That Mitchell and Webb Look - God, protect us from your worshippers.

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  • Опубликовано: 29 окт 2024

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  • @jimjam7928
    @jimjam7928 2 года назад +823

    "You're certainly not tinkering with an already perfect creation like some see-through George Lucas."
    Brilliant XD

    • @davidec.4021
      @davidec.4021 2 года назад +4

      Absolutely brilliant yes lmao

    • @kdt85
      @kdt85 2 года назад

      Lol 733

    • @SirReptitious
      @SirReptitious 2 года назад +11

      Sadly we all thought that it couldn't get worse than George Lucas losing his mind and making parts 1-3. Then we saw parts 7-9, and much to our horror, knew that it could, and did, get SO much worse than parts 1-3.....

    • @ShawnJonesHellion
      @ShawnJonesHellion 2 года назад

      @@SirReptitious didn't Lucas sell to Disney? there was this massive media display about that half that year

    • @SirReptitious
      @SirReptitious 2 года назад +2

      @@ShawnJonesHellion Yes, after he made parts 1-3 he didn't want to make anymore himself. Lucasfilm was his company and so he had the right to sell it to whoever he wanted. I just wish he had sold it to any other movie studio than Disney.

  • @steerpike66
    @steerpike66 3 года назад +363

    Jamie as Issac makes an amazing huge little boy. Hes so fresh-faced.

  • @gazpachopolice7211
    @gazpachopolice7211 2 года назад +379

    This masterpiece is on RUclips from 12 years and RUclips only considered showing it to me now?

    • @ELYESSS
      @ELYESSS 2 года назад +19

      You weren't ready

    • @esquilax5563
      @esquilax5563 2 года назад +25

      The -Lord- algorithm works in mysterious ways

    • @_Mentat
      @_Mentat 2 года назад +6

      It's a sign!

    • @Adan11961
      @Adan11961 2 года назад +13

      The algorithm is never late or early. It is always on time. It knows when you’re ready. It shows you the door. You have to walk through it.

    • @Sigurther
      @Sigurther 2 года назад +3

      Bit odd, innit?
      Algorithm is trying to bring back everyones sense of humor cuz it realizes how miserable we've all made each other!
      Brilliant!

  • @scaryninja1693
    @scaryninja1693 13 лет назад +1679

    "Like I have any chance of forming an independant basis of right and wrong outside the instructions of some supervisory being, no Lord, I am your bitch." Literally could not say this better myself.

    • @Republic-of-Tea
      @Republic-of-Tea 6 лет назад +11

      its kenham in a nutshell lol

    • @maerosss
      @maerosss 2 года назад +11

      It fits perfectly the Milgram experiment :-)

    • @TheMaxORyan
      @TheMaxORyan 2 года назад +13

      @@maerosss Not really no

    • @maerosss
      @maerosss 2 года назад +6

      @@TheMaxORyan Well, not "perfectly", but it's kinda there.

    • @alfiegordon9013
      @alfiegordon9013 2 года назад +9

      @@maerosss not really, if anything religion disproves milgram, because people are obedient to a distant entity / one that they can't interact with at all

  • @maemorri
    @maemorri 2 года назад +794

    Reporter: "How do you explain the message?"
    Priest: "Well, it's probably just some random mutation in the watermelon's genetics... OH NO WAIT. NOT THAT!"

    • @erebus3059
      @erebus3059 2 года назад +16

      Can u explain that joke plz i didn't understand.
      Edit: i get it now. Thanks.

    • @Starweardo
      @Starweardo 2 года назад +52

      @@erebus3059 He could've easily said "God put that there" but went with a "science did it" answer.

    • @tom-qj6uw
      @tom-qj6uw 2 года назад +64

      @@erebus3059 "just some random mutation in the watermelon's genetics" means Evolution happened, many Christians reject Evolution

    • @Raison_d-etre
      @Raison_d-etre 2 года назад +19

      @@tom-qj6uw To be precise, random mutations are the basis of evolution, but it also requires selective pressure--that which sorts out the survivors from the others.

    • @erebus3059
      @erebus3059 2 года назад +3

      @@tom-qj6uw lmao. That joke flew past me. I though only Creationist denied Evolution. Catholics Denying Evolution is a first for me.

  • @KaninTuzi
    @KaninTuzi 2 года назад +597

    These sketches have a big Monty Python energy

    • @totigerus
      @totigerus 2 года назад +4

      more like a big dick energy amirite?

    • @cranknlesdesires
      @cranknlesdesires 2 года назад +13

      @@totigerus that's a might big python you got down there

    • @leaitihr9885
      @leaitihr9885 2 года назад +10

      A bit on the smart side of Monthy id say

    • @noneofyourbusiness5134
      @noneofyourbusiness5134 2 года назад +17

      @@totigerus You mean Biggus Dickus energy, right?

    • @Anankin12
      @Anankin12 2 года назад +1

      @@noneofyourbusiness5134 pffff

  • @markomilas1501
    @markomilas1501 2 года назад +73

    All hail Vectron!

  • @ThePhoenixJacobSmith
    @ThePhoenixJacobSmith 12 лет назад +671

    I always knew David Mitchell was secretly God.

  • @bubbercakes528
    @bubbercakes528 6 месяцев назад +14

    So funny but it actually hit home for me. The sacrifice of Isaac story was the first thing I heard that started me questioning god and his worthiness to be worshipped. I was around 11 years old. I’m now an agnostic atheist.

  • @kirstyriver7689
    @kirstyriver7689 2 года назад +76

    "Obviously there is a God , and He's fine."

    • @zaximotheoutlaw9840
      @zaximotheoutlaw9840 2 года назад

      if you haven't seen this! you should XD ruclips.net/video/caXeAMseve0/видео.html

  • @arnold08
    @arnold08 13 лет назад +269

    If you loved this, you should see that QI episode where David suggests a possibility that heaven does exist but only atheists are allowed in..

    • @helphelpimbeingrepressed9347
      @helphelpimbeingrepressed9347 4 года назад +18

      ruclips.net/video/o3ha18O1dAI/видео.html&ab_channel=RATIONALItees

    • @DennisMoore664
      @DennisMoore664 2 года назад +18

      @@helphelpimbeingrepressed9347 Thank you, you bloody peasant.

    • @helphelpimbeingrepressed9347
      @helphelpimbeingrepressed9347 2 года назад +15

      @@DennisMoore664 Oh, what a giveaway! Did'j'hear that, did'j'hear that, eh? That's
      what I'm all about! Did you see 'im repressing me? You saw it,
      didn't you?!

    • @totigerus
      @totigerus 2 года назад +19

      this must be related to that old saying "I wouldn't want to be a part of any group that would have me as a member"

    • @STho205
      @STho205 2 года назад +3

      Who in the four Gospels snd Acts said atheists aren't going to the afterlife or atemporal life?

  • @paulwhat322
    @paulwhat322 2 года назад +13

    The old testament is mental.

    • @thephilpott2194
      @thephilpott2194 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yep. At some point this sunk in, and they thought they'd better write the new testament, and hope no-one noticed the massive dichotomy. Subtle.

    • @JZsBFF
      @JZsBFF 2 месяца назад

      It's like those who labeled it 'old' didn't even bother to read it.
      Mind you, the new one isn't that 'new' either.

  • @Brandon-xs4rl
    @Brandon-xs4rl 2 года назад +18

    "Not interrupting, am I?"
    -God

  • @paulflint6254
    @paulflint6254 Год назад +6

    This should be recommended to all Christians.

    • @TheVicar
      @TheVicar 5 месяцев назад +1

      To all religions would be more helpful
      Its a all bats

  • @Danielson399
    @Danielson399 13 лет назад +204

    Probably some random mutation in the watermelons genetics. Oh no wait not that!

    • @bud389
      @bud389 2 года назад +6

      Funfact: A Catholic Priest invented the theory of the big bang.

    • @cranknlesdesires
      @cranknlesdesires 2 года назад +4

      @@bud389 bud, that comment is a decade old. Move on.

    • @robcompton6099
      @robcompton6099 2 года назад

      @@bud389 AKA Choirboy "leapfrog"

    • @bud389
      @bud389 2 года назад +1

      @@cranknlesdesires I'll move on when people stop implying that small protestant factions that deny science represent all Christians. Are you aware he also invented Hubbles Law before Hubble?

    • @bud389
      @bud389 2 года назад

      @@robcompton6099 Funny you should mention that, since the Greeks which were so renowned for their sciences were pederasts.

  • @Jeanie1107
    @Jeanie1107 2 года назад +74

    I went to a religious school through 8th grade. The first time I heard this bible story was when I started questioning my religion. I thought it was horrifying.

    • @farrukhalavi5460
      @farrukhalavi5460 2 года назад +13

      I enjoyed the clip. But here's some historical context. Human sacrifice was not a "new idea" but a rampant custom of the Sumerians that Abraham was running away from. His idea that he had to do the same to his son was a remaining vestige of his former culture that God was trying to finally rid him of. Hence God dramatically stopping the sacrifice and saying "never again" and "don't worship me in the same bloody and sacrificial fashion that the Sumerians worship their gods", was the true meaning of the story. I am not alone in saying this. There are some Jewish scholars who subscribe to this alternative view. Thus the big three religions are not based on human sacrifice, but just the opposite, on putting an end to human sacrifice. Breaking ties with Mesopotamian idolatry of the past. Big difference. Keep questioning! Happy travels.

    • @JohnCephas
      @JohnCephas 2 года назад +5

      @@farrukhalavi5460 It was also a clear example of what's to come. Abraham tells Isaac "God will provide the lamb" and yet what they find in the bushes is a ram, not a lamb.
      Jesus the Christ was the Sacrificial Lamb God would and did provide, sacrificing His Son. It helps to emphasize Father's love for us, to ponder the binding of Isaac and compare it to thr crucifixion.

    • @DoctorScrimguard
      @DoctorScrimguard 2 года назад +2

      @@farrukhalavi5460 So you don't personally favour Kierkegaard's insane interpretation?

    • @rakninja
      @rakninja 2 года назад +8

      @@farrukhalavi5460 thing is, there have indeed been times and places where human sacrifice creeps into abrahamic traditions.
      in the "time of abraham" it would have indeed been fairly common. other members of the pantheon that generated yahveh (the god of abraham) did indeed have such sacrifices in their traditions. fairly sure even yahveh's followers also did such things.
      however, by the "time of king david," the yahvist priesthood had dominated the kingdom of israel, and had already started to erase the existence of the rest of the pantheon. they didnt wipe it out though. worship of the goddess that was yahveh's wife persisted until the "time of jesus."

    • @farrukhalavi5460
      @farrukhalavi5460 2 года назад

      Way to go! Please continue - even though, I know we can't share maps and charts and timelines and facts and figures easily on RUclips and we're all pretty much strangers here...

  • @o0FallenAngel0o
    @o0FallenAngel0o 12 лет назад +140

    This just proves it once and for all: David Mitchell is God!

    • @michaelginever732
      @michaelginever732 2 года назад +3

      David Mitchell is not God, he's just a very naughty boy.

    • @TheNefastor
      @TheNefastor 2 года назад +3

      @@michaelginever732 yeah, well I'd call drowning everyone "naughty" so the point stands, Mitchell is God.

  • @SocksWithSandals
    @SocksWithSandals 3 года назад +35

    Brilliant. if only I had a television I would have seen that years ago

    • @pinecrustjuise
      @pinecrustjuise 2 года назад

      get a tele mate

    • @superchroma
      @superchroma 2 года назад +2

      and don't forget to pay your tv license!

    • @jaadmaan8156
      @jaadmaan8156 2 года назад +3

      @@superchroma what would you do that for? Who needs tele nowadays with the internet, BBC content is mostly shit (not worth 140 quid) and you can watch everything else an hour later or the next day

    • @SIS3W3N
      @SIS3W3N 2 года назад

      I don't have a television, and I streamed all of Mitchell and Webb years ago.

    • @pinecrustjuise
      @pinecrustjuise 2 года назад

      @@SIS3W3N dude man, please, guy get a god damn tele brother

  • @itookallthenames
    @itookallthenames 2 года назад +13

    Wish Id seen this on Sunday mornings as a kid

  • @DaveDexterMusic
    @DaveDexterMusic 2 года назад +24

    I never quite understood why so many of the people who apparently believe, deeply and genuinely, that they will go to heaven and death is not to be feared... well, why so many of them seem so *angry* about things. I'd be so happy, all the time, if death and mortality and dead friends and parents were things I was certain I didn't need to worry about.

    • @MinorityRespecter88
      @MinorityRespecter88 Год назад

      What is that based on? They're all lovely people.

    • @johnw574
      @johnw574 Год назад +3

      As we all know, atheists are renowned for how peaceful they are, never expressing anger on the internet or media against other believers. Never advocating for violence or violating other people's rights. Nope no way.

    • @bastobasto4866
      @bastobasto4866 Год назад +3

      @@johnw574 the point went over your head, you got on the defensive, and you decided to just go full moron

    • @broz1488
      @broz1488 Год назад

      So basically you are admitting to being unhappy and angry all the time.

    • @alistairgeorge5082
      @alistairgeorge5082 Год назад

      ​@@johnw574 Indeed. Not as accepting and tolerant as Christians though.

  • @TheKosstImogen
    @TheKosstImogen Месяц назад

    Well I have
    "All I want to do, all I want to do, all I want to do is praise him.
    What do I want to do? What do I want to do? What do I want to do? Praise him.
    Who do I want to praise? Who do I want to praise? Who do I want to praise? GOOOOOOD."
    in my head for the next few days now, and Donny Cosy wasn't even in the video!

  • @sands7779
    @sands7779 3 года назад +55

    do let us know if you have any other brilliant ideas, Lord

    • @TheNefastor
      @TheNefastor 2 года назад +1

      "Not interrupting, am I ?" 😀

  • @williamsterben
    @williamsterben 7 лет назад +140

    Sums religion up perfectly.

    • @hussainmajeed44
      @hussainmajeed44 6 лет назад +1

      Will Sterben No!

    • @Jin-Ro
      @Jin-Ro 6 лет назад +8

      Yeah, it kinda does. In a nutshell.

    • @danielcooper1294
      @danielcooper1294 6 лет назад +3

      It's certainly a good idea to question all your beliefs- religious, political, otherwise. The Christian approach to Abraham and Isaac is normally that God had promised Abraham a son by Sarah, even though both were past childbearing age, and that through that son Abraham would be "father to a nation". Abraham reasoned that, even if he killed Isaac, God could raise him back to life, and would do so, as God had kept all His promises up to that point. Hence God tested Abraham's faith.
      Obviously, I understand the concerns about religion, and the unquestioning idiocy of the characters in this video is amusing here and troubling in real life. And I apologise for Robin's attitude.

    • @danielcooper1294
      @danielcooper1294 6 лет назад

      Also worth noting David Mitchell has said that he is agnostic, not an atheist. ruclips.net/video/xA85LVmqg0M/видео.html This is his attitude.

    • @brettjohnson536
      @brettjohnson536 6 лет назад +3

      Robin Gilliver care to elaborate, moron?

  • @Chris-jw8vm
    @Chris-jw8vm 7 месяцев назад +5

    The ironic thing is if this did happen and was proven genuine we'd probably assume God did exist and had a sense of humour.

  • @AdmiralWinfrey
    @AdmiralWinfrey 10 месяцев назад +4

    Abraham and Isaac's enthusiasm takes me out. I like to think that's how it actually went down.

  • @johndoe6668
    @johndoe6668 6 лет назад +151

    When you are a kid & grown ups tell you these stories are true, you believe them. I wish I hadn't grown up, it was nice to believe. But looking back, I wish I hadn't been told the bullshit in the first place.

    • @brettjohnson536
      @brettjohnson536 6 лет назад +7

      Robin Gilliver What's your problem with atheists?

    • @PiousMoltar
      @PiousMoltar 6 лет назад +12

      I was told this bullshit, never believed it for one second.

    • @xMrAmity
      @xMrAmity 3 года назад +10

      I too feel that it be much easier and less a painful existence unfortunately once you realise Santa ain't real ain't no putting that toothpaste back in the tube

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 2 года назад +4

      @@xMrAmity
      Santa wasn’t real, but Saint Nicholas was, and he spent his whole life giving as much as he could, performing miracles, and bitch slapping Areas.

    • @charcolew
      @charcolew 2 года назад

      And did you pass on the bullshit to your own kids?

  • @mortemoccasus2412
    @mortemoccasus2412 2 года назад +9

    4:16 no lord, I am your bitch!😂🤣

  • @TheMJones99
    @TheMJones99 12 лет назад +16

    At the beginning; Helen- "Oh my..." (no god)

    • @v3le
      @v3le 2 года назад

      that was brilliant i didn't notice that

  • @phillipmhat
    @phillipmhat 2 года назад +4

    How am I only now seeing this.? Excellent!

  • @derangedyoshi
    @derangedyoshi 12 лет назад +11

    Glorious.

  • @SuperMudz
    @SuperMudz 11 лет назад +49

    Hahaha, this is actually pretty clever.

  • @davewilson4058
    @davewilson4058 2 года назад +11

    Certainly gives a new perspective on religion. Can't wait until they tackle all the other thorny bits of the Bible. There are so many from which to choose.

    • @katherineallen6108
      @katherineallen6108 2 года назад

      I love their take on the Good Samaritan. Highly recommended!

  • @J4XX3R
    @J4XX3R 14 лет назад +3

    This is brilliant!
    Wierd it has so few views:S

  • @blaustein_autor
    @blaustein_autor 2 года назад +20

    The Myth Child is always right.

  • @gahzeyboe
    @gahzeyboe 12 лет назад +151

    The Bible is the infallible word of God, and every word of it is true. So if the insane bits are obviously wrong (they are), how is any of it valid? What's the point if you can pick and choose what mandatory divine orders you follow?

    • @isaacjacobharris
      @isaacjacobharris 6 лет назад +23

      some might say that some of these entries are metaphors, on the other hand I completely agree with you.

    • @chucksolutions4579
      @chucksolutions4579 3 года назад +7

      Did you actually want an answer?

    • @glennmartin6492
      @glennmartin6492 2 года назад +3

      It was in the sketch. It's a test. Work out the bits that are true and have a fulfilling life. Accept all of it and go straight to hell.

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 2 года назад +7

      @@glennmartin6492
      In matters of salvation the Bible is infallible, as historical works however, the various books in it relevant to those subjects are literary first, and factual second, though this is also partially just because that is how things were done at the time.
      Bible is best understood as it was meant to be understood, that is a body of literature which is to help in the teaching and apostleship of the masses, in conjunction with the liturgy, sacred tradition, and the deposit of faith.

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 2 года назад +5

      @@joecostner1246
      To be fair that’s what Joseph thought at first too, hence why he was going to low-key send her away, until a angel appeared to him and told him not to do that.
      You’re right in that virgins usually don’t give birth, not even a little, hence why it was a rather notable event.

  • @neilgerace355
    @neilgerace355 2 года назад +3

    On the eighth day, God created the Harley-Davidson. On the ninth day, he traded it in for something lighter and faster.

  • @norbeekash2699
    @norbeekash2699 2 года назад +8

    The scary thing is that most people only know this "sacrifice" which was just a test so they assuming that "God" is actually good. The story of Jeptah in the Bible is a bit different. He had to kill his daughter to win some battle. Later in the New Testament which considered to be more "moral" that guy is called a "hero" by Jesus himself...for sacrificing his daughter.

    • @Account.for.Comment
      @Account.for.Comment Год назад +1

      It probably came from ( earlier?) story of Idomenus, king of Crete, who sacificed his son after he returned from Troy, or some mesopotamian or Egyptian myth.

  • @willbaker6532
    @willbaker6532 6 лет назад +44

    1:50 is the best joke in comedy history

  • @CounterNerd
    @CounterNerd 12 лет назад +10

    Webb suits well in that long beard

  • @gahzeyboe
    @gahzeyboe 12 лет назад +43

    Faith is the belief in something despite having no evidence to support it, or in fact in spite of evidence to the contrary. So yeah, I guess you're right, it is basically the ability to suppress logical thought.

    • @KnightGlint
      @KnightGlint 2 года назад +2

      Interesting enough this is similar to how many scientific theories work that are typically taught as facts.

    • @thebadpilot8161
      @thebadpilot8161 2 года назад +14

      @@KnightGlint Citation needed.

    • @thebadpilot8161
      @thebadpilot8161 2 года назад +2

      @isle9 Of course! How silly of me. I should have realized. :)

    • @Youchubeswindon
      @Youchubeswindon 2 года назад

      @@KnightGlint Evolution is a theory, but there is enough evidence to say it exists. Can we prove that chimps and humans evolved from the same genetic lineage, no, we don't have first hand proof, but the evidence we do have supports the theory (genetic sequencing and archeological records), and doesn't for example support other ideas such as Lamarckism or orthogenesis.
      So, Evolution is a theory, but its the best damn answer that ties together what we do know, till we get unequivocal proof.
      There is no belief in Science, hypothesis are created, and tested, and then test again a different way, and tested again by others, and then checked against new information. If it falls at any part it's not part of the scientific acceptance.
      Scientists may believe, but Science doesn't. Science is a process of rigorous understanding of the natural world.
      The theory of general relativity (e=mc2) is questioned but still stands, and we use its to predict things that we cannot know, but then test and do know. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190725150408.htm
      When you can use a 'theory' to predict what you will find, you can probably take it as fact.
      If you are learning that belief is strong in science, you either are being taught incorrectly, or completely misunderstand what science actually is.

    • @tinaperez7393
      @tinaperez7393 2 года назад +1

      Of there are logical arguments to made on a topic. And I can't think of any subject that doesn't have its logical arguments.

  • @DirtCheapFU
    @DirtCheapFU 2 года назад +2

    Brilliant!

  • @johnrohde5510
    @johnrohde5510 2 года назад +3

    Of course, God demands and accepts the sacrifice of Rehab.

  • @hookiebookie1
    @hookiebookie1 12 лет назад +26

    im WAYY too stoned for this...

    • @Dilkingt0nne
      @Dilkingt0nne 3 года назад +10

      Aptly biblical choice of words

    • @TheNefastor
      @TheNefastor 2 года назад +1

      @@Dilkingt0nne I was about to ask if they had cheated on their spouse, actually 🙂

  • @andreassumerauer5028
    @andreassumerauer5028 4 года назад +31

    I swear I did not know that sketch. But this is exactly how I told that story to my eight year old son.

    • @Dilkingt0nne
      @Dilkingt0nne 3 года назад +2

      No you didn’t

    • @andreassumerauer5028
      @andreassumerauer5028 3 года назад +1

      @@Dilkingt0nne Yes I did!

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 2 года назад

      @@andreassumerauer5028
      Then you did a rather poor job of it, Abraham was very much not gung ho about the idea, but seeing as he only had Isaac in the first place because of the Lord, he viewed it as just as much God’s right to take his son away.
      I won’t deny that Mitchell and Web are funny, and the sketch is really funny, but it’s funny in the same way it would be funny if I made a sketch about Muslims praying constantly or being cartoonishly misogynistic.
      That is it’s based on some broad misunderstanding or stereotype, without any deeper understanding of the thing being mocked, which for a sketch show is perfectly OK, but is about as far from theology or understanding in this matter as one can be

    • @andreassumerauer5028
      @andreassumerauer5028 2 года назад +8

      ​@@allthenewsordeath5772 Or maybe he was just psychotic.
      I have to admit my tolerance for any atrocities justified by religious tradition is about zero. And yea, I'd say the glorification of attempted child murder is among those.

    • @allthenewsordeath5772
      @allthenewsordeath5772 2 года назад +1

      @@andreassumerauer5028
      I mean you’re going to be really upset about what God had done to his own son then.
      On a more serious note you kind of missed the point of the thing, namely that God explicitly does not demand human sacrifice.
      Atheists often accuse us believers of cherry picking the Bible, and some certainly do, especially those who pretend like Christianity is all about feeling good, and being wishy-washy, and only following the things Jesus said that sound nice to our modern sensibilities, but atheists also have a pretty bad habit of cherry picking the Bible, using passages without any context, and just twisting it to suit their narrative, without taking into account Christian teaching, or the book from which the passage is taken as a whole.
      Also if you think a belief system leads to atrocities being committed, as virtually all belief systems inevitably due to lesser or greater degrees, because humans are kind of shitty, then it would make far more sense to want to understand sed belief system, and why some would use it to that ends, rather than refusing to engage with it out of a superstitious fear.

  • @Malt454
    @Malt454 2 года назад +44

    Yeah, an all-knowing God, who would know what Abraham was going to do even before Isaac's sacrifice was suggested, would OF COURSE "test" Abraham by ordering this nonsense.

    • @JohnCephas
      @JohnCephas 2 года назад

      Why do you say nonsense?

    • @Malt454
      @Malt454 2 года назад +17

      ​@@JohnCephas- It's nonsense because God, with the powers claimed for Him, would already know the result of the test - as He should have with Adam and Eve - so there's no need for it. The story's a good example which shows that the Bible was written for Man by Man, and not by a supreme intelligence.

    • @JohnCephas
      @JohnCephas 2 года назад

      @@Malt454 There's no need for God Himself to be tested, but for the limited creatures which He created - don't you see value in the opportunity for them to grow and learn in their own limited knowledge and capacity?

    • @Malt454
      @Malt454 2 года назад +3

      @@JohnCephas- It's not God Himself who supposedly WAS being tested (duh) - but Abraham was already the man he was regardless, and God supposedly already knew that. The only thing that anyone should really "learn" from taking this story literally is that God is an asshole, despite supposedly having unlimited knowledge, wisdom and love. Then again, it was just a stupid story created by stupid people for even more stupid people.

    • @JohnCephas
      @JohnCephas 2 года назад +2

      @@Malt454 I suppose the point went over your head, that's a shame. Well, i invite you to dialogue about it but otherwise you know the saying... Don't cast pearls before..?

  • @IoEstasCedonta
    @IoEstasCedonta 12 лет назад +6

    @vazhkatsi Nnnno, that's exactly what it means. Based on the "City of God" metaphor, Christians in antiquity began calling non-Christians, especially Hellenes, "pagani," or "rural"; "heathen" arose identically and contemporaneously from a Germanic root, so what one does or doesn't mean, so the other. The word has never in broad usage referred specifically to nature worship, and certainly not originally.

  • @marcusjoe9000
    @marcusjoe9000 2 года назад +1

    Richard Dawkins impression on point

  • @granthurlburt4062
    @granthurlburt4062 2 года назад +1

    Killing a sheep or goat as a substitute for Abe's son became a tradtion in Jewish tradition and still is in Islam. In Doha, Qatar, there are signs on the highways saying "Do not slaughter sheep and goats outside of an abattoir". In Arabc and English, helpfully. and of course the myth of Jesus being crucified is a major one-time human sacrifice.

  • @notbloodylikely4817
    @notbloodylikely4817 2 года назад +12

    Not to step on anyone's toes, but God didn't stop the sacrifice, an angel did. God never said it was a test either. Nor did the angel. It was just sort of... Insinuated. I actually think an accurate version would be funnier as it suggests the angels thought God went a bit far and had an intervention. "Was it a test then?" - "Hm?" - "Was God, you know, testing our faith and all that?" - "Testing your... OH! Oh. Haha. Yes. Of course. Something like that. Probably." - "Probably?" - "Yes yes. Well you know God. He works in mysterious ways etc. etc. You never know with him. But yes, a test. Probably."

    • @Doc-Holliday1851
      @Doc-Holliday1851 2 года назад +1

      Genesis 22:12
      “for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.” - Angel of the Lord speaking on God’s behalf.
      It’s stated explicitly that this was a test.

    • @STho205
      @STho205 2 года назад +1

      And your desired comedy sketch was done in "Year One" by Jack Black.

  • @lilledrum
    @lilledrum 2 года назад

    Brilliant.

  • @perfectionbox
    @perfectionbox 2 года назад

    "yeah i'm totally cool with it" stab stab stab 🤣

  • @andreasplosky8516
    @andreasplosky8516 2 года назад +1

    God has brilliant ideas, obviously. He is definitely not an idiot.

  • @CatsMeowPaw
    @CatsMeowPaw 2 года назад +45

    The funniest thing about this sketch is millions of Christian apologists actually justify Abraham almost murdering his son and say it's a wonderful thing that God did.
    Actually no, it's a horrific story that some people celebrate for some reason. It's quite sick really.

    • @superchroma
      @superchroma 2 года назад +6

      That's not really the _funniest_ thing about this sketch..

    • @bud389
      @bud389 2 года назад +4

      I'll tell you what's sick, a secular society saying abortion is okay because a woman has a "right" to be a slut and murder unborn children because she doesn't feel like taking responsibility for her actions.

    • @vooveks
      @vooveks 2 года назад +13

      @@bud389 Lol. We have a time traveller here - what’s it like back in the dark ages? The present day must be awfully confusing to you, with its rights for women and lack of mass slavery. Plus the iPhones and stuff.

    • @FlameFlickers
      @FlameFlickers 2 года назад +12

      @@bud389 Emmm, yeah. It's all the fault of those "slutty" women isn't it bud?
      Don't worry - you'll get a girl someday.
      Or die a hero while finally carrying out that incel rampage you're constantly living out in your head..

    • @joel0joel0
      @joel0joel0 2 года назад +1

      "Actually no, it's a horrific story that some people celebrate for some reason. It's quite sick really." You didn't get it, every religion that condemns human sacrifice has the same kind of story, why people shouldn't kill their infants for this one super amazing being and every story of this kind i heard so far, doesn't make any sense at all and are actually quite hilarious. And the sketch points that wonderfully out.

  • @dxcpt
    @dxcpt 2 года назад +2

    This pleases me.
    I laughed so hard I dropped my cupcake :(

  • @rhemtro
    @rhemtro 2 года назад +2

    you know put in this context the idea of a god just sounds so silly

  • @ladyselenafelicitywhite1596
    @ladyselenafelicitywhite1596 2 года назад +1

    This is hilarious 😂🤣

  • @kirstyriver7689
    @kirstyriver7689 2 года назад +1

    I noted that Helen, rhymes with melon, for some reason.

    • @DingbatToast
      @DingbatToast 2 года назад

      And god is dog backwards, and there is no dog in the sketch either.
      Coincidence?

  • @draconariusking8328
    @draconariusking8328 2 года назад

    “Well it was probably some random mutation in the watermelon’s genetics- Oh wait not that!”

  • @jep9092
    @jep9092 2 года назад +2

    😂😂😂
    I'm dead

  • @shioq.
    @shioq. 2 года назад +3

    the hubris to think you're smarter than a magical being

    • @Capybarrrraaaa
      @Capybarrrraaaa 2 года назад

      *supposed magical being
      I can take a pretty safe bet that I'm more qualified than Dobby the House Elf in multiple fields.

  • @TheScreamingFrog916
    @TheScreamingFrog916 2 года назад +6

    This perfectly makes fun of, how ridicules religion seems, to non religious people.
    Wish there was more of this on American TV.
    I have friends who say the craziest religious nonsense, and I wish, they could see how silly/dangerous it all is.
    Thanks BBC, for this good humored poke at them.

    • @vrupa6019
      @vrupa6019 2 года назад +1

      the fact that you believe that this is in any way actually ridiculing religion shows that you don't understand an ounce of British humour.

  • @jaw1024
    @jaw1024 12 лет назад +4

    While you have that filnt handy

  • @grahamreeve5209
    @grahamreeve5209 2 года назад

    Genius

  • @Vire70
    @Vire70 11 лет назад +2

    Haha, you've got me there.

  • @BaronVonQuiply
    @BaronVonQuiply 5 месяцев назад

    Imagine a time when you could announce that god gave you absurd orders and only a few people understood that you were having a psychotic episode.
    But enough about yesterday, I'm all about moving forward. As long as the religious people keep moving backwards we'll keep getting farther away.

  • @Jarpasaurus
    @Jarpasaurus 2 года назад +4

    Big see-through George Lucas.

  • @chanson301
    @chanson301 12 лет назад +1

    @J4XX3R i don't know if you know but this is a TV show...

  • @RFC-3514
    @RFC-3514 2 года назад +3

    4:08 👌

    • @Trevor_Hill
      @Trevor_Hill 2 года назад

      Ethics generally has more to do with the SOURCE of morality itself, not from which we ourselves find guidance to those morals. It's a nuance but an important one, one which leads to the questions of whether any morals can objectively exist.

    • @fastertove
      @fastertove 2 года назад

      @@Trevor_Hill
      It is interesting to think about.
      Does objectivity exist? I guess it does exist in the sense that we created a meaning to the word - but does 'true' objectivity exist?
      Ethics are defined by moral humans.
      You don't have to be moral to follow ethical rules, but how do you make ethics without morals? Does the cosmos somehow contains ethics by default, before man?

  • @asnider3155
    @asnider3155 2 года назад

    I though he was going to say he saw Richard Dawkins in the watermelon.

  • @ZER0--
    @ZER0-- 6 лет назад +28

    If god is all knowing then wouldn't he know the mind of Abraham and therefore the test to kill his son would be pointless?

    • @colin-campbell
      @colin-campbell 6 лет назад +1

      ZER0
      Not at all.

    • @robinhyperlord9053
      @robinhyperlord9053 6 лет назад +4

      The Free Will Paradox.

    • @dublinjake
      @dublinjake 6 лет назад +2

      Depends on whether you subscribe to determinism or free will. Determinism would say, yes, absolutely pointless because Abraham was destined and planned not to kill his son. Hence why determinism mostly died out after the Renaissance. Free will would dictate that there was a chance he wouldn't, so God only intervened at the last moment when he was sure of what the result would be.
      Funny sketch though.

    • @K1lostream
      @K1lostream 6 лет назад +5

      It's worse than that - If God is all-powerful, then he cannot be all-knowing, because when stuff goes wrong, he has to intervene with miracles to set the undesirable event right.
      If he was all-knowing, then he'd have already known the undesirable event would happen, and that he was going to have to fix it with a miracle, which means he has no choice about what happens or when he will intervene with miracles, and therefore couldn't be all-powerful.

    • @8Rincewind
      @8Rincewind 6 лет назад

      @@K1lostream alternatively he is all powerful and he is all knowing. He's just extremely sadistic and enjoys punishing and destroying things which, to him, are basically mindless automatons. Of course this goes against what all the Abrahamic religions teach, so it seems they might have gotten something wrong.

  • @t-rex4211
    @t-rex4211 2 года назад +13

    As an agnostic preacher, I don’t know what to make of this sketch.

    • @tinaperez7393
      @tinaperez7393 2 года назад +9

      As a thinking human, I don't know what to make of you, an "agnostic preacher". (Sorry, was too irresistible - unless you were making a joke and I didn't get it). ✌️

    • @jackkraken3888
      @jackkraken3888 2 года назад +3

      Lol agnostic preacher.

    • @craigroaring
      @craigroaring 2 года назад +5

      As a Solipsistic, i was the one who came up with that joke.

    • @SpeckleKen
      @SpeckleKen 2 года назад

      @@jackkraken3888
      Many ministers of religion who start out as believers become agnostic or atheistic as they read more deeply into their religion. Some will not quit because their house and income come with the job, and perhaps their family, friends and too much of their self-identity too.
      So there are many agnostic and atheist preachers; I even know of a mutual support groups for Christian ones, with several hundreds (now thousands?) of members.

    • @jackkraken3888
      @jackkraken3888 2 года назад

      @@SpeckleKen I see your point.

  • @LoPhatKao
    @LoPhatKao 2 года назад +10

    as a child, having and talking to an invisible friend is fine
    as an adult, it should probably get you medicated or locked up

    • @TheNefastor
      @TheNefastor 2 года назад +1

      Well, it *is* a good excuse to dodge taxes, though...

  • @diebydeath
    @diebydeath 11 лет назад +290

    Biblical study is certainly not always worthless. It's only worthless if you aren't an atheist by the time it's done.

    • @TheBloodsuger150
      @TheBloodsuger150 7 лет назад +17

      diebydeath we both know you haven't done any biblical study.

    • @jamesh1866
      @jamesh1866 7 лет назад +9

      No part of any biblical or scientific study contradicts the existence of a supernatural being. They only contradict aspects of different religious beliefs. for example a God who abandoned the universe at the moment of the big bang is not contradicted in any way. We have no reason to believe it, but no reason not to. We have no data on the universe before the big bang, so any claim is pure speculation.

    • @McSuperfly101
      @McSuperfly101 7 лет назад +53

      No part of any biblical or scientific study contradicts the existence of Bigfoot. They only contradict aspects of different religious beliefs. for example a Bigfoot who abandoned the universe at the moment of the big bang is not contradicted in any way. We have no reason to believe it, but no reason not to. We have no data on the universe before the big bang, so any claim is pure speculation.

    • @tokyomobster3072
      @tokyomobster3072 6 лет назад +4

      McSuperfly you repeat that as if what the person before you said was completely wrong. You saying that there is NOT a God holds the same amount of weight as someone saying there IS a God.

    • @johnla3092
      @johnla3092 3 года назад

      @@McSuperfly101 You think you sound smart however all you did was equally prove the validity of @James H 's comment. Nice try.

  • @CoRLex-jh5vx
    @CoRLex-jh5vx 2 года назад +1

    But if there is no God, then who put the message there???

  • @MarxOutThere
    @MarxOutThere 2 года назад +4

    I always wondered who was the bloke who first said, "hey, I've got this great idea, you know our penises, well..."

    • @tisme1105
      @tisme1105 2 года назад +1

      Yeah I really don't like any non-voluntary permanent procedures done on children that are not for valid medical reasons.
      If they come of age and decide without coercion they want it - fine.
      Nothing above is intended to project hate at any specific groups - I don't like that I was christened at the age of 1. Should of been my choice! (and it would have been NO).

    • @TheNefastor
      @TheNefastor 2 года назад +1

      Imagine having such poor hygiene that mutilating your schlong is a better alternative than finding some way to keep clean... that's the kind of geniuses who wrote the Bible, that many modern humans consider a fountain of wisdom. People who had no idea what smegma was, let alone how the universe came into being.

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 2 года назад

      Also made for an awfully difficult religion to convert to. Fuck if I am going to cut my penis just to pray to this prude god. I am worshipping Baccus, getting drunk and having sex.

  • @dudesayingthings
    @dudesayingthings 2 года назад

    Oh no wait, not that 😂😂😂😂

  • @muaddib7685
    @muaddib7685 2 года назад

    So funny

  • @dabu73
    @dabu73 12 лет назад

    @Mullahgrrl o wow thanks i always rely on sketch comedy to be historically accurate! big tick for you!

  • @KL_Stereo
    @KL_Stereo 12 лет назад

    @J4XX3R all sketches combined in this video are also available separately...

  • @bluesque9687
    @bluesque9687 2 года назад

    Monty python revived!

  • @cheydinal5401
    @cheydinal5401 2 года назад

    I've never seen the Isaac-Abraham one, damn

  • @mkocel
    @mkocel 2 года назад +2

    The ghost of Christopher Hitchens approves

  • @Jcolinsol
    @Jcolinsol 12 лет назад +2

    @arnold08
    See, everyone gets sky-cake.

  • @Sheen023
    @Sheen023 2 года назад

    I'm a Muslim and the same stories are also mentioned in my tradition as an abrahamic faith, albeit with changes.
    I'm curious though, do Christians really believe in such an anthropomorphic understanding of The Creator? Where do they get this notion from?
    My tradition is clear regarding all sorts of iconography and anthropomorphism in that regards.
    How do Christians reconcile the idea of an infinitely Supreme and limitless Creator with anthropomorphism, which is inherently limiting?

    • @DB-nm4hf
      @DB-nm4hf 2 года назад +1

      There really isn't that much logic to the Christian faith tbh. They'd probably don't see anthropomorphism as limiting, and think God is all-knowing, all-powerful etc. and thus can overcome any problem you suggest, without any explanation of how he overcomes it.

    • @joesiemer3937
      @joesiemer3937 2 года назад +1

      We don’t believe in any more of an anthropomorphic God than you do. The Bible, specifically the Old Testament, speaks of God using anthropomorphic language but this is just analogy to help us to understand. It’s like when the psalm says that we rest beneath the wings of God, we don’t think that God is a chicken or anything of the sort. Much like Muslims, or my understanding of the Islamic faith at least, we hold God to be pure being itself, a unity, purely simple, all powerful, all knowing, all good, eternal, etc etc. I don’t believe either the people who made this believe in the Christian faith, so I wouldn’t take this sketch as representative of it.

    • @Sheen023
      @Sheen023 2 года назад +1

      @@joesiemer3937 I see. Glad to hear from you.

    • @TheVicar
      @TheVicar 5 месяцев назад

      Alternatively, knowing that all religion is made up bollocks solves all of the issues
      Hence why all religions attempt to indoctrinate children from birth and brainwash them before they're old enough to reason things for themselves
      This is the definition of child abuse, and should be outlawed

  • @ossyable
    @ossyable 2 года назад

    Now that’s how God should be, absent minded

  • @wx7fm
    @wx7fm 2 года назад +14

    There's actually an interpretation that Abraham failed the test and that God wanted Abraham to refuse

    • @JohnCephas
      @JohnCephas 2 года назад +2

      And yet The Heavenely Father sacrificed His Own Begotten Son... Perhaps the binding of Isaac was to show us something!

    • @wx7fm
      @wx7fm 2 года назад

      @@JohnCephas Maybe the idea was that Abraham failed the test because that was not his place, but it was God's place? Idk. I like to learn about the theory of it but I am not an expert, haha

    • @JohnCephas
      @JohnCephas 2 года назад +2

      @@wx7fm Well, it certainly works as showing us even if we tried we don't need to do what only God can. Yet we are meant to follow Him and His Begotten Son

    • @ladyselenafelicitywhite1596
      @ladyselenafelicitywhite1596 2 года назад

      @@JohnCephas yeah, makes perfect sense 🙄
      No matter how guilty and evil a person is if they but believe in Jesus all is forgiven and they get to spend an eternity in bliss with Yahweh.
      No matter how innocent and good a person is if they don't believe in Jesus then they get tortured forever in Hell.
      Never mind that belief isn't a choice and outside peoples control.
      Furthermore, why can't Yahweh just forgive sins unconditionally as he commanded us to forgive sins unconditionally?
      I can come up with a better plan of salvation.
      A person must make seek forgiveness and restitution from those they've actually harmed. It's impossible to harm Yahweh in any meaningful way.
      Those who do good will be rewarded and those who do bad will be punished.
      After they've been punished for a time that matches their sins then they and those who did good get three choices.
      A) Spent eternity with Yahweh
      B) Spent eternity in comfort elsewhere
      C) Cease to exist
      See how much more fair and just my system is compared to Yahweh's?
      His is neither just nor merciful.

    • @JohnCephas
      @JohnCephas 2 года назад

      Peace be with your breath. I am not sure what gave you that impression about salvation, perhaps there is a misunderstanding. I had written up a response for ya, but it seems that backspacing with shift deletes the whole message. Anyway, if you are interested in mutually beneficial dialogue i can continue this discussion with you!

  • @gabbarrf1745
    @gabbarrf1745 Год назад

    When god commanded that Abraham sacrifice his son were there no commandments?

    • @3irikur
      @3irikur Год назад

      No, the commandments were given to Moses in the book of Exodus which is believed to be set around 13-14th century BC. Abraham, who appears in the book of Genesis is dated to around the 20th century BC.

    • @noncompulsoryl
      @noncompulsoryl 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@3irikurallegedly

    • @TheVicar
      @TheVicar 5 месяцев назад

      @@noncompulsoryl It was probably all a bit made up by people who were scared of the sky

  • @NachoMan154
    @NachoMan154 2 года назад

    The end was kind of "cut off"

  • @IoEstasCedonta
    @IoEstasCedonta 12 лет назад

    @vazhkatsi ...what does the word "pagan" mean to you?

  • @Trucmuch
    @Trucmuch 6 лет назад +15

    ... and to think that it was written by someone (David Mitchell) that is NOT an atheist. kudos!

    • @paperviewcast
      @paperviewcast 5 лет назад +3

      David Mitchell is an Atheist.

    • @Trucmuch
      @Trucmuch 5 лет назад +2

      @@paperviewcast No he's not. He is an agnostic, he doesn't know if God exists or not. He talked about it many times. Like in this video: ruclips.net/video/xA85LVmqg0M/видео.html

    • @shelbyvillerules9962
      @shelbyvillerules9962 3 года назад +15

      @@Trucmuch Atheist and Agnostic aren’t mutually exclusive positions because the first addresses belief (theism) and the second addresses knowledge (gnosticism).
      Personally, I consider myself to be an Agnostic Atheist because while I don’t claim knowledge that a god doesn’t exist, I see no evidence to suggest one does and therefore I don’t _believe_ one exists.

    • @Youchubeswindon
      @Youchubeswindon 2 года назад +3

      @@shelbyvillerules9962 I have never understood this stupid combination of two contradictory terms, they absolutely are mutually contradictory.
      You absolutely cannot be an Atheist Agnostic.
      You either believe there could be a god, or you don't.
      Any Atheist will tell you their mind will change with evidence, but that does not add the Agnostic part to Atheist.

    • @shelbyvillerules9962
      @shelbyvillerules9962 2 года назад +7

      @@Youchubeswindon Theism = Belief Gnosticism = Knowledge
      If I told you that I had a pet dog for instance, you might take my word for it and just believe me since it’s a pretty arbitrary claim, or on the other hand you may not.
      But to claim _knowledge_ that I have a pet dog requires actual evidence that you find to be sufficient.

  • @amandabumgardner2751
    @amandabumgardner2751 2 года назад

    Rev. Steven Murray....

  • @michaelmccartney8506
    @michaelmccartney8506 2 года назад

    Try this at mecca

  • @DungeonTV100
    @DungeonTV100 2 года назад

    David Batty boys

  • @albinominotaur
    @albinominotaur 7 лет назад +9

    JCB

  • @miltonhourcade2574
    @miltonhourcade2574 5 месяцев назад

    He visto el video (que no conocía). Público infame, se ríe de lo que no debería. Así va el mundo!!!

  • @mark6302
    @mark6302 2 года назад

    Oh no wait not that!

  • @vazhkatsi
    @vazhkatsi 12 лет назад

    @IoEstasCedonta when were they under pagan rule? before christianity, most of the dominant religions were polytheist, or rarely monotheist, and almost none of them were pagan.

  • @PinchySkree
    @PinchySkree 12 лет назад

    We can't what you said was the conclusion.

  • @elsosa7863
    @elsosa7863 2 года назад +10

    Genital mutilation still is a thing today. I feel sorry for men who have been circumcised.

    • @tisme1105
      @tisme1105 2 года назад +3

      Same - should be an individuals choice without coercion when they are at age it's sensible to make that decision. And if at that time they want to undergo whatever procedure then fine it's their choice.
      In my view it should be the same for any religious confirmation ceremonies. Babies and small children can't consent or object.

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix 2 года назад

      @@tisme1105 I think the children crying, screaming and having to be held is usually them opposing it.

    • @carlpierce2486
      @carlpierce2486 2 года назад

      Religion messes with people's brain so much that they mutilate their own kids. Sick and evil.

  • @Nunya_Bidness_53
    @Nunya_Bidness_53 2 года назад

    Funny, I'm a theist and I've been known to call a prostitute.