tree of options. 'Science' in the modern sense is a young Tradition, ('standing on the shoulders of giants'), the chief strength of which is a narrowly defined, highly prejudiced discrimination of the expressions of reality that it trusts & a highly accurate language in which to communicate (maths). However it cannot even attempt to provide a comprehensive worldview without betraying itself, as it's deluded/dishonest culty younger sibling Scientism does by pretending that it is still Science and not some attempted coup against Religion in the form of a Kuhnian paradigmatic revolution. Atheists and Agnostics need to answer the facts of history &why they could not build robust, fecund and competitive societies in the long run. "global studies have indicated that global atheism may be in decline due to irreligious countries having the lowest birth rates in the world and religious countries having higher birth rates in general" Cambridge Companion to Atheism p58. Don't lock those minds away just yet...

[@herbtenderson7335]

I wouldn't call having 4 kids at once a miracle. More like a waking nightmare.

[@jim191185]

NIghtmares are better. At least you get some sleep. That ain't happening with 4 babies lol.

[@akishorekumarr]

@T Mox Technically, it is not bi-monthly. It is fortnightly.

[@obedientfire840]

R.i.p. pussy ..

[@craki06]

It would just be a regular nightmare cause the kids wouldn’t be walking for about a year and her two

[@annataylor5233]

Yeah, and from a scientific viewpoint it's unfavourable at best. The human body is not properly equipt to carry two fetuses at once, let alone 4.

[@naughtyhorses]

"...as punishment for having a sort of schizophrenic discourse with a god who was created by man to explain the existence of feet in the absence of the knowledge of the existence of Tony" Utter Genius.

[@Wordsmith00]

Still fascinates me every time I hear it.

[@somethingclever4563]

"So that I can justify groups sex whilst abhorring group prayer." That line is flat out brilliant

[@no_sense_of_humor467]

Gonna leave on 69

[@flippy66]

It's also a good joke about moral relativism, which is inherently problematic and contradictory, since morality cannot, by definition, be arbitrary. i.e. he's not actually morally relativistic.

[@EsteemedReptile]

I swear Tim Minchin looks like a lost cousin of the Addams Family.

[@magiv4205]

Who says he isn't?

[@KreeZafi]

I aspire to one day have someone say that about me

[@collegerebel]

He looks like Beetlejuice when he was alive.

[@DocRockBaby]

@@collegerebel He does indeed Brilliant..

[@TTFerdinand]

The new film "Wednesday" about to come out in 2023. Can't wait.

[@4thAugust1932]

"Religion was born when the first con man met the first fool." --Mark Twain

[@08453300222]

God loves Atheists, but isnt sure about agnostics. A Mormon told me that they don't drink coffee. I said, "A cup of coffee every day gives you wonderful benefits." He said, "Like what?" I said, "Well, it keeps you from being Mormon ..."

[@pop5678eye]

Science: I am willing to change my mind if reliable evidence is presented. I will question my own perceptions, and seek answers through further query. Religion: I will not change my mind even if overwhelming evidence is presented! I will not question my own preconceptions, and I will seek to silence questioning by others!

[@Sc0rr]

I believe, you are actually wrong with this one. While almost all religions have the problem with reversal of burden of proof, there is at least one major religion where your statement does not fit. I think it was Judaism. Or Islamism? I forgot, It was something from the middle east. Anyway, Christianity works like this "why?" "because mysterious ways, shuddup" and Judaism(?) encourages questioning everything and there is even a phrase that says something like "if something is scientifically proven false, we have to accept that new reality"

[@pop5678eye]

Alu Targaryen Considering that it was the Book of Job, written by old Judaism, that most explicitely established the 'don't question! Just be thankful God didn't kill you!' in Abrahamic religions, I wouldn't try to be proud of that religion based on its revised reform interpretation. The Book of Job is the one where 'God's' reply to 'why' certain things happen is just 'how dare you question me!' A response of threat, not an answer.

[@Sc0rr]

ok if you put it like that, it doesn't sound so good anymore :) thanks for clearing that up.

[@austin7761]

Alu Targaryen I believe that the dalai llama said something similar to what you were saying in your first post.

[@austin7761]

***** The people in this thread are talking about the methodology one uses when coming to his beliefs about reality. I'm sure you know some very nice religious people, I do too, but that has no bearing on whether their process of forming beliefs is based on superstition or evidence.

[@KreeZafi]

I can't believe how many people in the comments don't realize that his comedic dumbing down of the theory of evolution was just that, a dumbed-down version for comedic purposes. I am quite certain that he knows very well that's not how it works.

[@mikelfairchild9007]

KreeZafi well.......duh

[@cawre]

Maybe it wasn't "dumbed down" enough for them to get it

[@attacktyson007]

I think irony would be wasted on you.... aaaah the condencending sarcastic satisfaction i just had...mmmm ooooh there it is again, and again....

[@corbeau-_-]

no, he's serious, it's a lecture

[@ooferrell]

Fucking tony!!!!!

[@riparianlife97701]

Is it ironic that I worship Tim as a god?

[@cw3le]

Well, at least you know he's real. :D Like George Carlin used to say that he didn't pray to god, but to Joe Pesci. :)

[@riparianlife97701]

cw3le Loved that bit!

[@phantumgrey]

cw3le Don't forget the sun......why? Because I can see the fucking sun!!.....RIP George

[@cw3le]

phantumgrey Yes. But, Joe Pesci gets the job done. ;)

[@phantumgrey]

lol

[@mfay6933]

"...maths." Gotta love him

[@rfwhiteaker4200]

Thank goodness for people like this young man. He uses laughter to bind us together.

[@Crimethoughtfull]

God was created by man to explain the existence of feet in the absence of the knowledge of the existence of Tony. Just too brilliant!

[@faulmel7168]

"And imagine what Tony would think, standing there on his brand new feet, on the brink of the beginning of mankind as we know it": "If only I had lungs"

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

Melody Starling Even though his evolution joke is good, it's so inaccurate!

[@dihanniloy2153]

+Deathbyblackhole I'm pretty sure we have feet... and that we evolved out of sea creatures... and that feet are useful on land...

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

Dihan Niloy It's still inaccurate...

[@dihanniloy2153]

Deathbyblackhole I just rewatched it and well... I suppose you mean how random mutations as large as a fish growing legs probably didn't happen

[@R3tr0v1ru5]

Dihan Niloy Yeah these transitions took a long time (as the fossil evidence suggests).

[@gnagyusa]

Still has his piano, both of his legs and his wife. Just sayin', theists...

[@Someguy-my3he]

And James Randi's million dollars is still as safe as ever, after all these decades.

[@JpegDog]

Randi gave up on giving it away because it could be put to better use, if I remember

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

checkmate xD

[@8maxthemax8]

I remember, as a kid, thinking it might be a good business idea to create and market a placebo, without advertising it as a placebo, just to help hypochondriacs. I imagined homoeopathy before knowing about it!

[@cyantulip]

Maxim T Potvin You must be an astrologer

[@commonsense31]

Well you can’t overdose on it! Well you can fucking Drown! 😂😂 Dara O’Brian religion

[@jonnowds]

Heck, call Placeborant! Turns out placebos can work even when the subject KNOWS it's a placebo. Because, idk, squishy, squishy human brains...? ;-)

[@evenstoats2639]

That's what about 70% of neutraceuticals are. They contain none of what's on the label, too little, or things that shouldn't be there. It's mostly a big scam.

[@THESLOWDEATHHOOKS]

WTF ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE? go back to the video. Yes, now! go back to the video, it's a shitfest down here.

[@PumatSol]

Thank you.

[@KOakaKO]

Yes, but sometimes the shitfest is funny. Especially when people start justifying their beliefs or lack thereof. Some of the mental gymnastics as they twist reality into knots is just hilarious.

[@joselotl]

ok, thanks for the warning

[@masterbucks]

woah, thank F*** you were here, I nearly did it, I started scrolling. That was close.

[@ilikebuttsandireallyjustca7360]

welcome to the internet ......

[@olivermcerlean2635]

His Albert Hall concert is still one of the all-time great performances.

[@mrtjm1152]

"So does... Cot death" I almost fell off my chair laughing

[@TotesNotIllegal]

i thought he said cock death haha confusing but still funny

[@richardcramer1604]

Mr TJM, I had to google cot death, I was guessing he was referring to SIDS but I wasn't 100% sure and like Joey Yang he said it so fast I thought he may have said cock death (which didn't make sense to me).

[@familleboudreau7033]

I thought he said “car death”.

[@nicholesouza7914]

He's extremely educated and logical. Don't hate on him. We're soul mates.

[@alexspear2145]

"If anyone can show me one example in the history of the world of a single homeopathic practitioner who's been able to prove under reasonable experimental conditions that solutions made up of infinitely tiny particles of good stuff dissolved repeatedly into relatively huge quantities of water have a consistently higher medicinal value than a similarly administered placebo..."- Tim Minchin So incredible...

[@beth9138]

Then I'll give you my piano... Or one of my legs... And my wife"

[@SpaRkofFiRe]

The fact that he memorized all that and recited it without stuttering even once is fucking insane.

[@KellyCannondeBorda]

Needed this on Easter morning :)

[@notavailable4342]

Oh my good lord (teehee), how fantastic is that song at the end. I've come to expect genius from Tim, but, whenever I hear a new song, I'm always re-impressed.

[@comedianyueyue]

So much beauty. Love to hear your sage comedy words!

[@InquisitorShepard]

There is a difference between placobos and homeopathic medicine. The price. Tou doum, tsss.

[@jilliansmith7123]

You know what they call homeopathic concoctions that work? Medicine.

[@Figitarian]

LOL

[@elemu3653]

Dude 🎶 you are stupid

[@dddux]

No. It's called "mind challenged".

[@faarsight]

Homeopathic medicine is great for treating dehydration. Show me the sugar pill that can do that!

[@Cornizzard]

Was introduced to Tim Minchin through a friend who showed me "Storm" a year ago. Even now, i consider this guy to be the greatest genius i've ever seen. Just wanna meet this guy and buy him a beer or coffee to have an excuse to talk to him for a few min.

[@silixtuhibiski95]

About as funny as burning in hell... ...So pretty fucking funny if you think about it.

[@princeofpranks6401]

Was this a joke? Or are you legit offended?

[@silixtuhibiski95]

PrinceOfPranks 'Twas a joke.

[@ArtsofOwnage]

PrinceOfPranks Did you read the rest of his comment?

[@leroylang2453]

Silixtu Hibiski Well hell is for all eternity whereas this is only 10 minutes long. And you can switch this off.

[@robthelog223]

Bogroll T Too right mate.

[@Skaper_]

I love it when KZbin recommends videos that I've liked from year's ago.

[@Tao33316]

I loved "Don't drive faster than your angel can fly." Quite funny.

[@madbear3512]

LordKellthe1st Why not

[@marcuspainter4885]

Tao33316 this is actually close to what I was taught. Though for me it was called staying under the blood( gods blood that he gave in order to forgive your sins). You rise above, go to a bar with friends or hangout with a person of the opposite sex that has a crush on you,vis versa, and you might wake up to find years have passed and you’re an alcoholic or divorced. Fun stuff like that for 9 year olds to learn.

[@weebiskey8910]

@@marcuspainter4885 That's a sad way to look at what could've been a fun situation. "If you have fun you'll become depressed and an alcoholic by the way!"

[@dnichs7739]

@@weebiskey8910 sadly both of you are right, in a way. The blood thing refers to following your truth, whether that be positive or negative.

[@austenhead5303]

Well, things can be wrong AND funny.

[@RegurgitateEucharist]

i love his humor and laugh of course, but everything he says is actually very accurate and reasonable. to me at least. i relate to this man. love it

[@someguy3856]

This is objectively the greatest comedy bit that has ever existed.

[@3niknicholson]

Tim, you are great, and I thank Godlessness for you being here!

[@avrolcaster]

if you open your mind too much, your brain will fall out lol

[@stevenaustin8274]

Kyle H it’s a quote from R Dawkins where he said of course we need to be open minded but not to the extent our brains fall out

[@jjj87484]

And Dawkins is using a line Carl Sagan made famous in his book, who was referring to a skeptic named James Oberg who actually came up with the line originally. And I'll bet Tim Minchin read Sagan's book to which his joke is referring to.

[@dddux]

Usually said by people who's brains have already fallen out and all over the place.

[@OisirM]

He's so incredibly natural... you get the feeling that no one went over his speech beforehand to weed out politically incorrect phrases, he just expresses his thoughts. Just for that, he deserves a huge bloody medal, and tons of radio time.

[@Atouk]

This never gets old

[@WhiteKeyness]

great upload! On a side note - FSMGauss - finite state machine, Gauss? Cool name ahaha

[@mkay6089]

"The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church." --Ferdinand Magellan

[@supertimmytunes]

Thank you Tony, for being brave enough to jump out of the water, coming directly under fire from the other fish for doing so, and growing and evolving feet that would later be passed on down the generations to me. I sincerely appreciate it.

[@NarsFromMars]

His philosophical AND linguistic genius amaze me.

[@jameswatkins7763]

Wow. How have I never heard of this guy? Pure genius.

[@harrylime9611]

Not really. He admits that he holds a relativist morality to justify his own lifestyle. He is a fool.

[@jameswatkins7763]

@@harrylime9611 Relativist morality? That's the same kind of morality everyone has. And no, objective morality doesn't exist, sorry.

[@harrylime9611]

@@jameswatkins7763 Do you believe that absolutely?

[@jameswatkins7763]

@@harrylime9611 It's what I believe and I am open to counter arguments. Good luck trapping me with hard solipsism 😆

[@harrylime9611]

@@jameswatkins7763 You're the solipsist. Don't you see the contradiction yoi're putting forth? "There is no objective truth and this is objectively true"?

[@naioka1992]

"I will give you...my piano one of my legs, ...and my wife!" I LOVE the little arm-jig he does just before the "and my wife" part! This guy is pretty awesome. I normally hate any kind of comedian's songs, but this cracked me up. First time I've seen any of Tim Minchin's stuff - a fantastic find! ^^

[@narlacat68]

He's a genius. Luv him. So proud he's an Aussie. xx

[@lizhughes2852]

narlacat68 Don't be too smug! You also gave us Ken Ham!😂

[@dannybutler8651]

He was actually born in England by Aussie parents then moved bk

[@garymiles484]

Love Kevin Bloody Wilson, his daughter Jenny Talia from Australia oh and Paul Hogan.

[@suerossiter3126]

Tim Minchin... we sang together, years ago, in Cheltenham at the Town Hall !!!! Remember?

[@TPazouDance]

Tim Minchin makes me laugh! What a brilliant man!

[@cutes22]

I love when he smiles and shrugs his shoulders. He's so fucking adorable.

[@Nahrix]

Oh, my god, I never knew He wrote his standup In rhyming prose Shows I'm a screw-up Blind from those Who are smarter than me I'm thankful, though

[@wrynil]

Best post in a long time :D

[@TheD0CT0RWH0fan]

Bloody brilliant as always :)

[@maskofsan1ty]

I love that he uses the creatards 'understanding' of evolution! Makes it even funnier!

[@averycecilleven5890]

This man is brilliant

[@tomjardine-smith2793]

This video was preceeded by an ad by a relious group. Outstanding.

[@prestons67]

Beautifully put! Thank you :)

[@Fraggr92]

Exactly. Like Minchin said in the Pope Song: "I've no problem with the spiritual beliefs of other fuckers, while those beliefs don't impact on the happiness of others" :)

[@kornee]

I came here looking for angry Christians

[@kenelyon795]

I'm a Christian. But not angry. God bless you!

[@brianmchugh7679]

I'm sorry to hear that, I hope you get well soon.

[@keylime5281]

@@kenelyon795 good for you

[@keylime5281]

@@kenelyon795 I mean that in a positive way. There are too many people who are angry at eachother for a refusal to accept thing that are slightly different. Too few of us have that. Have a wonderful day and if it means anything extra to you Im not religious but I respect your beliefs

[@kenelyon795]

@@keylime5281 thank you for the nice cordial comment. I offer the same to you. I reject atheism and agnosticism but I certainly respect those of differing beliefs. I don't think atheists are irrational or unreasonable for their beliefs. And I hope they do not think Christianity to be unreasonable nor irrational. It's a wonderful thing to live in a society where people are free to hold their own private beliefs which differ from others. And so we ought to put forth great effort to make sure free speech and freedom of religion or non-religion is defended.

[@tedlyngmo9180]

Ok, where do I find the "it's been years and you're allowed to upvote again"-button?

[@Phineus05]

Well said. Thank you for thinking critically!

[@WendyRomkes]

Yup.. I really like this dude.

[@TheAttackOfWaffles]

This man is a genius.

[@billheuber5884]

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!!

[@jwrig000]

This is the best thing on KZbin.

[@UpWithTheBirds23]

The next fish I get I'm naming "fuckin Tony"!

[@morphsuitgirl8449]

I love his brain.

[@tsw8848]

I would love to see Tim Minchin debating with John Lennox.what a wonderful view that would be!

[@maxcaysey2844]

This is great... and very true! Very intelligent!

[@doneestoner9945]

I love this cool guy !

[@Criomorph]

A 1 in 64,000,000 million chance means that there are 109 other instances of said probability.

[@teodorwestholm7004]

a 1 in 64 million, not 1 in 64 000 000 million (64 million milion)

[@Criomorph]

Teodor Westholm Sorry, I tend to type it one way or another so I kind of, accidentally, made a typo! Edit: Thanks, anyways!

[@GenerationX1984]

The Crimson Fucker If you did that in your head, you're a math genius and I'm a bit jealous. Either that or I'm a math idiot who needs a sheet of paper to work things out.

[@Criomorph]

Chris Tubestinks I'm way too stupid to make that kind of calculation on my own, so I used a calculator.

[@lonewolf975]

@AChefla To put it simply, you're smart. thank you for being on youtube to balance things out. youtube could use more people like you. this would be a much happier place.

[@Viky.A.V.]

8 min to 8:37 - brilliant line! How on Earth can this guy spell such complicated sentences so fast that my (non-native speaking) brain is barely able to follow?? lol

[@ShawnValsean]

I'd say, "It may have been one in 64 million... but you are one in 8 billion"

[@92Roar]

Shawn Silver But, technically, each of the quadruplets is actually 1 in 16 million

[@elilssaamy1263]

or even technically one in 108 billion people because the whole 8 billion people thing only takes in to account the people alive today

[@lexihopes]

Statistics aren't my strong point, and I'm not sure how they got the one in 64 million stat, but I think you'd have to either consider the number of people who are giving birth or the number of people conceiving, or at the very most the number of people capable of conceiving, not everyone in the world. And it might only count natural conceptions. The easiest number to find is about 130 million people born each day. Since some of those people are multiples, and some aren't naturally conceived, let's go ahead and cut that in half. That still would have it happen on average once a year at current birth rates. Could be more or less depending on how that original stat was reached, but I don't think it would be so significantly less that it could be considered miraculous in the sense Tim means. Of course, miracle has long been used secularly to refer to things extraordinary or remarkable.

[@idlingdove]

+bad1dobby Agreed. People are often overawed by statistics. But you are right, 1 in 64 million means about 100 events in the current population of the planet; so it's nothing special for about 100 of those cases to happen in the course of a generation.

[@jilliansmith7123]

You bear one of the more recent "mutations" which is red hair. Imagine being the first GINGER. The calumny, the slander, the fear! And then there's the reaction of everyone around you as well.

[@michaelsmyth9904]

Evolution bit was absolutely wonderful....

[@Lumpiluk]

@Superior463 can you please send me a link to or the title of the video you watched? :)

[@Fullprime]

Reading through these comments it's clear that some of you don't understand that you can only get a PhD if your research is completely novel. That's the whole point. Regrettably there is much we still don't know about evolution. Lucky for me that's why my PhD is funded, to investigate the evolution of mitochondrial descendants in eukaryotic parasites. So if anyone is willing to give education a chance, I'd be more than happy to explain why evolution as an occurrence is fact, but the exact mechanism and driving factors currently up for debate.

[@googlesuckscock6538]

im an atheist, and my knowledge of biological science is a bit rough around the edges (I barely know the basics... micro/macro evolution. That's all I was taught in school) ... care to explain your field of study? :)

[@Fullprime]

Sure. As you may know, mitochondria are the 'power houses' of the cell, providing the chemicals that provide the energy required for many reactions. In eukaryotic parasites, such as malaria, these mitochondria have been shown to have changed in one way or another. My particular field of study focuses on a close relative of malaria, Cryptosporidium. In these particular parasites the mitochondria have lost all of their own DNA. They are also much smaller and lack the ability to make the energy chemicals (ATP). My exact focus is to see what processes, if any, still exist within this shrunken mitochondria (called a mitosome) and to attempt to show the step by step mutations that occurred, causing the mitochondria to become what it is now. Basically, done people study how 'chimps' became humans, I study how mitochondria became mitosomes.

[@broadneydangerfield]

Hey Christopher! Did you earn your PhD? I'd love to hear more about your findings and how the research went.

[@vivekvardhan7860]

Really interesting! I would like to ask purely from an evolution point of view, where are feelings placed? And how shall we interpret it? If it something good for our survival or is it something that we will lose in future? I mean, just an academic thought. Does it have an advantage in survival? Thanks for the time.

[@Reggie-tf4ex]

Christopher Miller Is there an example in which an organism gains or adapts their organelles to become more complex? In the mitochondria example there is nothing more complex added on.

[@TheCrazymomto6]

Yes, please! Come to the US, epically after this shit election! Come to Seattle first, we'll be in the front row cheering!

[@bobcoard6691]

I'm in awe of the fact that the ad video preceding Tim was from the Israel Institue of Bible Studies explaining Satan. Coincidence or Divine Intervention?

[@pete26785]

@Uppers202 Im interested on what grounds exactly do you think the New Testament is false?

[@crystalalves-veira6383]

Ok I'm just wondering how do Christians know that it was their god that performed said miracle?... Using history, gods have been around for a lot longer than Christianity. So if in fact you have had a "miracle" happen to you do you have proof that it was an act of Christianity's god or that it was not an act from some other, much older religion?

[@pavelskop305]

its pretty simple, cuz there's only one God...it/he/she doesnt need a name. humans need names, identites, etc. me being smartass, right? :D I respect all other beliefs...I dont care if people are christians, muslims, atheists. I belive in some things. But let's hear something simple to think about. If we live in the world of cause and consequence...then we come to ...there must be a first cause...but how can there be a first cause? So there must be something eternal...and that I believe is God or whatever u wanna call it...I don't believe it/he/she wants to punish us or whatever...we punish ourselves with what we create :).

[@Joppe253]

Pavel Skop Spinoza?

[@isaacwilkinson3301]

why is that when ever people talk about how bad religion is they always talk about christianity but never islam or judaism or sikhism hinduism buddism.

[@Joppe253]

Isaac Wilkinson It's easier to focus on one religion, you probably debunk all the others in the process. And Christianity is just the most visible and present religion. (btw for me Christianity, Islam and judaïsm are the same thing with a different label)

[@mathut3782]

Pavel Skop What the original comment is addressing is the fact that throughout history, there have been hundreds, probably thousands of gods/goddesses that were worshipped under different religions. The author of that comment is asking what makes the Judeo-Christian god more "real" than the hundreds/thousands of others that have are "not real?"

[@chelseykrzewina8120]

"Fuck off" seems reasonable enough to me *shrugs* too tame actually.

[@SuckMyRightToe]

Just thought I'd say thank's for the lovely new word, vocabulary's underrated

[@stevenbristol2334]

[cont'd] though, I'm now a 26-year-old Master's Degree student. So, you're preaching to the choir about it being difficult. Granted, I know there are places on Earth where it's far harder to obtain an education than what I experienced, but as for first-world countries, I'd say my education tended toward the difficult side. Sorry for "coming late to the game," as it were! Enjoyed chatting with you. Let's shut up and enjoy the glory that is Tim Minchin :)

[@fernandodobbin3806]

Atticus Fetch seems really mature now...

[@yannatosp]

Robin Ashe-Roy :) thanks for this comment! This is exactly what he's talking about!

[@IAmNomadical]

Robin Ashe-Roy I bet Schrodinger's Cat knows more than yours... ;-)

[@IAmNomadical]

George Jetson That depends, did anyone ever look?

[@IAmNomadical]

George Jetson Poor kitty :(

[@GJSolo]

IAmNomadical Schrodinger's Cat was theory only, he didn't participate in any animal abuse :)

[@yikes8932]

"You're a fish Tony"

[@SeanLiddleSplunge]

I've just discovered Tim. Now I have religion

[@jameswillmott3d]

@Kristopher, refusal to accept and denial ARE the same thing to me, but that's not what I said. If I simply do not accept something , that is very different to me refusing to accept it... did I make the difference clear?

[@roofusonna1846]

I liked his set, but I thought that Tim misrepresented how complex body parts evolve. They evolve incrementally, being useful in keeping a genome alive till it is able to reproduce. The flight wings of feathers may have started out as body insulation that had to become more aerodynamic in order to hunt and escape predators, iterating until feathered creatures can glide and fly.

[@chocolateninja22]

Well he obviously dumbed it down for the sake of the joke

[@roofusonna1846]

Yeah, I get that, but I think he is misrepresenting evolution to a large audience when the theory is not as clearly understood as it should be.

[@Zeppelin616]

You really think he doesn't know that..

[@MPythonGirl]

If I had the permanent marker it would be Magic Happens ...And So Does Science

[@misssnugglebunny8093]

touché

[@nickacelvn]

Yeah, and science is replicable and quantifiable and that helps (a lot) with its credibility, ;-)

[@mexxer3603]

Of course he does :) His piano, his leg and his wife are things that he values alot. And he chose these to emphasize how sure he is that those supernatural things are never going to be proven because they don't exist. He could have also offered his life but that wouldn't have as much comedic value in this song.

[@ThyJovan]

@ArksTheArks how and where do you think or suggest hell/heaven exist?

[@Dizzy758]

Believe in magic, you muggle!

[@KangasniemiJerri]

Denisa Mihaela Now THAT was hilarious and spot on! 😂

[@Sonturist]

Our names may sound the same Mihaela

[@TheMikeSwitch]

Womb wonders?

[@LAnonHubbard]

This guy is so talented, intelligent and simply fucking awesome.

[@robertshockley3]

absolutely brilliant!

[@EnclaveColonel]

This is funny, and I honestly think this man is insane xD I like him

[@OrbitalAngel]

Brilliant lol

[@otikik]

A good scientist uses the Occam razor and validates its reasonings with other scientists. Can you list those problems you mention? How do those compare to the ones that the postulate of an external DNA-modifying intelligence poses? What scientists agree with the problems you mention?

[@affighterchick22]

Omfg his fishy imitation is hysterical. I'm still laughing.

[@NewMessage]

This is offensive to Tonyites everywhere.

[@MultiFirebug]

Maths

[@cutzymccall7675]

Refreshing. I believe in the supernatural and the miraculous, and have a strong faith in the Goddess, however: I love this guy. Bravo for anyone who goes against "normal" human inclinations, especially if they are witty and smart.

[@kcrot2566]

Thankyou I love your awareness