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  • Leviticus 1:14-17 " He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely, and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the lord. " - Cooking with the bible.

  • @AlgolagniaVolcae -See what brainwashing does to you?

  • When playing piano at school I hit the last keys with my foot... my teacher didn't find it funny :3

  • This is the best take on the power of religion I've heard - superb!!

  • *marry

  • ooh and swing you're doughter by the hand, but if she got raped by a man and refuses then to merry him.. Stone her to death!.

  • circular reasoning is good because circular reasoning is good because circular reason is good...

  • Man! he sure wasn't kiddin'.. you really do need a boot for this song :)

  • (sorry if I offend but) aruging over the internet is like the special olympics. even if you win, you're still retarded

  • @amazingvideoman2 You're retarded.

  • This song is not bad because its good

  • Bordering on genius...

  • 3:20 it's so fucked up o0

    And if you should find it hard to believe that the bible says such thing, then try to google "Deuteronomy 22:28-29"

  • Stone her to death! Hahahahaha

  • I was getting into yet another abortion argument on facebook and had to come here to cool off...saying pro choice is pro abortion is like saying pro christian is pro-stoning-people-to-death...­.

  • What type of music is 3:56 to 4:11?

  • I think Tim's use of 'Hence' in this context is correct, when he says hence, he means generations past - Hence defined is 'from this time or place' in which case, it works, it can also be used as a point to begin ... hence (therefore), we don't really need to rely on babble that was written generations hence (from this time). Also, it rhymes with contents, tents & gents ... artistic licence rules :D

  • It's SATIATE not SATISFY, it's wrong in like every lyrics on the net ffs.

  • @garethchelsea *cringe* Sorry about that. I think I was half-asleep when I copied and pasted them, then never got around to checking them over. It's fixed now though, thanks for pointing it out! :)

  • This man is a genius.

  • It's a shame Minchin doesn't know that "hence" in the context he uses it means "in the future". The book can't have been written "generations hence".

  • @butagirluk yeah, that always irks me when i hear this song.

  • @butagirluk I always thought he used it right, being that it was written generations hence, as in many generations after the time in which the book takes place, i.e. Jesus' time.

    I could be wrong, though. Just typing out the above sentence made me cringe thinking about the grammatical errors it is no doubt riddled with.

  • I love that this is the first result in youtube when one searches 'the good book'. I am the direct opposite of disappoint.

  • Tim should do some anti-Republican campaigning in the US.

  • He is like a musical Mark Twain.

  • what did he call dumbledore? what does that mean?

  • @stuj67 He calls him a "poofter." Poof/poofter is British slang for a gay person. Check out his "Five Poofs and Two Pianos" song, it's great.

  • @QueenSlartibartfast

    I actually found out that Dumbledore is gay because of Tim. I'm British so I understood straight away X3

  • @stuj67 Poofter= Gay (J.K Rowling said in an interview that Dumbledore is homosexual)

  • he is amazing and his hair is just awesome <3

  • Catchy song.

  • 'The Good book is a book, and it's Good and it's a Book'

  • share this second best youtube channel "MrsBettyBowers". God bless you.

  • whats the tun at 4:03? a tango?

  • @ghostalin Just a montuno. Nothing special.

  • JESUS DIED FOR OUR SINS PEOPLE!!! COME ON!! Let's make sure he didn't die for nothing ;)

  • @berskerben Jesus paid for our sins, let's get our money's worth!

  • @berskerben FALSE: A star died so that you might live

  • @badpenguin455 Yeah so I'm gonna make that loving sacrifice mean something by giving him something to die for, in other words sin. If I didn't sin his dying for me would be meaningless since he died to absolve my sin

  • @berskerben But he doesn't exist.

  • Can't we just all agree that people have different opinions, and stop jumping down peoples throats when they say they're Christian or atheist, and enjoy the song?

  • @Rwfc13 I know that's a rhetorical question, and that if it wasn't, you already know the answer... but I'm going to answer it anyway..

    Ahem...

    No.

  • @TooFarGabe Nice to see you're following the holy path of forgiveness and reconcilliation there. "God" would be proud, were he not just a Human Concept dreamt up by a load of hairy desert-dwelling gents.

    P.S. I have read the bible. It was boring, and I'm shocked anyone would want to follow Christianity based on it's contents to be honest.

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  • Hilarious

    

  • Satan says: " SEE YOU ALL IN HELL YOU STUPID FOOLS! YOUR ONLY KEY TO HEAVEN IS IN THE BOOK YOU'LL NEVER READ OR FOLLOW YOU'RE ALL MINE ALL MINE ALL MINE ALL MINE AHAHAHAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­AHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH­AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA­HAHAH!"

  • Satan says: " SEE YOU ALL IN HELL YOU STUPID FOOLS! YOUR ONLY KEY TO HEAVEN IS IN THE BOOK YOU'LL NEVER READ OR FOLLOW YOU'RE ALL MINE ALL MINE ALL MINE ALL MINE AHAHAHAAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­AHAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH­AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA­HAHAH!"

  • @TooFarGabe I wouldn't mind going to hell, y'know. Lots of interesting and wonderful people your church simply dismisses as "evil" because of a little thing like preferring their own gender to love. To me, the real evil are the ones trying to control the masses with a "holy book".

  • @EragonFiresword yeah man, the Bible was written 5000 years ago. The teachings like don't kill each other and play nice and love everyone are good teachings but for the most part the Bible is like an algebra textbook to me- it's all mumbo jumbo with a few easy questions

  • @TooFarGabe FALSE: More atheists read the bible than Christians, hence being atheists.

  • @badpenguin455 Quote from somewhere "The surest way to become an atheist is to read the Bible."

  • @badpenguin455 Sounds like my roommate. He knows more about christianity than most christians I know :)

  • @TooFarGabe God says: "I MUST THE UNIVERSE! YOU! HUMANS! BUTCHER OTHERS FOR ME! I NEED ENTERTAINMENT! YES! PLAY (Guess what I put there) WITH THE KIDS AND SACRIFICE YOUR CHILDREN WHILST I ^^^^ WITH YOUR ENTIRE WORLD! AHAHAHAHAHAHHA." now ^^^^ off. (It won't lemme put in swear words I don't think ^^)

  • @TooFarGabe ...Is that a direct quote?

  • This must be the aftermath of Mr. Tom Lehrer.... BRAVO mate.

  • @TheEdwardBishop I know!! I totally see inspiration from Tom Lehrer. Sad that so few people of the younger generation know who Tom Lehrer is :/

  • @ScarletDavies Tom Leherer is amazing. Glad my grandfather introduced me to his music.

  • What's the name of the song he starts playing at 4:04?

  • @james343434343434343 Generic Latin Montuno #16

  • I don't understand the boot joke in the beginning.

  • @Zeengai He uses the boot to tap for a beat. He has a version with more instruments and he means the song to sound like a sort of swinging square dance. I guess because in America people from the south can be pretty religious and that is the same music associated with them. As stereotypes of course :)

  • @snappyguy928 Yep, you got it! I'm an atheist and a big Tim Minchin fan, but I am from the American South. Texas to be more specific, and this song is making fun of religious rednecks from the South. I'm glad SOMEONE is making fun of them, because these people are fucking retarded.

  • @Ryan9145X Yep, the American Bible belt gives the whole of America a bad rap. All of your allies think you guys are a bunch of gun carrying religious nutters.

  • @louiseobrien2010 Just stay north and near a city, we aren't so bad (although I'm getting the fuck out of here asap..

  • "If you just close your ears, To the accumulated knowledge of the last two thousand years..."

    One of Tim's best lines, brilliantly sums up possibly the biggest problem with religion. It's been a pretty good two millenia. Hell, just ignoring the last one or two hundred years would screw you up pretty badly.

  • @mankytoes I think "...you better take a good look at the Good Book!" is a far superior line. Some of the shit in there is fucked up, and if you have a King James Bible, there are seven mentions of the word 'unicorn' in it. But that's not to say that it's a totally bad thing. The Bible itself has some beautiful phrases in it, such as big J's phrase John 8:7 is just fucking great, but shit like Timothy 2:12 is why we shouldn't take it literally. But your line is good too.

  • @mankytoes Sorry, but very few Christians are stupid enough to ignore the past 2000 years...

  • @vibraphonics Just so long as you don't follow the Bible, and all the horrible things in it, as said in this song, i'm fine with you.

  • He's not really poking fun at HP, he was poking fun at how an incredibly strict bible-follower would interpret particular factors of HP.

  • You don't have to be an atheist to critique a book.

  • This place is a like a haven for me to escape from the arguments my sister somehow managed to get me into on a Katy Perry video...Stupid people.

  • I love Harry Potter but that joke was funny.

  • @MrMischiefter What do you mean you love Harry Potter "but"...? It's not like the joke was dissing Harry Potter.

  • @MitholX Well it was kind of poking fun at it, not saying 'HP is crap' or anything :P

  • @MrMischiefter Mmm nope? :D How was it poking fun at HP?

  • @MrMischiefter No it wasn't. It was poking fun at Christians who hate HP. Nowhere was HP actually poked fun at. At all.

  • @MitholX Which was the bit that was poking fun at HP? It seemed to be poking fun at religious people, to me.

  • BAH!!!!! I CAN'T FIND "THANK YOU GOD" BY TIM MINCHIN ANYWHERE! HELP ME PLEASE

  • 36 people dont like the bible LOL

  • The Good Book is a book and it is good and it's a book.

  • Tim Minchin > God

  • You know it will be a great song if it requires a boot!!

  • I am a proud Atheist. However I don't like it when these videos turn into an "ATHEISTS UNITE" this.

    You should be appreciating how fast his fingers move on the piano keys, and subtly admiring the humour he finds in religion's stupidity.

  • @SgtAnon Well put.

  • @SgtAnon I agree with you. This song rallies people who already share this viewpoint. What we probably need is people who are more persuasive and less confrontational. Carl Sagan was the best at that. Tim is a little more like Dawkins or Twain, bitter but funny.

  • Stone her to death!

  • This song requires a boot... Genius!!!!

  • dumbledore's a poofter!

  • Genius. Genius everywhere over this.

  • I hate when people compare tim minchin to god. I mean he's pretty good, but he's not tim minchin

  • @hot4belgians pmslwroflalmaowmrwilolingtayec­lolololololad - lmao epic comment =D so true rofl

    

  • @hot4belgians Also Tim exists. That's a simple one.

  • Dumbledore's a puffer.... lol

  • @cirrusminorusa "Poofter" - it means gay.

  • @cirrusminorusa Poofter.

  • @cirrusminorusa "poofter" =)

  • ATHEISTS UNITE!

  • @ummjw Dyslexics UNTIE!!!!

  • @hospitaler808 Fuck Bigots

  • @hospitaler808  Quiet, you!

  • @ummjw How about agnostics?

  • musical genius

  • The Telegraph said, "This God is reminiscent of the Norse."

    The Times said, "Kind of turgid, but I liked the bit with horses."

    The Mail said, "Lots of massacres, a violent tour de force.

    and what said Phil Daoust ? xD

  • Please, continue arguing over the Internet. It accomplishes many things.

  • i am christian but i loveTim Minchin because he shows the hypocrisy of of those people who believe their faith is the only way and there is no room for science.

  • 34 people read bad books

  • The Vatican should have this as their national anthem. It puts into perspective the hypocrisy of the church.

  • Very clever satire aside, the music in this is incredible. Just try to classify it in one genre, he moves so seamlessly between styles while singing. Fuckin impressive.

  • Just going to throw my 2 cents out there. I think we all have the right yo believe what we will. And as one who believes in god id like to point out that people shouldn't push there believes on others cause you wouldn't want someone to push there's on you. Me myself I find Tim minchin funny as hell. I done hate on him for his believes nor should anyone hate one for there's. Than again this is the internet and haters gonna hate lol. Btw english/grammar was my worse subject in school lol

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  • Don't think have seen many Christians that say Harry potter is bad

  • @Kogey64

    You haven't been watching the news then.

  • @Kogey64 You haven't been paying attention then. Or --

    Maybe you've been talking to Christians who actually bothered to read the books. It's the ones who wouldn't touch them with fireplace tongs that badmouth them the most.

  • good song

  • You're both wrong.

  • amazing.

  • Children! Play nice!

  • the problem with the common perception of religion is that it's out of date which is true. religions problem is it refuses to acknowledge context, which to Tim Minchin's credit he acknowledges! faith and believe in it's pure form is a good thing.

  • @Paulie92able exactly, I do agree mostly but there are some parts that are plausable, like i've been telling geistero over the past few comments, life is to complex to end in such simplicity. It's unfathomably beautiful yet people try and argue there case, which I respect, but sometimes it's a losing battle, which is why I believe what I believe, sure tell me religion I still won't be that religion, I have my own. Parts of each religion that all I believe are plausable.

  • Geistero, think about stuff you say before you speak.

  • So I drowned the little fuckers in the bath... *smiles*

  • Only just realised why he needed his boot, epic ending :D

  • I believe it is rather short sighted to say there isn't a God at all. I believe in one, his name's Tim Minchin.

  • @92Evaaa thers no conclusive proof Tim Minchin exists!! >:(

  • @92Evaaa

    i think that explains it lol he tells people God dosen't exist to make sure no one suspects him. can you imagine the unwanted attention?!

  • @sekirk Haha, before everyone gets all Bruce Almighty on his ass.

  • @92Evaaa hahaha yeah, we should defiantly ask him about this, sort it once and for all.

  • @92Evaaa And we actually have reason to believe that he exists!

  • @92Evaaa this comment has now REALLY pissed me off becuase i cant hit the thumbs up button more than once!!!

  • @92Evaaa OMFG YES!!! you genius xxx

  • "the next song requires a boot.."!!!!! haha.

  • @jordan7787

    " the overwhelming evidence of his existence and presence"

    There is no evidence, if there were 'he' would actually exist. I'd like to see this proof of 'his existence' that you speak of, or perhaps you'r just spouting the first bit of BS that pops in to your head? There is no proof of anything revolving around this so called 'god' so you can't say anything positively. I suggest you find something else to waste your time with.

    Not everyone follows your Religion, remember that.

  • @jordan7787 How ignorant do you need to be to think that people are atheist because they dont want to be held accountable for actions. then all atheists wouldnt believe in the legal system ... if we dont believe in an afterlife then this life is ALL we have so what we do here becomes even more important as compared to if there is an afterlife which makes our actions on earth comparably negligible to whatever the afterlife is and you cant possibly claim to know what that is so dont speculate.

  • Love this song- but it doesn't need the ending. It's funnier without it and the message is already perfectly clear I think.

  • if i hear that he's mocking god one more time, i swear i'll break som bones :D

    he's mocking people blindly following churches, not realizing what religion were originally about and what they should be about - the bible is for moral guidance of those who cant' guide themselves, it says you should care about people, be a good person... a there's nothing about bashnig other religions, about killing the infidels or whatever you were said it's there...

  • @michalsveto Woooooooooooooooooosh!!!!!

  • he needs 5 minutes!

  • @bekahbooks: I like your name.

  • It's funny because most Christians haven't read the bible...

  • Wait what version of the book the christians have re-writern it like 10 fucking times.

  • @pigfarts100 Pigfarts. AVPM Win <3

    

  • @purplepiethief less than three

  • You know that a song is going to be good if the first thing the performer says is "This song requires a boot".

  • @bekahbooks that's exactly what i was thinking :D :D

  • @bekahbooks no, you know it's going to be a good song if the song says it's good.

  • @bekahbooks woo, leaving mostly (if not only) tim as he's one of the few who don't wear shoes:P haha

  • @jordan7787 "This is how you end up with a society legitimizing and accepting the unnatural and unhealthy sexual perversion of homosexuality."

    You're stupid firstly you say Homosexuality is bad, Leviticus also condemns going to the bathroom and eating shellfish. Those were laws created by people, not God, God only gave you 10.

    Your point on the slaughtering of babies? Abraham's sacrifice of his son Isaac. Same thing, but in the name of God it's must be OK.

  • "This next song requires a boot."

  • "....and like most gifts you get, it was a book!"

    Amazing :D

  • I've just realised that he doesn't actually say anything against the bible here. He's just stating the views of people who follow the bible (that is, views that bible is correct and a good set of rules to follow) and then quoting the some of the bibles rules. Because of this, this piece of music is actually a really good critical analysis of the bible, and it makes a person realise how daft it really all is! :P

    I do love Tim very much so! <3

  • For the record it was the male that was supposed to accept to marry the woman after rape. If the male refused then the sin was his to carry. If the woman refused she was kicked out of the city for in "The Good Book" sex was equal to marriage. Where today sex is sex and marriage is marriage. Back in the time of "The Good Book" both were one in the same.

  • @Pyrateentertainment That is just not true.

  • @TimOmachi First, The marriages of the Torah Took place with the two knowing each other. This as we all know means they had sex. No big ceremony was performed, that came at a much later date. Thus it is implied that sex equates to marriage in the Torah. As far as the Rape there are so many versions of the Bible now to fit what people want to hear it will be difficult to find the premise of what was written is correct. The Bible I studied from is not longer in print.

  • @Pyrateentertainment Deuteronomy 22:23-24 NAB

  • THIS GUY IS HILLARIOUS! AND, HE'S RIGHT ON.

  • The Good Book was a nice attempt at reducing the world to something so crude and simple that even the smallest mind can wrap itself around it.