Watch Ricky Gervais' Best Arguments Against Religion For 20 Minutes Straight

Join us for an engaging exploration of Ricky Gervais' compelling arguments against religion in this 20-minute compilation. Known for his sharp wit and thought-provoking commentary, Gervais fearlessly challenges religious beliefs with humor and insight. Throughout this video, you'll encounter his most memorable monologues and debates, where he questions the role of faith in modern society, challenges religious doctrines, and encourages critical thinking about the nature of belief itself.
Whether you're a skeptic, a believer curious about opposing viewpoints, or simply enjoy intellectual discussions, this compilation promises to entertain and stimulate your mind. Sit back and delve into Gervais' incisive critique of religion, delivered in his signature style that blends comedy with astute observations on the human condition. Don't miss out on this thought-provoking journey through some of Ricky Gervais' best arguments against religion.
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[@stevehaynes2857]

The Church Of England currently has over 10 billion pounds in investments. Yet they still ask for donations for the upkeep of their buildings. Such hypocrisy.

[@photocoach5483]

Asset rich, cash poor..?

[@jamescurrall9341]

The Catholic church has between 70-250 billion dollars in wealth (depending on what assets are included) yet still preys on the belief of people who can barely afford to eat for more money

[@Justagranny-g5d]

COE r pagan, just like Ricky the sun worshiper, Religion was man made, i believe in GOD not religion, make u wonder y satanists like Ricky hates god ?

[@Charles13033]

Right but what’s the key there. They done force you to pay they “ask” everything is a voluntary donation. You can go to a Christian church your whole life and never pay a Penny and they won’t look at you any different. My church actually helps people out to. They will buy people bibles, and other stuff. Nothing is forced. I feel like you’re trying to insinuate by your quote that they are stealing money from people because they have so much money already and keep asking for donations. Personally none of the churches by me are anywhere near that rich. The pastors don’t make a ton of money or anyone else that works there. They do it for their love of god. And again I might add that they will never make you pay a penny.

[@bubbercakes528]

As an American I believe that Ricky Gervais is a gift for any country!

[@roddycavin4600]

Why?

[@teresaboone7298]

​@@roddycavin4600, Seriously? Why ask why?

[@roddycavin4600]

@@teresaboone7298 are you asking that question of me or yourself?

[@Internationalpony2k]

A gift of god 😂

[@johnbuell8035]

@@bubbercakes528 what does you being an American have to do with anything?

[@leehowson440]

I'm an atheist. I've always believed that religion was devised by people who don't exist to give weak minded people something to cling to. They say that money is the root of all evil, but religion is the root of all wars

[@PamelaMacmillan-pc4rx]

It's all about control of the masses.

[@zozel77]

I agree, very well said.

[@ACLC00]

It's fear mongering, if we weren't so afraid of death religion wouldn't have a hold on people. Because our brain cannot comprehend not existing we can't picture it we seek confort. Religion gives confort in return they ask for everything you money, your morals, your life, your property, your freedom. It's a dangerous cult with a special tax system and a history that would make Hitler blush.

[@juliansmith4295]

"religion was devised by people who don't exist" I understand that this must be a typo. What did you mean to say? I think religion was created first as an explanation, then later to control the masses. I give to you, my son, the following parable: A: Where does the rain come from? B: It must have been a dog. A: A dog? B: Sorry, I got that backwards. A: dog...so, a god? B: Sure. A: What's a god? B: I don't know. I guess it's a being so powerful that it can cause the rains to fall. A: We'd better be nice to the rain god then, or we won't have any of these delicious turnips next year. B: Hey, you've given me an idea. You know how we don't have any police on this planet yet... A: What's a planet? B: Sorry. You know how police haven't been invented yet... A: Yes. They sure would have come in handy when Jedediah was coveting Harry Swartz's wife. B: Uh...yea. So, if there's a god who can make it rain, we can have a god that burns people for eternity for various heinous acts. A: You mean...like murder, or not believing in that god, even if you've never heard of him? B: I like the way you think!

[@leehowson440]

@@juliansmith4295 yes, non existent imaginary people, like gods, which don't exist, how could they

[@Cameron-n3b]

"Convenient isn't it born in America I'm probably a Christian, born in India I'm probably a Hindu, if I'm born in Pakistan I'm probably a Muslim. Funny how where your born makes your faith the correct one, everyone else is wrong though. Lucky that isn't it?" Well put Ricky, if everyone followed the religion of Gervais..........the world would be a perfect place, no need for "gods"!! Religion is a stop gap for knowledge of the uneducated and unfortunately they use it for evil things. That's why I believe exactly the same thing as Ricky, always have and always will. You don't need a god belief to be a good and moral person!! He speaks brilliantly!!

[@spraya-ltd]

They say be careful what you think as it could come true, but isnt that how we create things! by thought to action to creation. we are the gods, We must beleive in our selves and maybe we would all be one, They say god is all around us, well yes we are everywhere and all we created is, wether it was a name for what we see or anything we created. Put it out there in the Etha as some say,, that is energy, we are the creators. SO be careful what you think :)

[@trishlangford5773]

Totally agree with you. 💯

[@oz-3416]

"the religion of Gervais" ... NO religion , this is the point

[@MoAbuAkb]

Science is a cult tho

[@MarianneHMiettinen]

This exact sentence(s) was the moment I became an atheist! It just clicked, like an AHA moment: there is no god.

[@leighedwards]

What Rick is saying makes excellent sense - what a shame the bloody subtitles are getting so much of it wrong!

[@BrapMan]

Indeed. A great compilation though

[@annakeye]

I'm totally sick of sub-titles being splattered over so many videos, including shorts which are the width of the average cell phone and yet around a third of it is taken up with incorrect subtitles that scroll across the middle. It's worse than when youtube started putting pawnails (oversized thumbnails) over the last minute or two of a lot of videos so you can't see what is going on. Oh and yeah, Ricky Gervais doesn't bring anything new to the religion conversation but what he does say is delivered well. He's an absolute pommy gem.

[@gwtpictgwtpict4214]

Well that's computers for you, no actual intelligence hence no understanding of context.

[@robyncamilleri6634]

Wow! I was 8 years old listening to the minister preaching, he said “god has a plan for us all”, I thought if this his plan for me I am not inerested

[@MrBibi86]

I wanna know what was he thinking when he came up with the plan to give toddlers cancer? just one of the questions I have.

[@haroldconover5221]

I'm with Ricky . Man made God.

[@BrianBoru5523]

Ha Ha! Did you take the experimental injection Ricky told you to take? Trust the science! Ha Ha!

[@Justagranny-g5d]

man made religion Not god, u wonder y satanists like Ricky feel the need to dispel him

[@jmaniak1]

Dogs are capable of something that god isn’t. Unconditional love.

[@thehumblepotatoreborn9313]

No animal - human or otherwise - is capable of unconditional love

[@brunosantiago4849]

​@@thehumblepotatoreborn9313Could you please elaborate a bit? I'm curious

[@thehumblepotatoreborn9313]

@@brunosantiago4849 "Unconditional" implies that one could do whatever they want and they would still be loved, regardless. This is ridiculous because it implies that a dog owner could relentlessly abuse their dog and somehow the dog would just keep on loving them, somehow? Try that. see how it goes for you.

[@brunosantiago4849]

@@thehumblepotatoreborn9313 KZbin just deleted my comment... Hopefully you're able to still read it.

[@pallekaastrup]

And they don't care if you don't believe in them.

[@TheAnaceciliadmmm]

I remember when I was very young, 7 or 6 maybe, I asked my mom, starting from the most absurd tale: is there really an easter bunny? My mom: no. Santa? No. God? She told me: Take your own conclusions 😂😂😂 so.... and I was raised Catholic anyway, I loved the Bible stories en lessons (for children) and the fantastic part of it. And when I was 13 I questioned a chrism teacher something that I found questionable at the time (I don t even remember at the time, because I loved that class foe the literature and interpreting parables) she simply answered: you don t come to the children's mass, do you? If you are not gonna be a practicing Catholic, then u musn't come to the classes anymore. Then it was it. I told my mom and she said: you must have the right to question everything there is, so, fell free to chose. I went for "scientific" spiritualism, that was even further in surrealism, then Buddhism, then, ok, enough. I believe a moral code and justice and that is enough for me.

[@lisaboban]

"Religion isn't harmless." Mic drop.

[@blackforestghost1]

Sad but true!

[@FollowJesusChristfirst]

@@blackforestghost1 God does not believe in religion,religion believes in God.

[@BUSHY33GRANTHAM]

Ooooh no. It severely harmed me all thru mu childhood tears and years. 🤔

[@watulookinat]

@@BUSHY33GRANTHAM There is more than one meaning to the word Harm

[@BUSHY33GRANTHAM]

@@watulookinat Well u look at it your way. I know how badly mentally and physically abused I was, by so called christian nuns and brothers. That harm is forever burned into my memory.

[@Dodgerzden]

I've never been able to get an answer from a religious person about why they believe in the religion they were born into and not some other religion. It's pretty obvious. And Ricky is right, God or gods are not the problem. Religion is.

[@feedingravens]

When you say that to christians, you can be more restrictive: Which of the hundreds to thousands of CHRISTIAN denominations should I choose? What are the criteria to pick a correct one and not a false one? The range is gigantic, and all christians believe that what they believe is correct. The range varies from it does not matter what you believe, as long as you live a decent life and respect the others to you MUST believe the Bible is LITERALLY correct, you MUST believe the timeline that anglican bishop Ussher set up, when reality conflicts with the Bible, reality is wrong. That might make them be even more at a loss - that their ONE perfect God with his ONE perfect Word and ONE correct way to salvation splinters up in ultimatively 2.7 billion different denominations - one for each christian (would you dig deep enough over what normal christians do not think about, what they actually think).

[@feedingravens]

As addition, your last sentence is underappreciated. Atheist let themselves be dragged in too much by apologists in discussions about whether one can believe that a nebulous, unspecific supernatural (= undetectable) God exists. Atheists would not give an eff about that whether one believes in whatever. What REALLY concerns atheist activists is that what they have to deal with in REALITY, with the people. What the belief does with the people, how it changes (suppresses) their thinking, how they look at the world at the world around them, how they judge the people around him, how they act (against other people) How it makes you vulnerable to be manipulated, how you fall for ideologies that make use of the thinking patterns that a believer has. I wish the famous atheists would state that clearer Christopher Hitchens could be brilliant in his rants about the evilness of the churches, but that was all he had. I saw a debate with the topic "Does God exist?" that imho he lost spectacularly, because he was unable to adress the topic at all (by listing unresolvable contradictions in the properties that are assigned to God), but went on his usual anti-belief tirade.

[@TopherPearc]

​​@@feedingravensIf we're talking about Christianity, denominations are a mixed bag. I don't understand all of the denominations and honestly I don't really care, but what does matter when it comes to Christianity is this. Jesus Christ came as God into the world to die on the cross for our error towards God. That Jesus was risen from the dead to conquer death and give us eternal life. For whoever believes will have salvation for simply trusting in Him. As for criteria to pick a correct denomination or a false one, well that IS very important. When you read how Christ lived through the gospals and the letters from the apostle Paul, you will be able to see the truth through the false.

[@ScottOlsen-lj9wk]

Well said.

[@ArmandoD10S]

"Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon-it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory.” Scott D. Weitzenhoffer

[@TopherPearc]

@@ArmandoD10S It's interesting how most of these types of conversations, regardless of what world view, usually ends with an analogy or metaphor insulting the other. Quoting Weitzenhoffer, do you agree that it is better to insult out of pity, or try to understand their point of view with patience and empathy? Just because there is no agreement doesn't give anyone the right to insult the other.

[@ArmandoD10S]

@@TopherPearc religions are insulting humans since thousands of years...At least atheist don't kill people in the name of atheism when they don't agree... Stuff that religion has always done and still do.... Mocking and insulting religions are the best way to free yourself and to evolve. When someone try to explain a physical fact, religion take it as an offence... So let's do science. And there's a difference between insulting an idea and insulting someone. Religions aren't nobody. Their an idea.

[@TopherPearc]

@@ArmandoD10S @ArmandoD10S Stallen killed millions of people because of his atheistic world view. So did Hitler! Who was totally not a Christian since Christianity is rooted in Judaism. Where in the new testament does Jesus say to kill for any reason whatsoever? And what other religions do they say to kill others for any reason? Be precise now, you seem to be pretty sure about this. If your going to use human beings killing each other 'in the name of' said religion, you should think about the people's decision making process. Are they twisting the religious message to benefit their own agenda, or does the religion deliberately say to do said action. Also, if your best answer to your personal issues is to insult and mock then perhaps you should consider looking into the things you despise so much and understand them better. Spirituality is a major part of our lives and it's built into the foundations of western civilization. You enjoy the fruits of that everyday of your life whether you choose to accept it or not.

[@TopherPearc]

​@@ArmandoD10SStallen killed millions of people because of his atheistic world view. So did Hitler. Where in the new testament does Jesus say to kill for any reason whatsoever? Or any other religion for that matter? Be precise now, you seem to be pretty sure about this. Also, if people use religion to kill perhaps you should look into 'the people' doing the killing. Whatever the world view is, anyone can spin in to their own self interest, political or whatever, and others will blame the religion instead of the people doing the murder. If mocking and insulting is the best answer you have to solve your issues, you will never achieve anything. Rationability, reason, and critical thought are paramount to understanding other thought forms. I hope and pray you'll have a positive experience with spirituality. An atheisitc world view always leads to exactly what itnstands for. Nothing.

[@markoakey2943]

@@ArmandoD10S Stalin and Mao were atheists... and they killed millions, and persecuted those who didn't agree with them.

[@jamescurrall9341]

I went to a religious school and I remember clearly it lost me when I realised all the sermons and hymns were basically saying God is merciful if you praise him, follow his rules at all times, sing about him etc and if you don't you'll be punished for eternity. And I thought that's not a merciful benevolent being that's a North Korean dictator.

[@Sternodox]

I was forced to wear wool pants to church every Sunday, when I was little. I was thus taught that religion meant an hour and a half of itchy hell, followed by a rash that lasted three days.

[@TVH6669]

sorry for laughinmg at your previous situation....but I did laugh out loud when reading your comment! 🤣😂✌

[@petermccarthy8066]

Me too in 1960’s London; I used to wear pajama bottoms underneath. Never got caught, but was

[@petermccarthy8066]

but was always hot…

[@annakeye]

The late 20th centuries answer to the hair shirt.

[@Lily33McC]

I never believed in religion or gods and yet my mum died 10 years ago and in my mind l still feel close to her because the love she had for me never died in my mind and it’s really comforting so l would like to pass on my love hoping that it brings comfort to someone else. That may sound odd but I’m not asking anyone to believe the same and I’m not trying to trick anyone into believing me it’s just there in my own mind/thoughts/heart!

[@ybor20]

When you are young you believe everything until you start thinking about it. I don't remember how old I was, but one day when I was praying very hard to the almighty god I wondered why we actually had to pray? God saw everything, didn't he? So he really had to have seen that the people we were praying for needed his help. Almost immediately I asked myself the question that god had to know and see and why didn't he help? He was almighty after all and this couldn't have been a lot of work for him. So I presented my problem to the local priest and he had a very good explanation: god had created us with a free will! The following week I asked the priest why hadn't god created us with a free will, but without the need to bash each other's skulls in? I never got an answer. Later I worked out the question a bit better, in a discussion with someone who wants to convince me of the existence of god I always start with the remark that people also have good sides, but some also very bad ones. After which I ask what my conversation partner would do if he saw someone abusing a very young child. Well, the answer is always clear: intervene immediately. Then I come up with the question why God who is all-powerful and sees everything, also that children are abused, but still does not intervene as my conversation partner would do. The conversation then always gets complicated and usually they quickly leave, probably wondering why their god does not intervene... does he perhaps enjoy it?

[@v3xt__z0mbi37]

Something also to think about is why do people pray in the first place if god will never intervene because of the ‘free will’ bs. Like Yh Samantha god will answer your prayer so that your child can get better grades in school but he just ignores kids getting aids in Africa like cmon be real thiests.

[@MrBibi86]

*I think taking or forcing your kids to go to church should be classed as child abuse. IMO.. I personally love the saying "There Is No Hate Like Christian Love"*

[@MariaBlack-yq1gx]

So long as you don't slate any other religion than Christianity u will be ok. Other than that you could be in trouble for blasphemy or bigotry or even racism.

[@kkath_greenmachine]

Brilliant 20 minutes!

[@DanielMores]

yeah but that jello-wiggle-effect made my brain hurt

[@fpcoleman57]

One of the most important ideas presented or implied here is concerning the love of God. I have been saying for many years that real love is unconditional. The love of God always depends on the obedience of the recipient with the additional caveat that if the recipient doesn't obey, he or she will be punished. John 3:16 is often quoted by Christians when they try to explain what God's love really means, but if you read the context up to verse 21, you will see that God's love is conditional.

[@veradennis7502]

Yep: the Bible can't make its mind up.

[@conalhendry]

Atheist and proud. Always have been. I like theology, but religion is a bug bare. Each to their own though, if you wanna believe, I ain't gonna stop you

[@neilus]

Interesting discussion with Morgan about what to expect at death. When a believer gets a diagnosis of a terminal disease, they are just as devastated as a non believer would be. Shouldnt they be jumping for joy? Like a kid counting down the days to the summer holiday or Christmas? But they dont. Faced with their own mortality deep down they know its all nonsense.

[@jeepliving1]

That's true. And while I don't claim to speak for any other atheist, I feel closer to a sense of excitement than dread when I think about my own mortality. I see it as an opportunity to either have a really big question answered or else to be completely extinguished which means it doesn't matter because I won't be there to be disappointed.

[@DelmarrParker]

some do I know many ppl who were dying and was ready to go speak for yourself not everybody

[@markoakey2943]

That's simply not true. The Christians I know who have faced death have all done so with dignity and with an even deeper belief in God. I don't know where you have done your research .

[@nelsonhibbert5267]

@@markoakey2943 One of the Christians in my street couldn't find the coolant cap on his car. My Dad was walking past and showed him where it was. The Christian chap said "I knew God would send someone to help me". The selfishness of Christians blows my mind. Like some other human didn't write the manual that was sat in the glove box.

[@scoops0406]

But on the opposite side, they said in WW1 there are no atheists in the trenches. (I'm an atheist BTW, or maybe an agnostic, I get a bit conflicted with the two)

[@Yakkityyak248]

Good compilation bud, cheers

[@DamnAIITheNamesAreTaken]

I heard his reasoning for the forst time a couple weeks ago: "If it's not proven, I don't believe it." (or something along the lines of that) and ever since I heard it, I stand by it.

[@glengosling5636]

Ricky is so brilliant 😊

[@myrrhberry-sims2906]

Glad Ricky can see the difference between religion & faith

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Great commentary. Although I would recommend checking your subtitles. At one point, Ricky uses the word "liberty", but it shows on the screen as "livers". This happens a lot when people use auto-generated subtitles. But, they should be checked.

[@ryandavies3347]

Love the effort put in and agree with getting this out there. Can we not have the video effects? Or is there some copyright thing going on? Love to know

[@blackcab666]

There probably is a copyright thing because this compilation ist just other compilations reheated. There is no effort at all put in this one, just copy and paste.

[@ryandaripper9937]

100% no god exists in any religion, I once prayed, then I questioned Noah’s ARK. How did the Koalas and Kangaroos get to the ARK from Australia? How bout the FreshWater Fish ALL over the world? If you think they swam thru the ocean you’d be wrong. Question Everything

[@lidbass]

Well the existence of Noah’s ark neither proves nor disproves the existence of God. It certainly does make the Bible less likely to be the word of God but who knows? Perhaps God just liked the story so he kept it in. I would point more to the efficacy of prayer (known to be at best only as good as placebo) or the problem of evil (although that also does not disprove God, it just shows that if he exists, he’s not very nice).

[@cameronadair5422]

​@lidbass Excellent point about prayer. Even the Templeton Foundation, who were desperate for a positive outcome, were forced to concede that prayer is no more reliable than chance or luck. My question to an interventionist god is very simple - given the chaotic mess we have created for ourselves and the planet we inhabit, why the f#ck aren't you intervening? It's all your fault, and we've been waiting for you to show yourself for 2,000 years.

[@rodneynorfolk9737]

including you

[@cameronadair5422]

​@rodneynorfolk9737 The question is why in the 21st century do adults still believe in stone age fairytales.

[@sarahann530]

​@@lidbass If the Bible is not to be believed how can it be used as proof for the existence of a god .?

[@anthonycardinale5449]

I grew up Christian, but have dramatically evolved in my concept of the nature of God, which is consistent with some Christian belief systems: God is a verb, meaning God is love (or loving), and is manifest as the natural world. So, God is manifest from within us by being loving, and God is the natural world, existing separate from us in nature, whether or not humans exist.

[@TheCuriousCorrespondent]

Thats Pretty Advanced Thinking & Reasoning...Its Nice To Meet Someone Able to do so.

[@automotivel3501]

I thank God that I am an Atheist!

[@thetruthaboutscienceandgod6921]

Please watch and share my five brief videos in which I present examples of scientific facts contained in the Bible, facts that the writers thousands of years ago could not have been aware of without divine knowledge given to them by Jesus Christ / The God of the Bible. And today's scientists agree with those facts!

[@raylamberton6002]

Religion is a business.

[@conniem2394]

Churches hoarding extreme wealth. All these invisible gods have so much money but still let children die of starvation. What sort of God is so evil

[@mayam1141]

Agree with Ricky 100%😊

[@Pete_R63]

I connected with a description I heard that 'religion is a crutch used by those who are either unable or unwilling to face the unknown on their own two feet.'

[@mryorkshire3623]

Wanting something to be true doesn't make it true.

[@smidlee7747]

I agree. Some people want to believe the universe which can not see, hear, speak, feel or reason somehow produced creatures that can.(conscious beings) That's a two edged sword that cuts both ways.

[@Reno_Slim]

​@@smidlee7747 What you're suggesting is what's known as a "fallacy of composition". It the same as saying walls can't come from non-walls. "Emergent properties" is a concept found throughout nature. If you arrange bricks in a particular way, for instance, you get an emergent property called a wall that the individual bricks do not have. The same is with when you combine hydrogen and oxygen in a specific way. If you put them together in one way, you can make a bomb or rocket fuel. Put together in another way and it can become a water molecule that does not have the properties of each of the atoms by themselves. Get enough water molecules together and you can get an ocean that once again, does not have the properties of single water molecules. Life is an emergent property of certain types of matter. Brains are emergent properties of lifeforms.

[@canwelook]

A rational person withholds belief until there is sufficient evidence. Atheism is simply following the (lack of) evidence. Give me sufficient evidence of your god and I'll believe it exists... in the same way I believe Hitler existed.

[@smidlee7747]

@@Reno_Slim Nothing you wrote deals with consciousness. Even if you know all the mechanic of the brain it wouldn't explain consciousness. There are almost 8 billion human brains on this planet and it still doesn't explain MY consciousness. This is why scientist refer to consciousness as the hard problem. Brain is not the same thing as consciousness. The exactly way eyeballs do not explain "sight". With the many improvements of AI in recent years no one has a clue how to make an AI conscious. If someone did produce a conscious AI like Data on Star Trek he would go down in history as one of the smartest men. Yet atheist believe blind nature produce conscious being without trying. Atheist wants to act like they are superior than theist to judge them when they too believe in miracles. They believe natural miracles ... the SUPERnatural. Just because you want to believe consciousness can be explain away by the mechanics of the brain doesn't make it true.

[@smidlee7747]

@@canwelook Just because atheist want something to be true that blind nature produce conscious beings doesn't make it true. Atheist need to get off their high horse as they have NO evidence that naturalism or materialism is true.

[@walterharding7574]

Whatever you believe in to help you get through your World every day while not hurting or negatively impacting anyone else is exactly what you should believe in. No ifs, ands or buts. Live. Your. Life. It’s too fleeting to stress over it.

[@Quazee137]

Odd between 13:01 and 13:02 is a subliminal flash of a book Richard Dawkins "Outgrowing God" Any one else catch it?

[@PamelaMacmillan-pc4rx]

Very well said, ricky.

[@icecream3281]

Ricky Gervais should have a conversation with Alex O Connor. They both live in England and the debate could be funny and insightfull

[@LittleLou-vk9fm]

Don't they have similar worldviews? What would they debate?

[@icecream3281]

@@LittleLou-vk9fm I think Alex's aproach is more nuanced and while Ricky is verry intelligent , he is not an intellectual so i think even while they are both atheïstic, Alex can for the fun of it ask questions and put philosophical arguments in favor of theism to challenge Ricky, and with Ricky's sense of humor i think it would be a funny conversation. Alex did debates with other atheists or agnostics before where he 'plays' the role of the defender of theisme while being an atheist himself. I dont know i just think it would be funny to be honest 😅

[@LittleLou-vk9fm]

@@icecream3281 Ok. Thanks for clarifying for me. I was a little confused, because they do basically share the same worldview about religion. Alex is far more the intellectual of the two, and is well versed in the scripture. I'm a fan of both of them.

[@icecream3281]

@@LittleLou-vk9fm Alex is amongst my favorite youtubers alongside Sabine Hossenfelder.

[@Nerkumsized]

I was a full believer in God until I watched Rick's interviews ... 😂 Now I run around naked , in bare feet , chasing gorgeous hippi girls and smoking pot ... I am truly living the dream ...😂😂😂😂

[@jacquesmartin9741]

Very good points made here, glad l listened.

[@jimotten5887]

Great stuff. Can we live in year one now? Becausse I’m kinda fed up with our date being after christ.

[@menotyou5065]

Why the "wobbly" images, makes it unwatcheable.

[@julianprocterful]

Agreed. Was going to say the same thing!!

[@Wodenson]

coz copyright 🤔

[@P_FamilyJAR]

i’m surprised that when he was asked “what are the things that really annoy you”, he didn’t reply with Piers Morgan 😂😂😂

[@Thescottishguyreacts]

I was brought up Christian and made to go to church and Sunday school until 14 then I told my parents I wasn’t going anymore. You tend to want to please your parents then I came to my senses. My parents stopped going too lol Think a lot of parents bring kids up in church just to give kids morals and teach them right from wrong. In that respect I think it’s good in the early years

[@TheLevantin]

You don't need religion to teach morality. In fact, religion is a hindrance. Religious people tend to be immoral.

[@diddsdaddiddsdad6865]

Parents should be doing that job not the church

[@cachorrodetiger]

Morals are shown by parents and community …imagine 14,000 abused catholic kids (only in the USA) that learned their “morals” at church ..🤔?!

[@stephentitus7137]

My parents are die hard Catholics so they will loose their shit if I told them that I’m an atheist.

[@MrBibi86]

Ummmm. isn't that the parents job and maybe their teachers?

[@Rockmobile1]

OMG! I love Ricky Gervais’ take on religion! I am on the exact same wavelength as him, I grew up in a very religious home (Penticostal UGH!!! 🤮). I had the bible forced down my throat from as far back as I can remember. Fortunately, I realized that it was all a load of BS. at a very young age (I’m thinking between 5 to 8 yrs). I drove my mother nuts asking questions about stuff they “taught” us in Sunday School (Get ‘em while they’re young!), I questioned EVERYTHING that didn’t make sense or sounded wrong and she had ZERO answers other than, “Because God said so.”, or, “Because the bible says so.” For example, I once asked her, “So, you can be a person who is inconsiderate, selfish, hateful or unkind, but because you worship god you’ll go to heaven. Whereas someone like me who is kind, polite, helpful, thoughtful and considerate will STILL go to hell because I don’t worship god?”. Her answer, “Yes.” Gee, thanks mom. I believe in one thing though, I believe that most, if not all, religions ultimately teach us hatred and intolerance towards others who look, act or believe differently than we do, and I find THAT to be the true evil. Oh, and one more thing, dogs ARE the best!! 🐶🐶🥰

[@ardentizzy7720]

I believe in god and I am so greatfull for atheists. It would be an awful place without them…

[@gezabela]

Would you elaborate?

[@ardentizzy7720]

@@gezabela I think it would be an awful world without atheists ..

[@vascomartins334]

​@@gezabelaI'm not sure she/he/they/them/it whatever , can elaborate!!!

[@gezabela]

@@vascomartins334 yeah, likely you are right

[@TopherPearc]

What do you want them to elaborate on exactly? And why are you insinuating that the person is a he/she/they/etc?

[@MoniqueBannister]

What happens after we die? Imagine it’s Ricky Gervais waiting for you on the other side?! At least you would be laughing forever

[@ThomasTrue]

I'm 61 and I'm still looking for fairies. But that's enough about my sex life.

[@JustReed]

😅

[@TopherPearc]

What are you comparing to fairies?

[@BrapMan]

hahaha Lott would offer his daughters to you, as he was a "good man"

[@basicwm9]

At 62 I can verify that's funny

[@BrapMan]

@@TopherPearc Gay boys, my dear.. and mythological beasts ;) Are you some geezer who is so politically correct that you can't use a phraze that is often used as an insult to empower a group of people? Seems kind of counter productive to me.

[@glengosling5636]

You should listen to Ricky more deeply, he’s so deep and clear.

[@jeffreyhearn8930]

I cannot go with any of these religions. People/people control is not for me ever again.

[@Mike53431]

Smart man …oh and funny too 😂

[@twelthman]

The question i always ask is; Why should there be a god?

[@TopherPearc]

How was the universe/time and space created? Can nothing come from nothing? Or did something from beyond time and space, being timeless and spaceless (eternal and without body) create it? An honest answer would be 'I don't know', but many would choose to 'want' nothing to be a creator. This subject has been wonderfully argued over for centuries and both sides still exist and with differing views on either side. The real question is, and to remain completely honest with oneself and humble, WHAT IS TRUTH?

[@diddsdaddiddsdad6865]

How was the universe,time space created, how about no one knows, god of the gaps don’t count

[@Marchant2]

@@TopherPearc We don't know if "something" (Not "nothing") came from nothing. Until we scientifically study that, we shouldn't be making any proclamations about existence.

[@garethjamesoleary1560]

I'm wearing a red jumper that created the universe. You spilt beer on it in the university tavern. @rickygervais. You owe me.

[@robynnehodgson9367]

This man is the only person I believe in, as a celebrity !

[@bockerwright4132]

What if the afterlife, if there is such a thing, exists without needing any creation? What if it just always was(?) Is the belief of an afterlife contingent on the belief of a creator? It's a scientist's view that something has to have a start like in the form of the big bang. It's a religious person's view that everything has to have a start in the form of a creator. What if they're both wrong in the same way?

[@TopherPearc]

Why is it a scientists view that everything has a beginning? Why do you think that a 'religious person's' point of view needs to have a creator at the beginning of all things? Those sound like two grande assumptions.

[@NeilMalthus]

@@TopherPearc Why are you asking moronic questions? Religious phonies often parrot "Everything needs a creator, the universe didn't spring into being from nothingness!!!" whilst conveniently allowing their creator to be unique in not needing a beginning: "He's ETERNAL!!!" Not grand assumptions at all. Most religious nuts are like that. AND YOU KNOW THIS. Could you just be a typically disingenuous, shameless, self-respect lacking, religious phony also?

[@bockerwright4132]

@@TopherPearc Not as grande assumptions as you'd think. I suppose it's because the beginning of the universe is considered the point of the big bang. The universe being everything there is, this is where everything began. Perhaps not all religions, but some I know speak of creation from the beginning, so follows a creator that started to create everything at the beginning and not half way through 😂

[@mickyj0101]

​​@@bockerwright4132 I wouldn't say that a scientist's view is necessarily that the universe has a beginning. The current theory is that the universe was, at one point in time, an infinitely small point from which it expanded. That doesn't have to be a beginning, and it may yet be false. We have no idea what came before the big bang, so it makes no sense to confidently assert that it was the beginning of the universe, only that it was probably something that happened at some point.

[@rwayneb]

What if, what if, what if ……

[@grahamnichols1416]

God was invented to keep the masses in line. At a time when lawlessness was the norm. An invisible Gos dealt with all the FAQs and helped push the book sales.

[@rinysluys4028]

What the F**C is wrong with the screen, like it's from the sixties.......

[@MrBibi86]

they have to do they to avoid copyright.

[@michaelentwistle5933]

A jar of God .......😂🎉 has to be the best thing I've heard in a while

[@davidtempest263]

These folks often ignore Buddhism, which doesn’t have the concept of a god or a special person who is suprahuman. It is simply a lofty philosophy that focuses on the enlightenment (eradication of ignorance) of all people.

[@NeilMalthus]

Does buddhism not include re-incarnation nonsense?

[@davidtempest263]

@@NeilMalthus it proposes that life is eternal, with no beginning or end. Just like energy can’t be destroyed. There is much evidence that people are reborn. There is zero evidence of a heaven or that life ends

[@NeilMalthus]

@@davidtempest263 There is much evidence that people are reborn??? There is zero evidence ... that life ends (by which I'm assuming you're referring to the individual and not the concept as a whole)??? There is *zero* evidence??? How many ghosts do you know? How many people do you know who can prove they had a past life? You know the answer is a big fat zero for both my questions. Don't be disingenuous / phony. Please. Good luck, all the best. #ValueSelfRespectPropagateAntiTheism

[@Ruben-hn7jx]

@@davidtempest263I would really like to know what kind of evidence you’re talking about.

[@davidtempest263]

@@Ruben-hn7jx there have been numerous studies and interviews with people, especially children, who claim they can remember previous lives. In many cases they were able to describe specific things that would be beyond their scope of knowledge or experience. Jim Tucker is a professor of psychiatry at University of Virginia and has published several books on the subject.

[@RaymondToms]

Great collection. Difficult to watch with unnecessary wobble cam tv.

[@sns862]

When someone keeps mentioning God and religion it's a sign of an internal struggle against the "unknown". I think deep down inside they want to believe in something to justify life but they struggle because they don't know what to believe in! Whether there's a God or not, something very mysterious is behind all this. The "instruction" set that started all this had to come from something or someone! But of course, that's only my opinion and I could very well be wrong! ❤

[@bobbart4198]

... Religion CAN'T prove that there is a God, because for the Faithful there is no need, hence the term " Faith ", and Science will never prove that God DOESN'T exist, simply because it has no need to ... ☮

[@TheLevantin]

You still owe me a lot of money. You don't need any proof of that, just faith. When can I expect the transfer?

[@bobbart4198]

@@TheLevantin When Hell freezes over ... sadly, that can't happen, 'cause there AIN'T no Heaven OR Hell ...

[@TheLevantin]

@@bobbart4198 So you admit that faith is absolutely worthless and has nothing to do with finding the truth?

[@bobbart4198]

@@TheLevantin It's not an Admission, it's an Observation ... I'm an Atheist ... What the hell are you ?

[@martinkuliza]

@@bobbart4198 An Atheist that says what are you is just as bad as a christian that says what are you . The Atheist isn't better by default There are idiots on both sides of the fence atheist and christian there are smart people on both side of the fence but to ask someone... What are you is really a silly question Why not take the time to ask a person a few questions and FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE instead of asking what they are, Because, ... Even if they told you, They could also be lying to you. it's just.. a completely pointless question

[@love-u-first]

I love Ricky Gervais, and I agree with his view on religion. However im curious between 13.02-13.03 min. theres a picture of a book inserted. Kinda simalar to how they used to hide commercials (product placement) in the old days in the cinema 😅.

[@someonesomeone25]

It's more likely God doesn't exist than does. There's no compelling argument for theism.

[@rodneynorfolk9737]

your statement isn't a compelling argument either in case you didn't realize it. an ignorant statement like you just made is NOT anything EXCEPT your, weak, uninformed and uncompelling opinion and you should be ashamed of yourself for making such a complete idiotic statement.

[@erk9518]

Agree theism arguments are lacking but Tbh there aren’t conclusive arguments on either side. For this reason I tend to favor the graham oppy conclusion that atheism is just simpler w/ less conditions

[@roddycavin4600]

​​@@erk9518theists arguments tend to be because they cannot explain a deity or its actions which is reasonable enough. Atheists arguments in my opinion are not open to the possibility of a deity and are therefore as dogmatic. To say I believe in god because of faith and I reject the idea of god no matter what evidence you can produce is the same and please, please don't do what atheists tend to do and deny evidence exists that'll only prove my point.

[@richardcooper9167]

⁠but atheists will KNOW there's a god when there is sufficient evidence.

[@canwelook]

@roddycavin4600 You are strawmanning atheism by claiming it is something it is not. Why are you doing this? Dishonesty? Ignorance? Everyone who believes there is a god is a theist, and everyone else is not a theist. Not a theist = lacks god belief = atheist.

[@sundeepmaharshi]

Oh i realized im am agnostic atheist too 😊

[@ronmerkus5941]

The question you should ask yourselves is why we invented religion who, in return, invented a God outside of themselves instead of acknowledging God within us in our individual personal journeys we all are on or not on as you can plainly see !

[@jdoe9518]

Very straightforward. The sun was the first god. That's why god is in the heavens above. Now the first people that could create fire would have brought the sun to earth. They would be the closest people to god. The enlightened ones. Religion is precursor to government. God is the shepherd and we are the flock. Thing is the shepherd fleeces the sheep then eats/seals the meat. All about prophet/profit. As for looking inward most people have idea about anything unless instructed what to think/believe/do so there would be nothing to find

[@mikedown1250]

control power and riches

[@stephentitus7137]

To manipulate the minds of the weak so they can use them for their own advantage. This still happens today. It’s why 3rd world countries are…. Well, 3rd world countries.

[@l.almond8779]

If you're going to add subtitles to your video, PLEASE be accurate. So many silly mistakes. Otherwise, a good compilation.

[@ezcapehax7033]

I got nauseous watching the waving motion.

[@jorsik1449]

it's probably so that YT doesn't delete it when it automatically scans for copyrighted material

[@Pete_R63]

Why is the image wavy? It is very difficult to watch. I actually have to look away and just listen.

[@silasfatchett7380]

Directors have to be 'creative', even if it ruins the content.

[@kosys5338]

I'm not a religious believer in gods, I'm not Agnostic (whatever that is), I'm not Atheist (whatever that is). I'm just a person who does not know if a god or gods exist (because I can't know) but does not believe they do because there is just nothing that leads me to believe such nonsense. I cannot chose to believe a god exists anymore than I can honestly chose to believe Santa Claus exists. Faith is not a means of knowing anything, it is only a means to believe and I don't want to believe, I want to know. Therefore I have no use for this useless practice called faith. The problem with faith is that it is fraught with disappointment. Just ask anyone who has been ripped off or conned by someone they had faith in. Priests, fortune tellers, wives, friends, strangers, the list is endless. Faith has been proven to be an unreliable path to truth. "The path to truth is littered with the bodies of the faithfully ignorant." P.S. Great video friend, 20 mins worth listening too and I listened to all 20 of them.

[@rodneynorfolk9737]

so what's the point then? he who steals the most wins? i fear YOU, in your arrogance, are the faithfully ignorant. you have a closed mind and think you are an open minded person.

[@kosys5338]

@@rodneynorfolk9737 So says you! I am sure you are an authority on exactly what makes me tic, an authority on everything there is to know about me, someone who you nothing about. If that is what you want to believe then al the power to ya because I'm not sure that I care what you think about me. OK I lied I know I don't care lol. Cheers!

[@donnyh3497]

​@rodneynorfolk9737 That sounds like a defense mechanism. Maybe try showing that your invisible friend exists before acting all righteous about believing in obvious nonsense 😅

[@fibonacimike4110]

@@rodneynorfolk9737how is that position closed minded?

[@smidlee7747]

Why do unbeliever keep comparing God with Santa Claus who is based on a real person Saint Nicolas? Since most of our knowledge comes from an authority and not from first hand experience you have no choice but to accept a lot things by faith. There are only two options of the origins of conscious beings. 1) the universe which can not see, hear, speak, feel or reason produced creatures that can. Or 2) Eternal Conscious Absolute Being brought into His creation conscious beings. Sight, hearing, speech , feelings and reason came out of eternity. So far with the advancements of AI no one has a clue how to make an AI conscious (like Data on Star Trek). If someone did find out how to make an AI conscious he would go down in history as one of the world's smartest men. Yet some believe blind nature produced conscious beings without trying.

[@stijnvanveerdeghem6028]

Piers Morgan’s laugh when Ricky tell him death is the end of something glorious for him. Made Piers realize he’ll never account to anything glorious in life so the afterlife is all he has to hope for.

[@krisbest6405]

How dare any fellow human bless me......WTF

[@JustReed]

And just exactly how do they do that?

[@TopherPearc]

What do you mean by blessing you?

[@stephentitus7137]

If they’re gonna bless me atleast bless me with money. If not then it’s not a blessing

[@JustReed]

@@stephentitus7137 Yup. I been praying and playing the lottery for 40 years. 65 and still nothing... oh wait, got to check my numbers. lol

[@arielmi78]

one big issue is that people keep confusing and exchanging two words that are totally different: Religion and Faith. Faith is personal and intimate. Religion is organized crime, essentially...

[@freddenker9537]

you have a healthy brain, are able to think rationally and logically...there is a quick way to find to atheism...: study the Bible and this Christian God and read the old testament at least twice.. . success is guaranteed!!!!

[@Krishna.Mohan-m4t]

the bible doesnt prove anything

[@richardcooper9167]

@@Krishna.Mohan-m4tOP means reading the Bible should be enough to persuade you that it's all twaddle.

[@smidlee7747]

Can you quote the part of the Bible that convince you there is no evidence that the brain you are to think with has a Creator?

[@freddenker9537]

@@smidlee7747 I don't need a fairy tale book like the Bible, the Koran or the Torah for that. My excellent common sense is enough for that. And global science provides the evidence for it. those who are brainwashed by religions will never recognize otherwise their castle in the air would collapse....I have pity for these,,,I live now and they hope for better times after death...and feed paedo priests and their protectors.. .like in the dark middle ages

[@richardcooper9167]

@@smidlee7747 you have missed the OP's point completely.

[@lindaduffell4386]

“ What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive”

[@mrcxx8694]

I can't prove that God doesn't exist. You just have to take it on faith.

[@johnbuell8035]

No you don’t ‘have to’ take it on faith. You choose to, or not.

[@MrAuskiwi101]

People can't prove pixies don't exist either. The burden of proof is 100% with the believer. And on that they fail every time.

[@justwalid2489]

so alah is not true but ur god is true?

[@johnbuell8035]

@@justwalid2489 no god is true until someone provides evidence that does not require faith. Evidence that everyone can see to be true.

[@MrAuskiwi101]

@@justwalid2489 All gods are imaginary

[@freakinchrist]

Wavy just to avoid copyright infringement or is that a stylistic choice?

[@Jupitarstar]

I've stopped using the effect. You can check my other videos. Thank you!

[@BUSHY33GRANTHAM]

The great George Carlin made the observation. "Some people simply have no idea and they are really good at it".

[@naj114]

I think people who focus so much on their religion are scared and need to know this life, this universe is by design, had a meaning and the future is known. Where as the scientists and non-religious among us are the ones who spend our life searching for facts and are content if we die having never fully discovered or learnt what life is all about.

[@salkashoura4928]

I think faith brings people Hope, hope to be reunited with loved ones who passed, hope that life will continue after death. There has to be something more than this existence. The universe is too big for anyone to know that facts or no facts. No one knows where we go when we are dead, if our spirit continues or consciousness.

[@FentonFromTrenton320]

Jesus was anti-religious too. Jesus was most angered by His own believer's lack of faith... And the religious hierarchy of His time on earth. Pharisees, Sadducees and Scribes were all religious but missed who Jesus was and still is... The way the truth and the life! And the Messiah! Romans 8:14 shows the evidence that no man has an excuse.❤😊

[@cwrichardson8436]

The Ultra "Believers" continually quote the verses, Show at your door to preach, condemn the non-believers, scream about salvation, gather in groups to support each other, the "t" shirts, bumper stickers, window decals to flaunt their faith. Who are they trying convince? Me or themselves?

[@myrrhberry-sims2906]

Sounds like extremism to me ...there's plenty of them around

[@BUSHY33GRANTHAM]

The great cynical aussie comedian Clive James was fond of stating, "religion is an advertising campaign; for a product that does'nt exist"!!

[@alexandermikhailov2481]

I don't believe in god, yet I hope there is an afterlife for me and the people I loved. There is none of course, but still I hope...

[@ThomasGodart]

5:06 there's a typo here, because he's saying: "and safe" (and not "unsafe")

[@jujjuj7676]

Just for those who are put in the dilemma Ricky spoke about.. If a child or sick person says am im going to heaven before they die, DONT LIE. you answer with this... Yes we all die if we dont work hard to keep you alive and thats JUST what we are doing followed with huge hug..thats is by far the best reply you can ever give. No lie, just truth and love.. No lies needed 😊

[@josecortez1268]

Well, we are not children. Right?!

[@jujjuj7676]

@@josecortez1268 depends who it is...did you have a red baseball cap with MAGA, then yes you are..lol

[@NatetheSensitivePlant]

Here's my question. Theist or atheist alike has experienced death and can explain for sure to everyone alive what comes after, but why in the world would you choose to be hopeless, and choose to tell a dying child to be hopeless too?

[@jujjuj7676]

@@NatetheSensitivePlant Your making a huge fantasy leap by saying people are coming back from the dead and talking about it. First I'd like to see evidence of this, otherwise ur sniffn too much wood glue...😂 NEWS FLASH people don't come back from the dead.

[@Krookavan]

Good video, but why is the picture distorted?

[@jeffhowe2892]

I think you should get your subtitles to work properly and cut out the stupid visual effects. Gervais is a wise and thoughtful man and his words can stand alone.

[@juancorbo1122]

I disagree entirely with you, but I celebrate and respect your sincerity

[@hiimjonpaul]

Can someone explain to me the last part. About the three doors and one being irrelevant

[@brianfreeman8290]

Q. What does a dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac think about at night? A. Whether there's a dog.

[@benedmundson334]

I hade Catholic Church pushed on me until my grandma died when I was 14 and it all stopped now I’m theist I made my own decisions and I’m glad I did

[@kenlyneham4105]

I have just one criticism: I agree children should not be taught about god until, I say 18, but 20 is okay to, I guess. But parents will not be able to teach their children because THEY believe and they feel compelled to go to church and from that, they can't or won't, exclude their children. So, if a law was brought in not allowing institutions to teach children about religion until they were 18, or whatever, Parents would have to be exempt and so children would still be taught by their parents. One thing I do know though is; the default position is, there is no god. For there to be a god, everyone has to be taught to believe. Like children. ALL children are born atheist. for them to believe in god, they have to be taught it.

[@annoyingbstard9407]

As someone who doesn’t care if there’s a god I feel somewhat unrepresented in the world.

[@Spider.vintage]

Shame the video shakes, why would you do that

[@HarisAhmed-dm6te]

i didn’t get the 2:24 red jumpers one?🤔 im agnostic myself

[@theblackwidowchronicles]

7:22 people's livers??...It's not an AA meeting...Also I think he said liberty

[@T0n3man]

If you insist on including closed captioning in your videos, please make sure it's accurate! This is not! The better option, of course, is to exclude that from your videos. You may not be aware of this, but KZbin has been kind enough to offer closed captioning and a viewer can turn it off or on to suite their own needs. Knock it off!

[@benrepton3911]

Like the video but could you do it without that wobble thing happening all the time? And if you're going to hard code subtitles maybe you could error check them first?

[@Huiando]

I just realized something. Presently, in order to say what you think you have to call yourself a comedian. Otherwise, you will be executed by society.

[@DutchZippy]

Those subtitles can't hadle the Berkshire accent, can they?

[@Crudux-Cruo]

Religion? Just be good. That's it. You know what is right and wrong. Just believe in goodness. Just be the best version of yourself. You don't need anything else for your peace of mind.. We know nothing about our reality, just what is good and evil. Those are "things" we KNOW exist. So you have to choose the right "thing". Why would you choose evil when you know it's evil? You know what I mean? Everything around us is energy. Everything around us is "God". Just be synchronized with the energy of goodness and you will never be alone.

[@salkashoura4928]

Lol that isn't true! Your quote being synchronised with goodness and never being alone. Many good people are alone because they don't fit in this horrible world amd they stay away from horrible people. But its not all bad there are lots of good things, the point is that your quote is not true.

[@skepticalsmurf]

I’m Agnostic,the existence of a all powerful being watching over us can’t be proven or disproven,it’s pure arrogance on our part,with all the suffering we have caused to each other,our fellow creatures and the planet itself,why do we as a species get a Go to Heaven ticket above all others?!!! 🤔

[@davidreinhart418]

Have you read the Bible? That is what the Bible says, “We are ALL sinner.” And away from God the human race is terrible. The Bible is a guide for being at peace in a crappy world. Try really reading it.