Religion - Tim Minchin

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  • Опубликовано: 15 янв 2025
  • Tim minchin explores the topic of religion in style!
    This came just after his song about god and anal sex (a brilliant little ditty entitled "ten foot cock and a few hundred virgins"), which is what he is refering to when he says "material like that"

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  • @jeremiahd2209
    @jeremiahd2209 9 лет назад +1129

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

    • @rruzgarr97
      @rruzgarr97 9 лет назад +9

      +Jeremiah d goosebumps

    • @daboi7153
      @daboi7153 9 лет назад +6

      +bingleton it could be toni xD

    • @dylanmansper4218
      @dylanmansper4218 9 лет назад +16

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

    • @aliilaak7663
      @aliilaak7663 9 лет назад +2

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

    • @GodsOwnPrototype
      @GodsOwnPrototype 8 лет назад

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

  • @naughtyhorses
    @naughtyhorses 6 лет назад +204

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

    • @Wordsmith00
      @Wordsmith00 2 года назад +1

      Still fascinates me every time I hear it.

  • @somethingclever4563
    @somethingclever4563 6 лет назад +127

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

  • @herbtenderson7335
    @herbtenderson7335 6 лет назад +312

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

    • @jim191185
      @jim191185 6 лет назад +28

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

    • @akishorekumarr
      @akishorekumarr 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @obedientfire840
      @obedientfire840 5 лет назад +3

      R.i.p. pussy ..

    • @craki06
      @craki06 4 года назад +1

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

    • @annat5233
      @annat5233 4 года назад +5

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

  • @EsteemedReptile
    @EsteemedReptile 7 лет назад +253

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

    • @magiv4205
      @magiv4205 5 лет назад +12

      Who says he isn't?

    • @KreeZafi
      @KreeZafi 4 года назад +5

      I aspire to one day have someone say that about me

    • @collegerebel
      @collegerebel 3 года назад +13

      He looks like Beetlejuice when he was alive.

    • @DocRockBaby
      @DocRockBaby 3 года назад +1

      @@collegerebel He does indeed Brilliant..

    • @TTFerdinand
      @TTFerdinand 2 года назад

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

  • @4thAugust1932
    @4thAugust1932 12 лет назад +43

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

  • @rfwhiteaker4200
    @rfwhiteaker4200 6 лет назад +13

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

  • @Crimethoughtfull
    @Crimethoughtfull 10 лет назад +96

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

  • @KreeZafi
    @KreeZafi 8 лет назад +499

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

    • @mikelfairchild9007
      @mikelfairchild9007 7 лет назад +2

      KreeZafi well.......duh

    • @cawre
      @cawre 7 лет назад +27

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

    • @attacktyson007
      @attacktyson007 6 лет назад +2

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

    • @corbeau-_-
      @corbeau-_- 6 лет назад +5

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

    • @ooferrell
      @ooferrell 6 лет назад +9

      Fucking tony!!!!!

  • @pop5678eye
    @pop5678eye 10 лет назад +611

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

    • @Sc0rr
      @Sc0rr 10 лет назад +6

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

    • @pop5678eye
      @pop5678eye 10 лет назад +46

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

    • @Sc0rr
      @Sc0rr 10 лет назад +10

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

    • @austin7761
      @austin7761 10 лет назад +2

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

    • @austin7761
      @austin7761 10 лет назад +11

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

  • @faulmel7168
    @faulmel7168 10 лет назад +262

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

    • @R3tr0v1ru5
      @R3tr0v1ru5 9 лет назад +12

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

    • @dihanniloy2153
      @dihanniloy2153 9 лет назад

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

    • @R3tr0v1ru5
      @R3tr0v1ru5 9 лет назад +1

      Dihan Niloy It's still inaccurate...

    • @dihanniloy2153
      @dihanniloy2153 9 лет назад +2

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

    • @R3tr0v1ru5
      @R3tr0v1ru5 8 лет назад +4

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

  • @8maxthemax8
    @8maxthemax8 9 лет назад +163

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

    • @cyantulip
      @cyantulip 6 лет назад +9

      Maxim T Potvin You must be an astrologer

    • @commonsense31
      @commonsense31 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @jonnowds
      @jonnowds 4 года назад

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

    • @evenstoats2639
      @evenstoats2639 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @mfay6933
    @mfay6933 6 лет назад +55

    "...maths." Gotta love him

  • @riparianlife97701
    @riparianlife97701 10 лет назад +369

    Is it ironic that I worship Tim as a god?

    • @cw3le
      @cw3le 10 лет назад +38

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

    • @riparianlife97701
      @riparianlife97701 10 лет назад +3

      cw3le Loved that bit!

    • @phantumgrey
      @phantumgrey 10 лет назад +10

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

    • @cw3le
      @cw3le 10 лет назад +5

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

    • @phantumgrey
      @phantumgrey 10 лет назад

      lol

  • @olivermcerlean2635
    @olivermcerlean2635 6 лет назад +3

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

  • @OisirM
    @OisirM 13 лет назад +19

    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.

  • @gnagyusa
    @gnagyusa 7 лет назад +176

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

    • @Someguy-my3he
      @Someguy-my3he 6 лет назад +13

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

    • @JpegDog
      @JpegDog 6 лет назад +1

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

    • @AnikaJarlsdottr
      @AnikaJarlsdottr 4 года назад

      checkmate xD

  • @THESLOWDEATHHOOKS
    @THESLOWDEATHHOOKS 10 лет назад +558

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

    • @PumatSol
      @PumatSol 10 лет назад +8

      Thank you.

    • @KOakaKO
      @KOakaKO 10 лет назад +11

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

    • @joselotl
      @joselotl 10 лет назад +5

      ok, thanks for the warning

    • @masterbucks
      @masterbucks 10 лет назад +9

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

    • @ilikebuttsandireallyjustca7360
      @ilikebuttsandireallyjustca7360 10 лет назад +8

      welcome to the internet ......

  • @supertimmytunes
    @supertimmytunes 12 лет назад +11

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

  • @Cornizzard
    @Cornizzard 11 лет назад +3

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

  • @nicholesouza7914
    @nicholesouza7914 10 лет назад +14

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

  • @alexspear2145
    @alexspear2145 9 лет назад +70

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

    • @beth9138
      @beth9138 8 лет назад +2

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

    • @SpaRkofFiRe
      @SpaRkofFiRe 5 лет назад +2

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

  • @naioka1992
    @naioka1992 14 лет назад +7

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

  • @InquisitorShepard
    @InquisitorShepard 10 лет назад +199

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

    • @jilliansmith7123
      @jilliansmith7123 6 лет назад +7

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

    • @Figitarian
      @Figitarian 6 лет назад +2

      LOL

    • @elemu3653
      @elemu3653 6 лет назад

      Dude 🎶 you are stupid

    • @dddux
      @dddux 6 лет назад

      No. It's called "mind challenged".

    • @faarsight
      @faarsight 6 лет назад

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

  • @mrtjm1152
    @mrtjm1152 8 лет назад +97

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

    • @TotesNotIllegal
      @TotesNotIllegal 7 лет назад +11

      i thought he said cock death haha confusing but still funny

    • @richardcramer1604
      @richardcramer1604 6 лет назад +1

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

    • @familleboudreau7033
      @familleboudreau7033 5 лет назад +3

      I thought he said “car death”.

  • @Tao33316
    @Tao33316 9 лет назад +55

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

    • @madbear3512
      @madbear3512 6 лет назад

      LordKellthe1st
      Why not

    • @marcuspainter4885
      @marcuspainter4885 6 лет назад

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

    • @weebiskey8910
      @weebiskey8910 4 года назад

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

    • @dnichs7739
      @dnichs7739 4 года назад

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

    • @austenhead5303
      @austenhead5303 4 года назад

      Well, things can be wrong AND funny.

  • @KellyCannondeBorda
    @KellyCannondeBorda 8 лет назад +13

    Needed this on Easter morning :)

  • @jameswatkins7763
    @jameswatkins7763 4 года назад +8

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

    • @harrylime9611
      @harrylime9611 2 года назад

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

    • @jameswatkins7763
      @jameswatkins7763 2 года назад +3

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

    • @harrylime9611
      @harrylime9611 2 года назад

      @@jameswatkins7763 Do you believe that absolutely?

    • @jameswatkins7763
      @jameswatkins7763 2 года назад +1

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

    • @harrylime9611
      @harrylime9611 2 года назад

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

  • @notavailable4342
    @notavailable4342 11 лет назад +2

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

  • @comedianyueyue
    @comedianyueyue 10 лет назад +2

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

  • @TPazouDance
    @TPazouDance 11 лет назад +9

    Tim Minchin makes me laugh! What a brilliant man!

  • @avrolcaster
    @avrolcaster 9 лет назад +127

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

    • @stevenaustin8274
      @stevenaustin8274 7 лет назад +4

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

    • @jjj87484
      @jjj87484 6 лет назад

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

    • @dddux
      @dddux 6 лет назад +1

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

  • @narlacat68
    @narlacat68 8 лет назад +36

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

    • @lizhughes2852
      @lizhughes2852 7 лет назад +1

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

    • @dannybutler8651
      @dannybutler8651 6 лет назад +1

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

    • @garymiles484
      @garymiles484 2 года назад

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

  • @someguy3856
    @someguy3856 4 года назад +2

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

  • @3niknicholson
    @3niknicholson 9 лет назад +1

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

  • @RegurgitateEucharist
    @RegurgitateEucharist 10 лет назад +4

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

  • @silixtuhibiski95
    @silixtuhibiski95 10 лет назад +34

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

    • @princeofpranks6401
      @princeofpranks6401 10 лет назад

      Was this a joke? Or are you legit offended?

    • @silixtuhibiski95
      @silixtuhibiski95 10 лет назад +2

      PrinceOfPranks 'Twas a joke.

    • @ArtsofOwnage
      @ArtsofOwnage 10 лет назад

      PrinceOfPranks Did you read the rest of his comment?

    • @leroylang2453
      @leroylang2453 9 лет назад

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

    • @robthelog223
      @robthelog223 9 лет назад

      Bogroll T Too right mate.

  • @mkay6089
    @mkay6089 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @loubrady5541
    @loubrady5541 11 лет назад +1

    I understand that some people look at atheism that way, but I can't help but see it as the most beautiful thing. In such a hostile place (the universe) our planet was formed out of the nearly infinite number of possible planets, producing just the right conditions to encourage life. Then the creatures progressed in just the perfect way, to lead up to the existence of mankind, and the birth of you, and everyone you've ever known. We are so improbable, and yet, here we are! I love it.

  • @tedlyngmo9180
    @tedlyngmo9180 4 года назад +2

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

  • @maskofsan1ty
    @maskofsan1ty 13 лет назад +3

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

  • @Fraggr92
    @Fraggr92 12 лет назад +4

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

  • @ShawnValsean
    @ShawnValsean 8 лет назад +36

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

    • @92Roar
      @92Roar 8 лет назад

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

    • @elilssaamy1263
      @elilssaamy1263 8 лет назад +6

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

    • @lexihopes
      @lexihopes 8 лет назад

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

    • @idlingdove
      @idlingdove 8 лет назад

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

  • @Skaper_
    @Skaper_ 4 года назад

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

  • @RemedialMan
    @RemedialMan 12 лет назад +2

    I'm so grateful now that when I was a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, we were taught NOT to roll our eyes and scoff. The goal was to educate a generation that believed history, poetry, science and spirituality are not mutually exlusive. The definition of an open mind was all encompassing. I don't think a professor that scoffed at science or religion woud survive long there. Survival of the fittest required people to NOT assume the hundreds of millions are all dolts.

  • @kornee
    @kornee 8 лет назад +43

    I came here looking for angry Christians

    • @kenelyon795
      @kenelyon795 8 лет назад +10

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

    • @brianmchugh7679
      @brianmchugh7679 7 лет назад +15

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

    • @keylime5281
      @keylime5281 6 лет назад +1

      @@kenelyon795 good for you

    • @keylime5281
      @keylime5281 6 лет назад +5

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

    • @kenelyon795
      @kenelyon795 6 лет назад +2

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

  • @Fullprime
    @Fullprime 11 лет назад +72

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

    • @googlesuckscock6538
      @googlesuckscock6538 11 лет назад +4

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

    • @Fullprime
      @Fullprime 11 лет назад +20

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

    • @persistentconsistency
      @persistentconsistency 7 лет назад +4

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

    • @vivekvardhan7860
      @vivekvardhan7860 7 лет назад

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

    • @Reggie-tf4ex
      @Reggie-tf4ex 7 лет назад

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

  • @TheAttackOfWaffles
    @TheAttackOfWaffles 13 лет назад +4

    This man is a genius.

  • @NarsFromMars
    @NarsFromMars 3 года назад +2

    His philosophical AND linguistic genius amaze me.

  • @WhiteKeyness
    @WhiteKeyness 8 лет назад +1

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

  • @doneestoner9945
    @doneestoner9945 6 лет назад +4

    I love this cool guy !

  • @GentlemanJack2190
    @GentlemanJack2190 8 лет назад +6

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

  • @likesaintjoan
    @likesaintjoan 10 лет назад +6

    This man is brilliant

  • @stevenbristol2334
    @stevenbristol2334 11 лет назад

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

  • @Atouk
    @Atouk 4 года назад +2

    This never gets old

  • @jilliansmith7123
    @jilliansmith7123 6 лет назад +16

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

  • @morphsuitgirl8449
    @morphsuitgirl8449 9 лет назад +6

    I love his brain.

  • @WendyRomkes
    @WendyRomkes 10 лет назад +5

    Yup.. I really like this dude.

  • @mexxer3603
    @mexxer3603 12 лет назад +2

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

  • @SeanLiddleSplunge
    @SeanLiddleSplunge 4 года назад +2

    I've just discovered Tim. Now I have religion

  • @crystalalves-veira6383
    @crystalalves-veira6383 11 лет назад +20

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

    • @pavelskop305
      @pavelskop305 10 лет назад +3

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

    • @Joppe253
      @Joppe253 10 лет назад

      Pavel Skop Spinoza?

    • @isaacwilkinson3301
      @isaacwilkinson3301 10 лет назад

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

    • @Joppe253
      @Joppe253 10 лет назад +3

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

    • @mathut3782
      @mathut3782 10 лет назад

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

  • @fernandodobbin3806
    @fernandodobbin3806 11 лет назад +34

    Atticus Fetch seems really mature now...

    • @yannatosp
      @yannatosp 11 лет назад +9

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

    • @IAmNomadical
      @IAmNomadical 10 лет назад +6

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

    • @IAmNomadical
      @IAmNomadical 10 лет назад +4

      George Jetson That depends, did anyone ever look?

    • @IAmNomadical
      @IAmNomadical 10 лет назад

      George Jetson Poor kitty :(

    • @GJSolo
      @GJSolo 10 лет назад

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

  • @TheCrazymomto6
    @TheCrazymomto6 8 лет назад +5

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

  • @lonewolf975
    @lonewolf975 13 лет назад

    @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.

  • @suerossiter3126
    @suerossiter3126 2 года назад +1

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

  • @Dizzy758
    @Dizzy758 9 лет назад +50

    Believe in magic, you muggle!

    • @KangasniemiJerri
      @KangasniemiJerri 8 лет назад +1

      Denisa Mihaela Now THAT was hilarious and spot on! 😂

    • @Sonturist
      @Sonturist 7 лет назад

      Our names may sound the same Mihaela

  • @MPythonGirl
    @MPythonGirl 10 лет назад +10

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

    • @misssnugglebunny8093
      @misssnugglebunny8093 10 лет назад +1

      touché

    • @nickacelvn
      @nickacelvn 5 лет назад

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

  • @chelsalama
    @chelsalama 8 лет назад +6

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

  • @LAnonHubbard
    @LAnonHubbard 12 лет назад +1

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

  • @Lumpiluk
    @Lumpiluk 13 лет назад

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

  • @roofusonna1846
    @roofusonna1846 8 лет назад +5

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

    • @chocolateninja22
      @chocolateninja22 8 лет назад +8

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

    • @roofusonna1846
      @roofusonna1846 8 лет назад +5

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

    • @Zeppelin616
      @Zeppelin616 5 лет назад

      You really think he doesn't know that..

  • @EnclaveColonel
    @EnclaveColonel 10 лет назад +3

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

  • @jwrig000
    @jwrig000 12 лет назад

    This is the best thing on RUclips.

  • @tsw8848
    @tsw8848 12 лет назад

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

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 7 лет назад +24

    This is offensive to Tonyites everywhere.

  • @OrbitalAngel
    @OrbitalAngel 9 лет назад +9

    Brilliant lol

  • @pipsantos6278
    @pipsantos6278 6 лет назад +4

    I don't argue when it comes to religion anymore. Once I saw that ultimately atheism will win, I just ignore religionists. What trend am I seeing? Children are less religious than their parents. The trend is even pronounced to those who have finished college. In 5 to 10 generations, religion will be a fringe movement. Don't you know that just 40 years ago, that's about 2 generations, they were jailing people who go hunting or swimming or mowing lawn or what not on Sundays (lord's day)? Today we look at that sanctimonious practice as ridiculous. Same with eating meat on friday. Religion is dying. Just let it be. Be kind to your parents.

    • @jojolafrite90
      @jojolafrite90 4 года назад

      Let's hope no big event will get all humanity back on track to full obscurantism... *cough* coronavirus.

  • @Viky.A.V.
    @Viky.A.V. Год назад

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

  • @hypnotika
    @hypnotika 11 лет назад

    He was born to Aussie parents and moved to Australia when he was 2; not enough time for an accent to fully develop due to a very limited vocab at that age. He sounds like a typical Perth lad to me. Also keep in mind that Australia has regional dialects, similar to England and the US. Just a somewhat well spoken guy.

  • @TheMikeSwitch
    @TheMikeSwitch 9 лет назад +5

    Womb wonders?

  • @TheWhiteGuwop
    @TheWhiteGuwop 9 лет назад +3

    I love how ignorant people are saying atheism is a religion😂😂😂 like atheism is not a belief system, it's the idea that there are no "greater powers" and religion is false, so all these people saying that atheism is a religion they're basically using a double negative."my religion is atheism, my religion is not believing I'm religion" 😂😂😂😂

    • @danobot12
      @danobot12 8 лет назад +2

      +ben Saying athetism is a religion is alike saying "OFF" is a TV channel. (read that somewhere)

  • @apburner1
    @apburner1 10 лет назад +3

    A personal crusade against religion now passes as comedy?

    • @Pokarot
      @Pokarot 10 лет назад +85

      It's only considered comedy because religion is such a joke.

    • @lorenzharfst3866
      @lorenzharfst3866 10 лет назад +19

      Pokarot
      You couldn't have put it better.

    • @Aldermeeer
      @Aldermeeer 10 лет назад +23

      Funnier than a religious crusade against persons... people.

    • @jamielee4580
      @jamielee4580 10 лет назад +13

      Well what he says is true. It's fiction. It's all fiction created because they didn't have scientific evidence to know any other way that humans were created. Through evolution! So yes religion is a joke. There's more probability that aliens are real than god.

    • @Boognish969
      @Boognish969 10 лет назад +11

      to be fair, he also ridiculed other ridiculous concepts like psychic ability, astrology, and homeopathy. no idea or belief, including religion, should be above criticism.

  • @Phineus05
    @Phineus05 12 лет назад

    Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out.

  • @Chazorvigg
    @Chazorvigg 13 лет назад

    @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

  • @MultiFirebug
    @MultiFirebug 7 лет назад +3

    Maths

  • @Bluelemonzz
    @Bluelemonzz 10 лет назад +6

    Tim Minchin is fuckin awesome, but he has evolution all wrong. The changes happen very slowly.. It's not a sudden change from a not having a certain quality to then having it; it's a slow progression. It all depends on selection one gender of the species have with the other gender. More and more selections in a certain direction means the next generation will acquire more chances to have those qualities. For instance if you wanted your genetic lineage to be tall rather than short, have a child with a really tall person. Have one of those kids then have a child with another tall person. Keep doing this every successive generation and eventually your great great great great grand kids will have a very strong chance of being tall just based on genetic odds. This basic understanding, can be applied to almost all genetic traits. Traits does not have a direction. You can easily go in one direction or the reverse depending on selection.

    • @stevenaustin8274
      @stevenaustin8274 7 лет назад +4

      Bluelemonzz do you think he doesn’t know that! it’s what’s called comedy not to taken literally

    • @emix1010
      @emix1010 7 лет назад +1

      And then again, there are some jumps too in mutation. It’s not all smoothly gradual selection.

  • @Redstar2613
    @Redstar2613 10 лет назад +5

    I hope this doesn't accurately represent his view on evolution because if it does, he's wrong. Evolution takes millions of years, nothing just suddenly grows feet. It happens very slowly and they wouldn't need to suddenly learn how to use an extra body part, because it happens so slowly, there is plenty of time to slowly learn what it can be used for.
    Hopefully he just put it like that for comedic effect. But it does make atheists look as stupid as creationists think we are.

    • @VictoriaMorganawesometori
      @VictoriaMorganawesometori 9 лет назад +17

      He was making a simplistic scenario for the sake of the bit. Tim Minchin is a very well educated man, whom I'm sure knows all about our research on evolution.

    • @JiveDadson
      @JiveDadson 7 лет назад

      On evolutionary time scales, a million years *_is_* sudden.

    • @10AntsTapDancing
      @10AntsTapDancing 7 лет назад +1

      Redstar2613 it's a comedy skit. You're not supposed to think it's his real opinion but to make you laugh. Besides how could an atheist look stupid if compared to creationists, and frankly who would care if reason and logic are the yard sticks atheists use to navigate their lives and magic and superstition drive creationists :)

    • @blinky.5078
      @blinky.5078 6 лет назад

      Oh my god

    • @teresamclean8595
      @teresamclean8595 5 лет назад

      LMAO ! GEEEEZUS

  • @tomjardine-smith2793
    @tomjardine-smith2793 3 года назад

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

  • @danthefan
    @danthefan 9 лет назад

    There's a one in 64,000,000 chance that I'll ever watch this again.

  • @sjtipene
    @sjtipene 10 лет назад +6

    Awww you atheists are so preachy and judgemental.

    • @kieran10202
      @kieran10202 10 лет назад +58

      that sounded awfully preachy and judgemental.

    • @phantumgrey
      @phantumgrey 10 лет назад +4

      kieran10202 Got him! lol

    • @CAnon-mg1xm
      @CAnon-mg1xm 10 лет назад

      kieran10202
      so if you murder someone, and are proven guilty...that's makes us judgmental. I get it..we have to like and accept what ever ....just what ever as long as it's against life and nature. if you ever see mr.Timmy, tell him to de-lice his hair.

    • @phantumgrey
      @phantumgrey 10 лет назад +9

      Dude who the fuck is talking about murder in these comments? What kind of self righteous Jesus freak would say such a thing? Go take your religion back over to the fiction section of the book store.

    • @CAnon-mg1xm
      @CAnon-mg1xm 10 лет назад

      phantumgrey
      You clearly don't understand the who what where when and how of religion.
      People like you think it's ok to have abortions...which is murder dumbass.
      Women's rights are only talked about by men when they want to make sure women can legally have an abortion. That lets men off the hook.
      Abortion also is used for the purpose of genocide in all of Africa. DEATH.
      Abortion of FEMALES in Asian countries..which in case you don't know includes India..caused such a shortage that they now increased human trafficking, the buying of female human flesh for their sons. DEATH.
      Mr.Timmy says he believes a woman "has the right to do what ever she wants with her body". Smart man...she already does. He's no feminist. Trouble is we have a huge population that believes they have the right to have sex with whom ever and when ever. What happens is unwanted pregnancies HIV/AIDS. That's not freedom. That's death.
      How about you and your lice infested Mr.Timmy take your beliefs back to the Dark Age, where they came from?

  • @adamweilbach1968
    @adamweilbach1968 3 года назад +2

    I actually had a psysic calling me asking what time does your bar close. My reply: you suck at your job

  • @billheuber5884
    @billheuber5884 6 лет назад +1

    Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!!

  • @pete26785
    @pete26785 13 лет назад

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

  • @michaelsmyth9904
    @michaelsmyth9904 10 лет назад +2

    Evolution bit was absolutely wonderful....

  • @Razor2657
    @Razor2657 11 лет назад

    I couldn't agree more, I would have added something like that in but: RUclips Character limit.

  • @dieseluk2k
    @dieseluk2k 11 лет назад

    Such a talented musician.

  • @DexM47
    @DexM47 12 лет назад +1

    THIS DUDE IS FUCKING BRILLIANT!!!!! Just discovered him today.

  • @troyadams19
    @troyadams19 12 лет назад

    Did you by any chance ever play Diablo 2 online a couple years back? It's a long shot but I used to play with a guy from the states named Spencer.

  • @otikik
    @otikik 12 лет назад

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

  • @affighterchick22
    @affighterchick22 11 лет назад +1

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