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50. Thank you so much! nt

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Wed Sep 28, 2022, 10:39 PM

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Stephen Fry with a spot on answer about God. [View all] Hamlette Sep 2022 OP

I so love Stephen Fry! Metaphorical Sep 2022 #1

That was great! chowder66 Sep 2022 #2

Just to clarify, this dates to 2015. brooklynite Sep 2022 #3

ah, thanks, I didn't know Hamlette Sep 2022 #4

i'm surprised it doesn't get a lot more play. certainot Sep 2022 #29

War Famine Plague Trump Platypus Brainfodder Sep 2022 #5

You pass the memory test! erronis Sep 2022 #11

You can't budge the old religious guy. He's so invested in the shit. BSdetect Sep 2022 #6

and he doesn't like calling God a monster. Hamlette Sep 2022 #7

i loved the expression on his face! Solomon Sep 2022 #52

priceless Hamlette Sep 2022 #60

JFC, I love that answer. And the diatribe. Ferrets are Cool Sep 2022 #8

I'm not a believer or an atheist but johnnyplankton Sep 2022 #9

Really? Then the question is just as childish and should be answered thusly. erronis Sep 2022 #15

and his answer is the one that the Christo-centric world must hear Layzeebeaver Sep 2022 #25

Agree. As simplistic as the literalism of Evangelicals and fundies. wnylib Sep 2022 #16

Huh? Not at all. Evangelicals think the earth is 7000 yrs old, they don't bother themselves with TeamProg Sep 2022 #24

True. As I said, their view is fundamentalist and wnylib Sep 2022 #28

They're equally obnoxious, at the very least. TheBeam19 Sep 2022 #64

it's right on. the pearly gates part meant they were talking about the same god. a guy with certainot Sep 2022 #31

Why? He responded on his questioner's terms Grins Sep 2022 #34

Actually you are... brooklynite Sep 2022 #53

Please show where Stephen was wrong. niyad Sep 2022 #54

+1, anyone can proffer strawman positions without reference uponit7771 Sep 2022 #75

Never bought into it NJCher Sep 2022 #10

Same here -- I was forced to go to Catholic schools for seven years until they raised the tuition OMGWTF Sep 2022 #22

:) NJCher Sep 2022 #47

my friends would beg me to go to Sunday school with them and ask the hard questions Hamlette Sep 2022 #61

Music to my ears malaise Sep 2022 #12

You thought God was an architect, now you know. It's something like a pipe bomb ready to blow. mjvpi Sep 2022 #13

👍🏼 BMW2020RT Sep 2022 #17

This Jewish atheist says... nycbos Sep 2022 #14

Nicely done, Stephen!!!! Talitha Sep 2022 #18

God is a fucking asshole. Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #19

Deafie here. What did he say? Thanks. nt tblue37 Sep 2022 #20

Don't know if this will help, but it's encouraging ... Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #30

I will undoubtedly get a pair when the preview & testing phase is over! tblue37 Sep 2022 #49

I've seen 'apps' that do real-time captioning, but don't know how well they work. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #51

way cool! thanks for posting Hamlette Sep 2022 #59

Transcript - except for the bit that I couldn't understand. Chellee Sep 2022 #43

Thank you so much! nt tblue37 Sep 2022 #50

I had an epiphany like that when I was in Iraq 18 years ago Victor_c3 Sep 2022 #21

I had my epiphany at age 6 when a nun was telling me I would go to eternal damnation and torture if flashman13 Sep 2022 #41

The correct answer to Fry's query is, of course..... SergeStorms Sep 2022 #23

As i responded to the archbishop who trotted that one out (shortly niyad Sep 2022 #58

Yeah, they be that way. SergeStorms Sep 2022 #66

Christian theology is so misunderstood that his response makes sense to most people. If you'll Karadeniz Sep 2022 #26

Sounds like you made this up yourself. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2022 #45

Of course it does!!!! The people who knew the theology, because they wrote it, were labelled Karadeniz Sep 2022 #46

No matter how you slice it, Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #65

To those who have experienced another reality...and there are thousands... it doesn't matter what Karadeniz Sep 2022 #67

I grew up in the liberal side of the Presbyterian church. My dad was an activist in the Ford_Prefect Sep 2022 #27

Bravo ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #32

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Sep 2022 #33

I thought the same thing Roy Rolling Sep 2022 #35

Atheism is Not a religion Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #56

Yep. I don't get the "atheism is a religion" thing. It's a defensive maneuver but its not correct. Solomon Sep 2022 #63

One atheist I know puts it this way about Jesus Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #68

Right. Even as major myths go, Christianity's basic story is utterly convoluted and ridiculous. Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #80

It's almost like it was made up on the fly... Act_of_Reparation Sep 2022 #81

Goat herders high on magic mushrooms is my guess. Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #82

then it turned out to be a great way to control people and they stuck with it Hamlette Sep 2022 #83

Yep. Funny how all the major characters in their tall tales are male Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #84

If I had a dime for every time I had to post this... Act_of_Reparation Sep 2022 #72

Bookmarking for later. calimary Sep 2022 #36

Gnosticism myth is that the Creator God is essentially a "monster", an abomination Midnight Writer Sep 2022 #37

Happy to be an atheist Wild blueberry Sep 2022 #38

So sayeth Lazurrus Long / Robert Heinlein flashman13 Sep 2022 #39

Sir Harry P. Flashman? WheelWalker Sep 2022 #42

If at death I found myself at "Pearly Gates" WheelWalker Sep 2022 #40

David Attenborough may have inspired some of this sky_masterson Sep 2022 #44

thanks for this Hamlette Sep 2022 #57

You are Welcome. sky_masterson Sep 2022 #78

When I was stationed in DC Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #62

On point completely. kairos12 Sep 2022 #48

I am reminded of Mark Twain's "Letters From The Earth". niyad Sep 2022 #55

He's so right. I didn't know he was an atheist. lindysalsagal Sep 2022 #69

Totally selfish! Haha.. Edim Sep 2022 #70

Recommending for learning something new msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #71

I know religious people. I know lots and lots of non- and anti-religious people shrike3 Sep 2022 #74

Agree completely msfiddlestix Sep 2022 #77

This has been posted before. Sure it'll be posted again. shrike3 Sep 2022 #73

Not a fan of any of the Abrahamic Religions BlueIdaho Sep 2022 #76

interesting llashram Sep 2022 #79