you know if people is to believe in god, then i shall offer blood to Tor (true Scandinavian name for Thor) and then die in battle(or while pillaging and raping monastery along the coast) with a weapon at hand so i can go to Valhalla and drink mead with Oden (true Scandinavian name for Odin) as that would make more sens the get a drip of "holy water" in your face and expect to be protected against "evil".
@MrSommar25 Dude im a dane, we invented the religion you're referring to, Odin is spelled Odin, Thor is spelled Thor, i'll let you know when you're doing it wrong.
@MrSommar25 The myths of the Norse mythology come from the Danish + Norse which was orally handed down from generation to generation. I dunno where you got your facts but as one of the mothercountries to the mythology it is still spelled Odin and Tor / Thor
@MrSommar25 Hey hey hey. Don't you dare say that "Oden" is the "true" Scandinavian name for Odin :P In Norway, he is most definitely called "Odin" ^^ Tor, though, is quite rightly the correct spelling.
I'm in America, Tim, and I'm not going to be throwing stuff at you in March! Of course, that's the gathering of atheists, so I guess I'll get to see you relaxed.
I'd like to point out, though, that your selection of the word "Joker" might be odd, since he is, in fact, a comedian, and whether or not we're all atheists here, we want him to be joking.
.. you know if he (Tony) could look forward just a few short hundreds of millions of years, to see one of his descendants, and Israeli Jew by the name of "...Jesu.." having a nail hammered through his feet, the very feet that "Tony" provided him with, as a punishment of having a sort of schizophrenic discourse with God who was created by man to explain the existence of feet in the absence of the knowledge of the existence of Tony...
With an issue as important as "Huge conscious entity that rules all of space and time", shouldn't we DEMAND proof, even moreso than for gravity, quarks, and other such traditionally scientific endeavors? Isn't the question of "Does something all powerful rule us?" more important than many other things, especially if it's true. While we may never know for sure whether the answer, the main historical claims of Christianity, as well as many other religions, have all but been debunked.
@Hazgled1 That's a fairly common viewpoint. My question, however, is why do the faithful take pride in believing in something that there is no proof of? Why do the faithful take pride in believing something that there is no reason to believe in? By your own ostensible values, god gave us brains for a reason, so wouldn't this same god want us to demand proof before we believe in him/her. By not doing so, wouldn't we be spitting at this god's arguably most intricate creation?
The genius in this is that, sure it's going to annoy the religious people - but it's also such a bodgy description of how evolution works that it'll bug people who understand evolution too. :D It's almost satirising both "sides".
@dookieforaday actually religious people get mad in the same why that atheists get mad when religious people shove their beliefs down their throats :P
@dookieforaday i dont think you could say 'all' atheists, i think it just depends on the person really. i know what you mean, if it annoys you, its best to avoid it. there's no point in getting mad, because you can never deliver your point across properly if you do. i was just trying to point out how religious people getting irritated is the same as i would believe atheists would get irritated if an ott religious person tried to preach their beliefs to them. do you see what i mean?
Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from childhood.
@kaykko It wasn't created to prevent people from going crazy, it was created as a feeble attempt to extend our lives by providing another life that lasts forever.
@Dennygieck of course, you know even if this were the case it (which we havent a shred of evidence for) tells us nothing about the truth or not of that position. this comedian clown doesnt get these things; he is simply not clever enough.
@ColonelKook the guy is a buffoon and its low level gutter comedy. Your comment re 'faith and denial' is simply silly. faith is a confidence in something, like you may have faith in your life partner etc but not in their existence. this muppet simply misunderstands this and Im guessing most of those laughing do also.
@pete26785 you don't understand faith. Faith, by definition, is belief in something for which you have no evidence. I have evidence for my partner, I don't need faith in them. I trust them, and they earn that trust, and if they do something that goes against that trust, I stop trusting them. If I had faith in them, then I would still have faith even if they beat me black and blue. Thats what faith is.
@hazgled1 wow just wow im with tim on all of this ! you said " Faith, by definition, is belief in something for which you have no evidence" i watched a youtube video where they where debating this "faith" people have in something that no one has ever had any evidence of that's like saying i beleave in the muffin man! Because he was in a book!.... but this video i saw said this "Faith, by definition, is belief in something for which you have no evidence AND I DONT DO THAT BECAUSE IM NOT A IDIOT
@AChefla Everyone wants to prove everyone else wrong. It's a great feeling the reason I find people who believe in faith without proof so annoying is because you might as well just pick any shit. Just because the bible is old doesn't give it any weight I could believe a big dragon lives in a mountain and is protecting me with absolute no proof and I'm instantly on the same ground as you with faith. So why believe something that is clearly a fairytale?
@Uppers202 Why not believe? Isn´t it my choice? As said, i did say in the 1st post i wrote here: I´m a very liberal christian, mostly I just believe that there is a "higher force" and that its better to live life doing good rather than bad :)
@Uppers202 Why not? Its my problem isnt it? And why are you saying that I am wrong? None of us can know, its possible that there is no God, it is possible that God is what is said in bible or God might as well be an invisible spaghetti monster whos just flying around and chilling. And everyone is free to believe what they want so why bother whining about someone elses beliefs? :) Ofcourse as long as its legal ;D
One thing that I find interesting is that it seems to me that English and Australian people (judging from their comedy) tend to group Christians and Pagans together in the "religious" category, as opposed to the "non-religious" category, whereas in the United States, society tends to group Pagans and Atheists together in the "non-Christian" category. It's weird.
Why would any religious person (such as myself) find this offensive? I mean fundamentalists maybe but those are crazy and are offended by everything...
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If you honestly can't comprehend how this offends some people you are ridiculously stupid. Personally I think it's hilarious but I can understand why it upsets some people.
I think I'm just going to point out the fact that I go to church every Sunday, and firmly believe in God.. and Tim Minchin is amazing. He's funny as hell, and that's the point. :) And my favorite song happens to be 10 ft. Cock and a Few Hundred Virgins. :)
If science can't prove it, there's still an chance that it happend, but if science can dis-prove it (we're working on it, be patient) there's a 99.99% chance that it never happend. . . fuck it if we can dis-prove god it never fucking happened, even if we can't dis-prove it. IT NEVER HAPPEND
Evolution? Really? this is a religion in its own right now. But Evolution is a straight forward movement. As in A leads to B and so on. this being so What the hell would having a convex eye would achieve? The calculations it takes to turn the entire world upside down faster than one can see is beyond the realm of Evolution. And with no natural defenses how are we alive? Mans learning curve is far too long to account for intelligence as the deciding factor.
@Pyrateentertainment I've come to this video to laugh at a funny guy take the piss out of religion, not to explain to you why your view on Evolution is wrong. Go to your nearest University (NOT your stupid church), go to the biology department (NOT the theology department) and ask any Biology lecturer (NOT your priest) and ask him if evolution is true.
@Pyrateentertainment You wouldn't ask you priest to teach you particle physics, so why trust him on evolution? Just because you are either too lazy or too stupid to understand evolution, doesn't mean everyone doesn't understand it. If you have any questions, ask the previously mentioned biology lecturer and I'm sure he will explain the answers, because he probably has had to answer the same ignorant question a thousand times before...
@Blacklightdragon17 If conventional religion denies observation to maintain their belief as the Mr. Minchin states then evolution does the same thing. For the Bible was used on many occasions to find cities and places of myth. Gravity is recognized by evolution and religion as a smaller part that makes up the whole. But in the end a anything can be made into a god and worshiped so yes the worship of gravity is possible thus becoming a religion all to itself.
I'm kinda religious (Not the "sundaychurch kinda type,but never the less), but i still fucking love this :D He's really funny :D I don't get it why religious people get mad at his jokes:
A) They're jokes, don't take them so seriously.
B) They're actually funny.
C) Why does everyone have to believe in God? You say people are free to choose what to believe in. Why do you have to get mad if his opinnion of... well, everything is different than yours?
@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.
@lonewolf975 hahaha :D i just defended my opinnions without saying that someone elses opinnion is wrong :D And i couldnt resist answering to some of the comments ;D
@AChefla I've been a Christian for 12 years, yet my favorite comedians are people who disagree with religion. Minchin, Burnham, and Connolly are three of my favorite comedians. Although, I must admit, Bill Maher is kind of an asshole.
@georgeserrano You can make a joke about incest. You can laugh at it and that doesnt mean you like incest, the joke just was funny. Tims jokes are funny even thought my beliefs are radically different from his. And Tim wont destroy "everything i believe in", cuz a religion cant be proven wrong. Most of this clip is about evolution and it says in bible "God created this all in 7 days", who said that those 7 days are the same as "our" 7 days? and that He didnt use evolution to create all this.
@AChefla the bible says god did not use evolution to create all this... and it's 6 days. and people can prove religion wrong. the bible is proved wrong about things all of the time.
@BigBen81 No, bible doesnt say God didnt use evolution. And ye, 6 days + 1 days rest, whotever. And as said we dont know if the 6 or 7 days in bible is the same as our 6 or 7 days. It says in bible that there is no time in heaven (=7 days might as well be 100 mil. years), and Bible is written by man and its so to say "free translation of Gods opinnions" cuz God didnt write it, man did "inspired by the help of Holy Spirit". Religions are based on God(s) and you cant prove that God doesnt exist.
@spdexter1980 Because church doesnt really have anything to do with christianity now days. But ofcourse this is just my personal thoughts about things, its not the same as the churchs. Church doesnt save you, Jesus does. Thats pretty much my whole opinnion about Christianity. The church has killed millions of people, Christianity itself: none.
@Awesomelyreasonable Tru, in the old testament there is a genocide, but it also is clear that people had a choise not to die due to floods and get on the noa´s ark, this is according to bible. But as you might know, christianity is based on new testament.
@AChefla Do you not still worship the God of the Old Testament? How do you reconcile being a good person (I assume) with sucking up to the worst character ever created in human history, other than that you believe you will go to hell if you don't?
@TheBiAtheist I don´t do worshipping, as i said in my first post here: My faith is pretty liberal, mostly I just believe that there is a "higher force" and that its better to live life doing good rather than bad :) I´m not judging you by the fact that you are not a believer, why do you judge me automatically because i am a believer? :=) And why do you assume that i´m some conservative idiot who thinks that anyone who doesnt believe in the same things as i are "From satan".
@AChefla I was not judging you, I only ASKED you two questions. Judgements are statements, and I don't know you (and even if I did, I wouldn't insult you), which is why I asked.
I also don't assume that you're conservative, or an idiot, and I never stated that.
"christianity is based on new testament." <~ I only asked why you could ignore the Old Testament and only use the New, when the same supposed God 'inspired' both.
@TheBiAtheist Mmh, you´ve got a point, I admit that. And yes, the God i believe is the same in old and new testament, but as said: Christianity is based on new testament, If i´d be basing my faith completely on old testament id be jewish. But i´m done answering these posts here, I rly got better things to do than just keep answering posts in youtube :D
@Awesomelyreasonable And why is it with you that you have a need to prove someone else wrong? Why cant you accept that some ppl want to believe? Id get it if i was trying to make you believe, but i aint, so why the hostility? And even thought im a believer i also know quite a bit about science, i study physics. And Im reasonable, even thought im a believer. Dont assume that im a conservative idiot cuz i believe, I´m not assuming that you are a atheist nerd just cuz u think God sucks/doesnt exist
@BigBen81 Thought you cant prove that God DOES exist, but thats the point of faith. The point is to believe in something that you cant prove and there is no need to prove it. Faith.
@BigBen81 thats not all i wrote, that was just a part of what i responded to you, check out for the earlier comment :) I did it in 2 parts because i´ve got only 500 letters to use / post :)
Tim Minchin is hilarious! but he is also very clever in so many ways! not just in his song writing but in his stand up too! and his songs are funny but most of them also have a message too... he picks topics like the enviroment and poverty and stuff like that, he makes them funny but still leaves enough emotion and seriousness in them for us to realise that he is talking about somthing very important! and i love him for it! he is emense! Thanks for caring Tim! :)
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Wow, this man is extremely smart and hilarious. But he has his facts wrong about human existence and history. The very fact that he supposes the fish was able to think, reason and communicate like a human is contrary to evolution. A fish that mutates to have feet would get out of the water and soon die. It would not reason or understand, or even have the capability to survive. Evolution is such a ridiculous fairytale.
@marinaboyz Wow, this really must have twisted your knickers. You're almost nonexistent, to judge by your channel view, but you felt moved to respond to this. And all to be wrong . . . the fact is, you're handling your English a little too well to be so unsophisticated and unaware of irony. I think you're a trolling Jesusfreak shill. Just sayin'.
Why don't you go waste your nice English proselytizing on your own sites of interest? You won't convince
@marinaboyz The fish thing was a joke... that isn't even how evolution works. It is a gradual process. An example of how feet COULD have evolved is as follows: one fish would be born with small things that they can move on the bottom of their body. This would be a mutation. It would help the creature to survive because it can move along the sea bed more easily. It would then pass this trait onto its offspring within whom it may be more emphasised, giving them a greater chance of survival.
@ahotbanana tetrapod limbs actually evolved from the already-existing front and back fins of ancient "fish" rather than a small "limb-bud" appearing, and there's a lot of fossil evidence [found in Canada >3] that shows a transition from "fish" to tetrapod.
@yukikurama I am well aware that that isn't how they ACTUALLY evolved. It was just an arbitrarily invented example for the purpose of explanation in the absence of my knowledge of how they actually evolved and a presence of apathy towards doing some research.
@ImTheLastUchiha are your feet bigger then your same-gendered parents? mine are. not by much but they are bigger, I am also taller then my same-gendered parent and grandparents too. humans are (mostly) growing bigger with every genration. look back at medevil kings and queens they slept comfortably in what is now considered a childs bed. (sorry for typos... i'm a bit dyslexic)
@Tamashi88 Yes but that's more likely down to diet and nutrition than actual evolution. Of course, it's still a factor. The thing about you looking at your parents feet is an example of anecdotal evidence and confirmation bias. You'd have to carry out a study comparing the feet sizes of fathers and sons, for example, in order to make a claim like that
@twalker166 I know this... sort of (Arts Major...almost science illiterate) I was using the example of feet as anecdotal evidence ... >.>
also as to your nutrition & diet point, while that would be true for some members of society (most) the nobility & royals would have had -for the most part- a good diet with healthy foods & exercise... perhaps not as we have now. and yet they where just as short as the rest of them.
@marinaboyz If this trait was continuously passed on, then anything that would aid movement further would also evolve. Eventually this could turn into feet.
Please note:
This is not to say that this is definitely how feet evolved, but just an example of how they COULD have evolved to help you understand better.
@marinaboyz Considering Tim didn't accurately portray evolution, it would seem like a ridiculous fairytale. Evolution itself, however, is no fairytail and is backed up by so much evidence and is so widely accepted by the scientific community that it's just...idk. And the whole "fish reasons and communicates like a human" is just him being silly. I doubt he honestly thinks that's what really happened.
I am mutated in my ribs aha. Dont see the evolutionary benfits yet, yet its hand when washing plates. Or to put your cup down in it while your sitting.
@ZaiahMaxx No, it proves that the energy in your body goes somewhere. Being released as heat is not even close to an afterlife. Unless suddenly heat and consciousness are the same thing now? If so, I didn't get that memo.
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.
i dont know if there is anyone in the world i respect more than Tim Minchin. The fact that he will openly express his feelings of evolution and religion is just awesome. Most people would just pussy out and change their material before actually doing it.
loooove
Zanzabarism 5 days ago
Tim Minchin is absolutely amazing.
AraGuitar 1 week ago
@AraGuitar Indeed.
Shahe5 1 week ago
farkin' tony...
lindakeayes 2 weeks ago
=D fucking brilliant. just fucking brilliant.
ReillyOBI 2 weeks ago
you know if people is to believe in god, then i shall offer blood to Tor (true Scandinavian name for Thor) and then die in battle(or while pillaging and raping monastery along the coast) with a weapon at hand so i can go to Valhalla and drink mead with Oden (true Scandinavian name for Odin) as that would make more sens the get a drip of "holy water" in your face and expect to be protected against "evil".
MrSommar25 2 weeks ago 3
@MrSommar25 Dude im a dane, we invented the religion you're referring to, Odin is spelled Odin, Thor is spelled Thor, i'll let you know when you're doing it wrong.
Chazorvigg 2 weeks ago
@Chazorvigg if you could prove that the Dane really invented that religion then kindly prove it.
MrSommar25 2 weeks ago
@MrSommar25 The myths of the Norse mythology come from the Danish + Norse which was orally handed down from generation to generation. I dunno where you got your facts but as one of the mothercountries to the mythology it is still spelled Odin and Tor / Thor
Chazorvigg 1 week ago
@MrSommar25 Hey hey hey. Don't you dare say that "Oden" is the "true" Scandinavian name for Odin :P In Norway, he is most definitely called "Odin" ^^ Tor, though, is quite rightly the correct spelling.
steffenml 2 weeks ago
Where are Tim's shoes?
TheSandman749 3 weeks ago
@TheSandman749 Tim never wears shoes. It's a homage to Tony.
GeeMcBee 2 weeks ago
@GeeMcBee Hahahah, ok
TheSandman749 2 weeks ago
lol!!!!!!!! Amen Tim! LOL... I couldn't agree with you more!
miamiwildflower 3 weeks ago
I'm in America, Tim, and I'm not going to be throwing stuff at you in March! Of course, that's the gathering of atheists, so I guess I'll get to see you relaxed.
Holy shit, I'm so excited.
LokcedUot 3 weeks ago
Jesus Saves - and takes half damage
UlyssesWeber 1 month ago
ALL HAIL TONY BRINGER OF THE FEET!!!
Th3battlefielddemon 1 month ago 45
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You all ain't seriously listening to this Joker are ya???
BluesHarp60 1 month ago
@BluesHarp60 Yes... Yes we are.
manurok1901 3 weeks ago
@BluesHarp60 I'm guessing you are religious?
manurok1901 3 weeks ago
@BluesHarp60 Yes, we are.
I'd like to point out, though, that your selection of the word "Joker" might be odd, since he is, in fact, a comedian, and whether or not we're all atheists here, we want him to be joking.
LokcedUot 3 weeks ago
I love his joke on 'relativist morality'... But I didn't like when he talks, so enthusiastically, about 'natural selection'.
mariekitu 1 month ago
My favorite line:
.. you know if he (Tony) could look forward just a few short hundreds of millions of years, to see one of his descendants, and Israeli Jew by the name of "...Jesu.." having a nail hammered through his feet, the very feet that "Tony" provided him with, as a punishment of having a sort of schizophrenic discourse with God who was created by man to explain the existence of feet in the absence of the knowledge of the existence of Tony...
yellowlynx 1 month ago 8
I love that he uses the creatards 'understanding' of evolution! Makes it even funnier!
maskofsan1ty 1 month ago
With an issue as important as "Huge conscious entity that rules all of space and time", shouldn't we DEMAND proof, even moreso than for gravity, quarks, and other such traditionally scientific endeavors? Isn't the question of "Does something all powerful rule us?" more important than many other things, especially if it's true. While we may never know for sure whether the answer, the main historical claims of Christianity, as well as many other religions, have all but been debunked.
barnakey 2 months ago
@Hazgled1 That's a fairly common viewpoint. My question, however, is why do the faithful take pride in believing in something that there is no proof of? Why do the faithful take pride in believing something that there is no reason to believe in? By your own ostensible values, god gave us brains for a reason, so wouldn't this same god want us to demand proof before we believe in him/her. By not doing so, wouldn't we be spitting at this god's arguably most intricate creation?
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@pete26785, he is funny, you are not. In the context of what he is trying to achieve, he wins.
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jtaround 2 months ago
The genius in this is that, sure it's going to annoy the religious people - but it's also such a bodgy description of how evolution works that it'll bug people who understand evolution too. :D It's almost satirising both "sides".
It's also hella funny. :D
irrevenant3 2 months ago 3
There are roughly 130 million humans born each year. So a 1 in 64 million birth occurrence like he mentions will happen about twice a year.
WordyMcBeard 2 months ago
Thank GOD for Tim Minchin.
xSpencerWxRFCx 2 months ago 2
Eddie Izzard and Tim Minchin are the saints in my church!
TheFvw 2 months ago
lol forever
Shaun17170 2 months ago
Awesome to see someone commenting on what an "idiot" Tim is while using the word "seizes" in place of "ceases" in his argument. Hello irony!
ColleenCrumb 2 months ago
religious people get mad because he actually has a point and they know it
dookieforaday 2 months ago
@dookieforaday actually religious people get mad in the same why that atheists get mad when religious people shove their beliefs down their throats :P
julsiepilolee 2 months ago
@julsiepilolee Atheists don't really get mad. Just argue reasonably.
Besides if religious people don't want "beliefs shoved down their throats" why watch videos or go to shows that deliver just that?
dookieforaday 2 months ago
@dookieforaday i dont think you could say 'all' atheists, i think it just depends on the person really. i know what you mean, if it annoys you, its best to avoid it. there's no point in getting mad, because you can never deliver your point across properly if you do. i was just trying to point out how religious people getting irritated is the same as i would believe atheists would get irritated if an ott religious person tried to preach their beliefs to them. do you see what i mean?
julsiepilolee 2 months ago
@julsiepilolee I know what you mean. But at the same time it's reallyyyy annoying because.. they're wrong..
dookieforaday 2 months ago
@dookieforaday i guess we'll never know... until we die :D
julsiepilolee 2 months ago
it never seizes to amaze me how idiotic the masses can be about deep philosophical questions. This guy and his followers personify it
pete26785 2 months ago
29 are stupid! xD haha
theravingbadger 3 months ago
Man is the only animal that knows he's going to die, so we invent a heaven to keep from going crazy. Most people are hypnotized by organized religion from childhood.
kaykko 3 months ago 2
@kaykko It wasn't created to prevent people from going crazy, it was created as a feeble attempt to extend our lives by providing another life that lasts forever.
Dennygieck 2 months ago
@Dennygieck of course, you know even if this were the case it (which we havent a shred of evidence for) tells us nothing about the truth or not of that position. this comedian clown doesnt get these things; he is simply not clever enough.
pete26785 2 months ago
@pete26785 How would you know how clever Tim Minchin is? You think because you watched his COMEDY skit you know the level of his intellect?
P.S: 'Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved'
ColonelKook 2 months ago 2
@ColonelKook the guy is a buffoon and its low level gutter comedy. Your comment re 'faith and denial' is simply silly. faith is a confidence in something, like you may have faith in your life partner etc but not in their existence. this muppet simply misunderstands this and Im guessing most of those laughing do also.
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@pete26785 Is he wrong though? Is he?
MrVicist 2 months ago
@pete26785 you don't understand faith. Faith, by definition, is belief in something for which you have no evidence. I have evidence for my partner, I don't need faith in them. I trust them, and they earn that trust, and if they do something that goes against that trust, I stop trusting them. If I had faith in them, then I would still have faith even if they beat me black and blue. Thats what faith is.
hazgled1 2 months ago
@hazgled1 wow just wow im with tim on all of this ! you said " Faith, by definition, is belief in something for which you have no evidence" i watched a youtube video where they where debating this "faith" people have in something that no one has ever had any evidence of that's like saying i beleave in the muffin man! Because he was in a book!.... but this video i saw said this "Faith, by definition, is belief in something for which you have no evidence AND I DONT DO THAT BECAUSE IM NOT A IDIOT
Superior463 1 month ago
@Superior463 can you please send me a link to or the title of the video you watched? :)
Lumpiluk 3 weeks ago
I also beleive in rocks, but not gravity thats just silly
defendagainstfruits 3 months ago 77
@defendagainstfruits That would be cool... Build houses in the sky, throw a rock into space..
Bruinsma1987 3 days ago
@AChefla Everyone wants to prove everyone else wrong. It's a great feeling the reason I find people who believe in faith without proof so annoying is because you might as well just pick any shit. Just because the bible is old doesn't give it any weight I could believe a big dragon lives in a mountain and is protecting me with absolute no proof and I'm instantly on the same ground as you with faith. So why believe something that is clearly a fairytale?
Uppers202 3 months ago
@Uppers202 Why not believe? Isn´t it my choice? As said, i did say in the 1st post i wrote here: I´m a very liberal christian, mostly I just believe that there is a "higher force" and that its better to live life doing good rather than bad :)
AChefla 3 months ago
@Uppers202 Im interested on what grounds exactly do you think the New Testament is false?
pete26785 2 months ago
@pete26785 Are you serious?
MrVicist 2 months ago
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@Uppers202 Why not? Its my problem isnt it? And why are you saying that I am wrong? None of us can know, its possible that there is no God, it is possible that God is what is said in bible or God might as well be an invisible spaghetti monster whos just flying around and chilling. And everyone is free to believe what they want so why bother whining about someone elses beliefs? :) Ofcourse as long as its legal ;D
AChefla 2 months ago
I dont believe in god, i believe in the afterlife, the heaven and hell, not the actual god tough :)
ArksTheArks 3 months ago
@ArksTheArks how and where do you think or suggest hell/heaven exist?
ThyJovan 3 months ago
One thing that I find interesting is that it seems to me that English and Australian people (judging from their comedy) tend to group Christians and Pagans together in the "religious" category, as opposed to the "non-religious" category, whereas in the United States, society tends to group Pagans and Atheists together in the "non-Christian" category. It's weird.
ShawnRavenfire 3 months ago
Why would any religious person (such as myself) find this offensive? I mean fundamentalists maybe but those are crazy and are offended by everything...
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love you tim.. but why tony
belinda4647 3 months ago
"Fuck me, those are going to come in handy"
iGenievee 3 months ago
TONYYYYY :D
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lsynno 3 months ago
If you honestly can't comprehend how this offends some people you are ridiculously stupid. Personally I think it's hilarious but I can understand why it upsets some people.
Thatsarahgurlley 3 months ago
I think I'm just going to point out the fact that I go to church every Sunday, and firmly believe in God.. and Tim Minchin is amazing. He's funny as hell, and that's the point. :) And my favorite song happens to be 10 ft. Cock and a Few Hundred Virgins. :)
iloveyoushelbyalways 3 months ago
If science can't prove it, there's still an chance that it happend, but if science can dis-prove it (we're working on it, be patient) there's a 99.99% chance that it never happend. . . fuck it if we can dis-prove god it never fucking happened, even if we can't dis-prove it. IT NEVER HAPPEND
pigfarts100 3 months ago 3
I'm an atheist because of this guy!! :D
THECRITIC96 4 months ago 3
I think Tim holds within his genetic code the chance for man kind to take a HUGE evolutionary leap forward. . . The leap of awesomeness
pigfarts100 4 months ago 76
The fish-part reminds me SO much of Eddie Izzard!
MrCitrusfrugt 4 months ago 2
Tim Minchin is bloody brilliant.
(Although his explanation of evolution is slightly incorrect- a species evolves not an individual- as my Bio teacher as said many times)
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@JaciintaM I'm certain he knows this completely, but he needed to sound funny. Facts can be bent for comedy~~
Sephyrulz 3 months ago
I'm a Roman Catholic and this guy's still funny as
RoryDangerCox1 4 months ago
26 god botherers watched this.
sgtbash001 4 months ago
Russel Brand Woz ere.
wylieheyne 4 months ago
i like how pretty much every war in history had religious beliefs in the shadows religion your a gay cunt like your priests
swagnessify 4 months ago
Evolution? Really? this is a religion in its own right now. But Evolution is a straight forward movement. As in A leads to B and so on. this being so What the hell would having a convex eye would achieve? The calculations it takes to turn the entire world upside down faster than one can see is beyond the realm of Evolution. And with no natural defenses how are we alive? Mans learning curve is far too long to account for intelligence as the deciding factor.
Pyrateentertainment 4 months ago
@Pyrateentertainment I've come to this video to laugh at a funny guy take the piss out of religion, not to explain to you why your view on Evolution is wrong. Go to your nearest University (NOT your stupid church), go to the biology department (NOT the theology department) and ask any Biology lecturer (NOT your priest) and ask him if evolution is true.
66tom99 4 months ago 4
@Pyrateentertainment You wouldn't ask you priest to teach you particle physics, so why trust him on evolution? Just because you are either too lazy or too stupid to understand evolution, doesn't mean everyone doesn't understand it. If you have any questions, ask the previously mentioned biology lecturer and I'm sure he will explain the answers, because he probably has had to answer the same ignorant question a thousand times before...
66tom99 4 months ago 5
@Pyrateentertainment Saying Evolution is a religion is like saying believing in Gravity is a religion.
Blacklightdragon17 4 months ago 4
@Blacklightdragon17 If conventional religion denies observation to maintain their belief as the Mr. Minchin states then evolution does the same thing. For the Bible was used on many occasions to find cities and places of myth. Gravity is recognized by evolution and religion as a smaller part that makes up the whole. But in the end a anything can be made into a god and worshiped so yes the worship of gravity is possible thus becoming a religion all to itself.
Pyrateentertainment 4 months ago
I'm kinda religious (Not the "sundaychurch kinda type,but never the less), but i still fucking love this :D He's really funny :D I don't get it why religious people get mad at his jokes:
A) They're jokes, don't take them so seriously.
B) They're actually funny.
C) Why does everyone have to believe in God? You say people are free to choose what to believe in. Why do you have to get mad if his opinnion of... well, everything is different than yours?
AChefla 4 months ago 99
@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.
lonewolf975 4 months ago
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@lonewolf975 hahaha :D i just defended my opinnions without saying that someone elses opinnion is wrong :D And i couldnt resist answering to some of the comments ;D
AChefla 2 months ago
@AChefla I've been a Christian for 12 years, yet my favorite comedians are people who disagree with religion. Minchin, Burnham, and Connolly are three of my favorite comedians. Although, I must admit, Bill Maher is kind of an asshole.
JeremyBarandela 4 months ago
@JeremyBarandela try jim jefferies or eddie izzard... they're jokes are spot on
andlyndav 3 months ago
@AChefla I don't understand people like you. How can you laugh, and defend, someone whom so eloquently destroys everything you believe in ?
georgeserrano 3 months ago
@georgeserrano You can make a joke about incest. You can laugh at it and that doesnt mean you like incest, the joke just was funny. Tims jokes are funny even thought my beliefs are radically different from his. And Tim wont destroy "everything i believe in", cuz a religion cant be proven wrong. Most of this clip is about evolution and it says in bible "God created this all in 7 days", who said that those 7 days are the same as "our" 7 days? and that He didnt use evolution to create all this.
AChefla 3 months ago
@AChefla the bible says god did not use evolution to create all this... and it's 6 days. and people can prove religion wrong. the bible is proved wrong about things all of the time.
BigBen81 3 months ago
@BigBen81 No, bible doesnt say God didnt use evolution. And ye, 6 days + 1 days rest, whotever. And as said we dont know if the 6 or 7 days in bible is the same as our 6 or 7 days. It says in bible that there is no time in heaven (=7 days might as well be 100 mil. years), and Bible is written by man and its so to say "free translation of Gods opinnions" cuz God didnt write it, man did "inspired by the help of Holy Spirit". Religions are based on God(s) and you cant prove that God doesnt exist.
AChefla 3 months ago
@AChefla then why does the church refute darwinism?
spdexter1980 3 months ago
@spdexter1980 Because church doesnt really have anything to do with christianity now days. But ofcourse this is just my personal thoughts about things, its not the same as the churchs. Church doesnt save you, Jesus does. Thats pretty much my whole opinnion about Christianity. The church has killed millions of people, Christianity itself: none.
AChefla 3 months ago
@AChefla How can you claim that? This vengeful jealous God of yours sure have a thing for genocide in the bible..
Awesomelyreasonable 3 months ago
@Awesomelyreasonable Tru, in the old testament there is a genocide, but it also is clear that people had a choise not to die due to floods and get on the noa´s ark, this is according to bible. But as you might know, christianity is based on new testament.
AChefla 3 months ago
@AChefla Do you not still worship the God of the Old Testament? How do you reconcile being a good person (I assume) with sucking up to the worst character ever created in human history, other than that you believe you will go to hell if you don't?
TheBiAtheist 3 months ago
@TheBiAtheist I don´t do worshipping, as i said in my first post here: My faith is pretty liberal, mostly I just believe that there is a "higher force" and that its better to live life doing good rather than bad :) I´m not judging you by the fact that you are not a believer, why do you judge me automatically because i am a believer? :=) And why do you assume that i´m some conservative idiot who thinks that anyone who doesnt believe in the same things as i are "From satan".
AChefla 3 months ago
@AChefla I was not judging you, I only ASKED you two questions. Judgements are statements, and I don't know you (and even if I did, I wouldn't insult you), which is why I asked.
I also don't assume that you're conservative, or an idiot, and I never stated that.
"christianity is based on new testament." <~ I only asked why you could ignore the Old Testament and only use the New, when the same supposed God 'inspired' both.
TheBiAtheist 3 months ago
@TheBiAtheist Mmh, you´ve got a point, I admit that. And yes, the God i believe is the same in old and new testament, but as said: Christianity is based on new testament, If i´d be basing my faith completely on old testament id be jewish. But i´m done answering these posts here, I rly got better things to do than just keep answering posts in youtube :D
AChefla 2 months ago
@AChefla Fair enough.
TheBiAtheist 2 months ago
@Awesomelyreasonable And why is it with you that you have a need to prove someone else wrong? Why cant you accept that some ppl want to believe? Id get it if i was trying to make you believe, but i aint, so why the hostility? And even thought im a believer i also know quite a bit about science, i study physics. And Im reasonable, even thought im a believer. Dont assume that im a conservative idiot cuz i believe, I´m not assuming that you are a atheist nerd just cuz u think God sucks/doesnt exist
AChefla 3 months ago
@BigBen81 Thought you cant prove that God DOES exist, but thats the point of faith. The point is to believe in something that you cant prove and there is no need to prove it. Faith.
AChefla 3 months ago
@AChefla what does that have to do with what i said?
BigBen81 3 months ago
@BigBen81 thats not all i wrote, that was just a part of what i responded to you, check out for the earlier comment :) I did it in 2 parts because i´ve got only 500 letters to use / post :)
AChefla 3 months ago
@AChefla Dude. You are the ideal fucking Christian. <3
TheKrevar 3 months ago
@AChefla Thank you!
frankd14321 2 months ago
@AChefla You, my friend, are what I view as the "Awesome" kind of religious person. I applaud you :)
PezzerDude65 2 months ago 3
@PezzerDude65 hahaha, thanks :D
AChefla 2 months ago
I am an avid Bible-basher, and love this kind of humour, but i never really... 'got' Tim Minchin..
This has converted me, as it were.
Thank you Tony.
tHickman95 4 months ago 3
Hail Tim Michin and his strange talent of stringing over 10 words together quickly!
RufusShinRaFFVIIAC 4 months ago 2
i love this tim minchin is the bollocks!!!!!
innocensed 4 months ago
Brilliant!
untamedshrew69 4 months ago 3
This man is a genius.
TheAttackOfWaffles 4 months ago 3
i am probably tired of life,because tim minchin no longer can make me smile...
ASTAROTH13666 4 months ago
i believe in an eight-ball god, i make sacrificial shots to reap the divine ones at the end of the game
naughteedesign 4 months ago
This is awesome
MrFamine69 5 months ago
Tim Minchin is hilarious! but he is also very clever in so many ways! not just in his song writing but in his stand up too! and his songs are funny but most of them also have a message too... he picks topics like the enviroment and poverty and stuff like that, he makes them funny but still leaves enough emotion and seriousness in them for us to realise that he is talking about somthing very important! and i love him for it! he is emense! Thanks for caring Tim! :)
lovetolivelife1 5 months ago
I want his hair.
Calvervtutrp 5 months ago 4
... and my wife! *ding*
IWishIWasWhiteAgain 5 months ago 2
He might be my new comedian. I realized this upon my daydream that I could one day hug Tim Minchin.
LokcedUot 5 months ago
is this from "So F**king Rock" :)?
Fredekob 5 months ago
how can you dislike this video ?????????????
emily64dance 5 months ago
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Wow, this man is extremely smart and hilarious. But he has his facts wrong about human existence and history. The very fact that he supposes the fish was able to think, reason and communicate like a human is contrary to evolution. A fish that mutates to have feet would get out of the water and soon die. It would not reason or understand, or even have the capability to survive. Evolution is such a ridiculous fairytale.
marinaboyz 5 months ago
@marinaboyz You clearly don't get it's a joke
TheLycanjake1 5 months ago
@marinaboyz Replay 4:19 to 4:28 ad infinitum.
Crunchy68 5 months ago
@marinaboyz Evolution is real. But the fish bit is a joke.
dhvsheabdh 5 months ago
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@marinaboyz
You do not understand jokes.
XanBcoo 5 months ago
@marinaboyz Wow, this really must have twisted your knickers. You're almost nonexistent, to judge by your channel view, but you felt moved to respond to this. And all to be wrong . . . the fact is, you're handling your English a little too well to be so unsophisticated and unaware of irony. I think you're a trolling Jesusfreak shill. Just sayin'.
Why don't you go waste your nice English proselytizing on your own sites of interest? You won't convince
anyone here.
manthasagittarius 5 months ago
@marinaboyz You're kidding, right?
TheXppx3 5 months ago
@marinaboyz It ... you know ... works (*duck*)
otikik 5 months ago
@marinaboyz The fish thing was a joke... that isn't even how evolution works. It is a gradual process. An example of how feet COULD have evolved is as follows: one fish would be born with small things that they can move on the bottom of their body. This would be a mutation. It would help the creature to survive because it can move along the sea bed more easily. It would then pass this trait onto its offspring within whom it may be more emphasised, giving them a greater chance of survival.
ahotbanana 5 months ago
@ahotbanana tetrapod limbs actually evolved from the already-existing front and back fins of ancient "fish" rather than a small "limb-bud" appearing, and there's a lot of fossil evidence [found in Canada >3] that shows a transition from "fish" to tetrapod.
yukikurama 5 months ago
@yukikurama I am well aware that that isn't how they ACTUALLY evolved. It was just an arbitrarily invented example for the purpose of explanation in the absence of my knowledge of how they actually evolved and a presence of apathy towards doing some research.
ahotbanana 5 months ago
@ahotbanana I figured. I'm just letting you know. ;P
yukikurama 5 months ago
@yukikurama OK, thanks then :P
ahotbanana 5 months ago
@ahotbanana so what your saying is as the years go on peoples feet are going to get bigger??
ImTheLastUchiha 5 months ago
@ImTheLastUchiha If having bigger feet will increase the chance of reproduction for the organism then yes.
ahotbanana 5 months ago
@ImTheLastUchiha are your feet bigger then your same-gendered parents? mine are. not by much but they are bigger, I am also taller then my same-gendered parent and grandparents too. humans are (mostly) growing bigger with every genration. look back at medevil kings and queens they slept comfortably in what is now considered a childs bed. (sorry for typos... i'm a bit dyslexic)
Tamashi88 5 months ago 2
@Tamashi88 Yes but that's more likely down to diet and nutrition than actual evolution. Of course, it's still a factor. The thing about you looking at your parents feet is an example of anecdotal evidence and confirmation bias. You'd have to carry out a study comparing the feet sizes of fathers and sons, for example, in order to make a claim like that
twalker166 5 months ago
@twalker166 I know this... sort of (Arts Major...almost science illiterate) I was using the example of feet as anecdotal evidence ... >.>
also as to your nutrition & diet point, while that would be true for some members of society (most) the nobility & royals would have had -for the most part- a good diet with healthy foods & exercise... perhaps not as we have now. and yet they where just as short as the rest of them.
Tamashi88 5 months ago
first dude ever to have..feet
Beeboplily 5 months ago
@Tamashi88 Average human height has actually varied a great deal through history, not just steadily increased.
bongolongo 4 months ago
@marinaboyz If this trait was continuously passed on, then anything that would aid movement further would also evolve. Eventually this could turn into feet.
Please note:
This is not to say that this is definitely how feet evolved, but just an example of how they COULD have evolved to help you understand better.
ahotbanana 5 months ago
@marinaboyz Considering Tim didn't accurately portray evolution, it would seem like a ridiculous fairytale. Evolution itself, however, is no fairytail and is backed up by so much evidence and is so widely accepted by the scientific community that it's just...idk. And the whole "fish reasons and communicates like a human" is just him being silly. I doubt he honestly thinks that's what really happened.
yukikurama 5 months ago
Whats to prove
randomday1234 5 months ago
No you gosh damn fools the law of transference with the law of thermal dynamics prove that there is no end as with energy heat and force
ZaiahMaxx 6 months ago
i love him monotone till the end of that phrase :)
Minecraft24Seven 6 months ago
He's so unique...love that.
AquiloISR 6 months ago
5:10 the best moment :P
lmena12 6 months ago 3
... Maths,,, :$
ImUnattractive 7 months ago
I am mutated in my ribs aha. Dont see the evolutionary benfits yet, yet its hand when washing plates. Or to put your cup down in it while your sitting.
EnchancedHuman 7 months ago
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shippodna 7 months ago
The law of thermal dynamics proves that there is an afterlife weather it is as shiny and glamorous as everyone wants is an entirely different story.
ZaiahMaxx 7 months ago
@ZaiahMaxx: "afterlife weather"?! I'd love to study that using thermal dynamics. (I know, I know, I'm being mean.)
Mattnesss 7 months ago
@ZaiahMaxx No, it proves that the energy in your body goes somewhere. Being released as heat is not even close to an afterlife. Unless suddenly heat and consciousness are the same thing now? If so, I didn't get that memo.
-IMP ;) :)
IceMetalPunk 6 months ago
@ZaiahMaxx So if this glass of cold water turns to room temperature in an hour, does that mean it went to heaven?? Hooray!
miggyevans 6 months ago
Genius.
DamianNixey 7 months ago
Genius.
DamianNixey 7 months ago
TIM MINCHIN IS SO ANTI - RELIGION HE CALLS OUT BIG BAG THEROY IN BED :P
xom400 7 months ago
@xom400 big bag theroy? you mean *BIG BANG THEORY*
artfreakandrew 7 months ago
@artfreakandrew You mean, the Theory Of Evolution?...
katrinahxc 6 months ago
@katrinahxc
BLASPHEMY!
TheDemonofIce 6 months ago
I live for bumper-based philosophical arguments. Even better, stickers on trunks and the axioms they produce.
rationalmuscle 7 months ago
i believe in ROCKS
shippodna 7 months ago 2
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.
OisirM 7 months ago
i dont know if there is anyone in the world i respect more than Tim Minchin. The fact that he will openly express his feelings of evolution and religion is just awesome. Most people would just pussy out and change their material before actually doing it.
MorbidlyObesePenguin 7 months ago
Hey, guys! Let's ostracize 19 people for being different!
lol101lol101lol10199 7 months ago 4
What are the possible chances of the people that don't like this clip by chance just so happen to be religious?
TheDemonofIce 7 months ago 57
@TheDemonofIce Exactly 1 in 64 million.
-IMP ;) :)
IceMetalPunk 6 months ago
@IceMetalPunk Wow . . . . That's fairly accurate and understandable
TheDemonofIce 6 months ago
@TheDemonofIce High-all
Narutoisawesum 4 months ago
@TheDemonofIce
definately, above 0.
Confusedfurry 3 months ago
BAHAHAHA! correctness thats funny!
kurkwolf 8 months ago
"Magic happens- so does... cot death"
MrOnionterror 8 month