Lewis Black on creationism
Category: Creationism • Humor
Posted on: December 19, 2007 9:07 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: rlrr | December 19, 2007 9:39 AM
"This is a wonderful story told to the people in the desert...to distract them from the fact that they didn't have air conditioning"
Posted by: BMatthews | December 19, 2007 9:45 AM
Yea, unfortunately, there may not have been any of that desert stuff, and the whole creation thing wasn't written till sometime in the sixth century BCE.
Posted by: thadd | December 19, 2007 9:46 AM
'I had been tasered by the concept of the devil.'
Absolute pure magical comedy GOLD.
Posted by: Jenbug | December 19, 2007 9:46 AM
seven days...stone-cold-fuck-nuts!
Posted by: Joseph R. | December 19, 2007 9:53 AM
This is one of my favorite parts from his act!
hehe!
"...I have thoughts..."
What was missing here, though, was the bit to the gist of, "What really bothers me is that the evangelicals are soooo sure they're interpreting Genesis correctly, when it's not their fucking book!"
Posted by: Karen | December 19, 2007 9:54 AM
Lewis Black is one of my favourite comedians at the moment, alongside Marcus Brigstocke, who I recently had the pleasure to see live - he was brilliant.
Posted by: artificialhabitat | December 19, 2007 10:41 AM
Lewis Black is great. :)
Still - the all-time best takedowns of religion go to Sam Kinison in "Breaking all the rules." Only an ex-preacher turned comic can dissect Jebus and make you laugh your ass off.
Posted by: Marcus Ranum | December 19, 2007 10:55 AM
"REALITY!!!"
That should be the new response to all creationist claims.
Posted by: Jon | December 19, 2007 11:46 AM
This is exactly how EVERYONE should respond to creationists.
Posted by: Steve_C | December 19, 2007 12:41 PM
I can't be kind about this, because these people are watching the Flinstones as if it were a documentary.
Karen #6:
That one's here. It's just as good.
Posted by: Eric | December 19, 2007 12:47 PM
Very nice. Up there with Bill Hicks, I think.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | December 19, 2007 12:50 PM
"Do you believe that God created the universe?"
"No, I believe in reality."
"But God is reality."
"No, you misunderstand. RE-AL-ITY."
I actually think they'll find that more convincing than anything else, honestly. Just, y'know, say it with conviction, and without explaining. That's just their language.
Posted by: Jon | December 19, 2007 1:51 PM
"...the devil... has a factory where he makes fossils..."
wow, my face hurts from laughing :)
Posted by: Dustman | December 19, 2007 8:50 PM
So how do you respond to someone who says that all the evidence for evolution is the work of the devil? Tazered is right. All I could come up with is a "so's yo momma" style response like, "Really? I've always considered the Bible to be the work of the devil. The devil and god are probably laughing their asses off over how you you think that pile of crap is true."
Posted by: Alverant | December 19, 2007 9:11 PM
Hi there.
I am working on a new show for Comedy Central starring Lewis called "Lewis Black's Root Of All Evil" (not to be confused with Richard Dawkins' "Root of all Evil?") and it is basically a comedic court show where one comedian is an advocate for one aspect of evil and another comedian is an advocate for a different aspect of evil and Lewis is the judge who decides which is more evil.
It goes on the air in March 2008 and I think you will really enjoy it. Some of the topics: Paris Hilton vs Dick Cheney, YouTube vs Porn, Kim Jong-Il vs Tila Tequila, and the one that will probably cause the most controversy: Oprah vs Catholic Church.
Posted by: Derek Bartholomaus | December 20, 2007 2:29 AM
creation took billions of years (ignor if your religious)god puttered with various animals (ignor)people have changed over millions of years (ignor unless you think if you can change a sinner into rightious) try to put on a suit of armor from the 1100's. oops we were always just like we are now. ( ignor change in chair leg lenth from 1850)oops (also ignor automobiles, airplains, t.v.) kant help it the "devil" made me do it.
Posted by: karl roenfanz ( rosey ) | December 21, 2007 11:51 AM
the one that will probably cause the most controversy: Oprah vs Catholic Church.
I think the child-rape gives the church a slight edge, but oprah does give some good woo.
Posted by: MAJeff | December 21, 2007 11:57 AM