Enjoy these words of wisdom on religion from George Carlin. No its not work safe unless you have headphones (which I highly recommend).
If you don’t know who George Carlin is, then you probably live in a cave ;) Either way you’re in for a treat. Here’s a little sample…
Thanks to Yeti for the video!
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Brilliant. Carlin hits the nail on the head repeatedly, all the way through this. A classic.
great point, can we get any christian takes on this one?
because he’s making the exact same points as i always do.
I’ve got two tickets to see his new show in May!
That being said, I am having a terrible fucking day. Change is life; and in it, nothing is absolute and nothing is constant. Chaotic and random, every facet of our existance is predictable only by our intentions and perception of “reality”.
You don’t have to beleive in what I’m saying above, to hold it’s truth close to your own life. There are too many unknowns, too many possibilities and too many variables to think you can control or predict change. Hell, we can even classify it properly without using dimensions and macroscopic principles.
Life is learning; and once you stop, you’re dead.
Is it just me, or does “Religious Freaks” seem a bit heavy on the “religious” and light on the “freaks” lately?
Actually, I consider Carlin to be an Atheist religious freak in my book.
You do have a point to some degree though Pseudonym and I’ll take look over the last 30 or so posts to see if you’re correct. Does anyone else agree with Pseudonym?
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I think that depends on what level of religiousness one perceives to be freakish. For some of us, even a tiny bit is absurd.
Jennifurret: “Absurd” is, surely, different than “freakish”.
true, but still, more freak would be nice, especially for those religious non-freaks here.
Love me some Carlin and actually Chrisitanity teaches that something is indeed f***ed up.
It seems like there are more updates nowadays though. And for me, if it’s between more updates and dialing into more “freakish” things, I’d rather the updates.
Flapjack, you make a good point.
There is only one George Carlin and there never ever will be another. I have enjoyed him from one of his very first shows at The Staler Hotel in Boston to his shows at Hampton Beach NH, and the Beverly MA Theater In The Round. He is a funny “mother fucker”
Carlin is a master, this guy is so real he’s unreal. Funny, and true at the same time and that’s hard to beat.
Dig the crowd lauging… You know this makes me think once again, how many “unbelievers” are really out there? What are the numbers? Like 5m atheist in the entire US (recent CNN video) ? It has got to be alot more than that.
Hail to the sun!
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Mr. Carling can be viewed as the ultimate cynic. Yet he has unequivocally stated that he is a realist. Realism like his borders on surrealism. I have followed and enjoyed his work from the beginning, including his tv show that aired on fox. He is truly a force to be reckoned with and a timeless gem. We will miss him once he is gone, which is not that far away. Just a great man in every sense of the expression.
I love and admire this man, and hate to think of the day when he’s not around. He’s a fucking genius.
Those of you who consider yourselves to not be religious freaks because you are “atheists” are stupid because there is no proof against the existence of a supreme being just as there is no proof for Its existence; it is therefore irational to say One does not exist without a doubt, for there is no proof. Like deluded George, you have faulty logic. Were you intelligent and logical you would be an agnostic like the rest of us. But since you are uneducated, ignorant and stupid like poor George the alky and pill popper you let your emotions get in the way of your logic and insist with no evidence that a Supreme being does not exist. Face your issues with religion and stop ignorantly projecting them onto others.
You have know idea what you just said, do you? In the scientific community when someone brings forth a theory, that person MUST have some evidence to support it, otherwise your theory is COMPLETELY useless and without foundation. Don’t forget that most people who believe in a god need to follow a “holy” book, like the bible or quran, however science and basic logic have disproved many statements made in these books. So that hurts those followers argument that their god and book are the “right one”.
It is so typical of man to blame God for all the things his (man) sin has brought into this world. Indeed God created good and evil but then gave man a choice. Of course man chose evil, just like you athiests on this forum choose the lies of scientists (not science) over God’s truth. George Carlin has been misled like so many others by RELIGION not by God. The big misconception here has always been that God & religion are the same. GHOD ABHORS RELIGION. Get it through your thick yet small minds!
“lies of scientists (not science)”
Do you have some examples of scientists lying? If i remember correctly the scientific method helps prevent people from just making shit up.
Yes. A big one. Evolution
irishthunder Says:
November 14th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
“lies of scientists (not science)â€
Do you have some examples of scientists lying? If i remember correctly the scientific method helps prevent people from just making shit up.
Thats it? you don’t have anything to back up your statement that evolution is a lie?
Correct me if I am wrong. Isn’t that Huckabee cadidate (the preacher) one of the three republican idiots who raised their hands when the debate moderator asked “which of you believe that the earth was created 6000 years ago…??” If so, how would you like that dolt in office as president?
Holy cow!!!
Normal, thinking people wouldn’t. However, those are in short supply in the USA.
A standing ovation to George Carlin.
Omar.
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I know this discussion is old, but thought I would add this because there are some recent posts.
Tatiana Deirdre: I also thought that perhaps atheists should simply say they were agnostic until a Philosophy teacher corrected me. If I remember his explanation, he said that agnosticism is simply the awareness that we cannot know whether or not there is a god, so you can be EITHER a believer or a non-believer and also agnostic, thereby admitting that there is no way to know one way or the other. (I’m not sure if I’m repeating his argument correctly.)
Many rabid Christians seem to have no idea that the word “faith” means believing in something for which there is no proof! You admit that there is no proof either FOR or AGAINST the existence of a supreme being, yet you call atheists “stupid” and “irrational” for deciding that there is not a God. Why aren’t believers of all faiths “stupid” and “irrational” for believing that there IS a God?
It seems to me that it is YOU being emotional and irrational. I am constantly amazed at believers who challenge atheists to explain and defend their viewpoint. While I know it is the result of indoctrination/brainwashing, it is just astounding that WE are supposed to explain ourselves when it is you believers who think that there is an invisible being running this world and everyone’s lives!!
Debbie S –
Of course this discussion is old. *Thousands* of years old. But you *do* have to defend your viewpoint . . . because if you don’t, dogmatic religious powers will continue to keep humanity in the dark and continue to abuse and take adavantage of our wonderful human race.
And that is from an agnostic.
I hope, I beg, I plead… that nature, or God, or chance, or causality, or whatever you oh so intelligent, clever, and self-important blessings wish to call it, will send a giant amazing fire ball to kills us all, just so everyone… Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists, Agnostics, Wiccans, Sun Worshipers, or anyone who waste a single moment on discussions of this nature (including myself) will just SHUT THE FUCK UP. These arguments are so mindless and stupid… we might as well argue over the smell of the color blue. I can’t even begin to describe how much I hate myself for clicking on this site, reading this single blog post, or taking minutes out of my short life on a comment that will do nothing, mean nothing, and probably not even be posted.
So like yeah, give your life to jesus and shit. yeah.
Well, some sad news. George Carlin died at the age of 71 today. Heart failure, apparently.
RIP, George. You had guts, and the world was a better place for how you made us laugh at the ridiculous things that humans do.
He’s dead now.
Guess he knows the truth now :(
I doubt it, Barbara. If there is no afterlife, then there is no George Carlin to know anything anymore. Sad news indeed.
Another great loss to the world.
There is truth. Sadly, many will not discover that
truth until they die and it is too late.
God, though sovereign, gave us freedom to
follow Him or to reject Him.
George ridiculed RELIGION and religion is
man-made & heavily flawed, so there is
MUCH to ridicule.
God is perfect, and neither a myth nor what
many in organized religion portray him to be.
Before rejecting God, read the Bible for yourself.
Study it. George (and others) may call it a book of
myths or fairy tales, but do your own thinking. Read and
study it for yourself.
Don’t let “religion” or people like “George” tell
you who or what God is (or isn’t). Or that he
exists or doesn’t. Do your own study, your
own thinking, and come to your own conclusions.
The Bible & historical record is filled with evidence.
George ridiculed the belief that there’s “an invisible
being running this world and everyone’s lives” … and
to back up the absurdity of such a belief pointed to
how screwed up the world is. He was right about that,
the world is screwed up because the “god” of this world
is satan, the father of lies & author of confusion & evil.
Why is satan running this world? Why is there evil, violence,
pain, suffering? Why (or how) could a “loving God” allow
this to be? The Bible answers these questions and good
many more, for those who bother to read it.
This life is short… but our soul/spirit is eternal. Rather
than “wait” to see what happens (or assume there is
nothing after death), read the Bible for yourself. Look
at the evidence instead of saying: “what evidence” or
believing those who say none exists.
Yeah…the Bible has nothing which scientific and logical people like to call FACTS. The Bible has stories about 900 year old men, and how the entire human race went from Adam and Eve to 6,000,000,000 people in what? 6,000 years???
I’ve always liked the idea of God and Heaven. It really is a nice thought. I just can’t believe what I have no evidence of.
The Bible explains a variety of “miracles”, all of which mysteriously happened before television or photography could capture them. Now, the miracles we get are a bunch of nutjobs who think that Mary appeared in grilled cheese or in some tree somewhere.
I don’t tell people what to believe. That’s there business. But, to counteract the illogical of this board, you cannot prove a negative. The burden of proof does not reside with an Athiest.
I am an Athiest. I am convinced that there is no God, and will remain so until PROVEN otherwise.
It is outrageous for someone to say I have the burden of proving that there is no God.
Two reasons:
(1) You cannot prove a negative. I cannot offer proof that something does not exist.
(2) The believers are the ones claiming that some mystery spirit lives up in space somewhere and runs this “heaven” that nobody can see, and no evidence exists regarding it’s actually being there.
See, if I claim that I can make myself disappear (or some other idiotic remark), I’d have to prove it. You can’t prove that I can’t do it.
In the end, I thought it was obvious. People believe, and continue to cite the same stupid reasoning:
“The Bible says so”
“Where did we all come from if not for God?”
“I’ve felt God’s presence”
etc.
It all amounts to garbage. There are no facts to support God, because God is a concept created by man to deal with man’s fears.
Show me facts in the Bible and I’ll show you that I can fly…
It’s sad that he died without knowing the truth. He’s truly lost, now, and has determined his eternal future.
Hahaha, yes, I’m sure he’s in hell, and I’ll see him there, since I too never learned the “truth”…
By the way, do you have any facts to support the “truth” or are you just randomly following some story book???
No truth that you would see, only things you would call “coincidence”. I tried multiple times to kill myself as a teenager. Once, what I believe was an angel, saved me. I, even now, could not tell you what the man looked like and didn’t recognize it as such, at the time. Another time, my son and I were driving and in a near accident. Neither of us could believe we were still alive. I saw it coming, closed my eyes, and was “guided” through without incident. There have been other occasions and many other details that I won’t waste your time with and no one can “prove” what may have “really” happened.
As much as you may dispise me, my comments, and my opinions, I really hate that anyone would go to hell (which I’m sure you see as fantasy, also) because I didn’t try to tell them.
Without knowing me, there’s no way for you to know that I’m not a nut job or just another idiot in the world (and most of the world DOES consist of idiots). But, I felt compelled to voice my comments in hope that someone will read this and it will touch their life. My brother is atheist/agnostic and we have had many conversations. I hope that one day, something will touch his life, too, before it’s too late.
Yeah…I’ve survived near death car accidents, had tragedy strike, and everything else…
I’ve seen a lot, but I never saw God, an angel, a ghost, or any “miracle”…
I don’t hate you, not at all.
But, I think your lack of understanding or being able to cope with things leads you to WANT it to be a God that just doesn’t exist.
I’m a man of fact. When I see it, I’ll believe it.
My brother is a man of fact, also.
I, actually have more lack of understanding about God than I do of no God. I don’t cope with things well and I’ve not seen God “answer” my prayers in a form that make me believe. I don’t even pray regularly (as I believe I should). I’ve not been able to put things in God’s hands and let him handle them…therefore, I don’t believe that I’m leaning on him (as I believe I should).
I find it very hard to be “devout” or a strong Christian, it takes lots of work. I wish that I could convince myself that there was no God. It would make life so much easier and without “consequence”.
Do you believe in global warming? I don’t because I don’t believe the “proof” that has been talked about. I truly understand not believing without “proof”.
I do hope you (and others) find the proof, one day, that George never found.
I’m curious to what George thinks of hell now. Assuming that he didn’t repent before he died, I’m guessing he probably doesn’t like it.
If there is NO god then George seemed sure of it, then no big deal.
However if there is a God then he has a long time to think about it.
Peace out.
George made me laugh many times. He had a very quick wit and he had some great insights into our language and behavior.
In my opinion, George was a thinker and analyst. Like many thinkers and analysts, he seemed to struggle to understand and control his world. Analysis seems to be a powerful tool to solve problems and deal with emotions. Many of us assign a lot of importance to having this skill. Modern society rewards this skill.
I have to say that George, especially in his later years, seemed cynical, judgemental and depressed. Sadly, not the picture of a great man.
When I watched George’s shows in his later years, I laughed, but throughout the show I had a bad feeling; an empty feeling that left me, well, depressed. Were George’s shows a public attempt to express his own feelings of despair? It’s just a question.
I have similar bad feelings when I over-analyze, over-think and try to control things. I want to control things, especially when I’m afraid.
How do I avoid feeling this way? By acknowledging that my perception and thoughts, though valid and real, are not the full story. Letting go of judgement, cynicism and control brings peace and joy. In this state I get wisdom and understanding and realize that my perception, my thoughts, my brain, though valid, are not the full story.
Is there intelligence and information in the universe that exists outside of me and is not in the minds of others? It’s a big universe with lots of energy. It’s a fun question and one each of us can try to answer for ourselves.
Many great minds have answered “yes” to this question. Emerson and Thoreau are two examples of many.
The answer for me is “yes”. Can I prove it? I think I might be able to and have thought of experiments to try. But I have my own internal proof and that works.
Rest now, George. Your work is done, and done well.
The bible calls people fools that deny God exists and that they will have no excuse when judged because God’s existence is evident in all that he has created.
Ed, your supposed god is lacking and error-prone in many ways. How do you account for all of the obvious errors in your god’s supposed creations, such as our susceptibility to various diseases, as well as apparent evolutionary remnants such as the appendix, and so on?
These are evidence against, not for, an active and perfect god such as your bible claims.
I really hope this guy called on The Lord before he died. I hope he was joking about there is no God. Some things you can never tell if he is serious or being a jokester. As my mom said when she heard the news to me: “I wonder where he is” and so do I. There is a God and His Son Jesus Christ and may George have really believed. It is not for us to judge where he went, but to hope he did believe and called on The Lord before he died. Any one who doesnt believe on here that typed things on not believing etc, I really hope one day you do…your life must feel empty inside, I just cant phathom not having a personal realtionship with Him. Anything that is happening today such as the things George mentioned, well it is all the fall of man and it continues. If the world turns more away from Him, dont be surprised if more things happen to this country and around it. It is not a small thing for what is going on today. Funny thing is: it is all in The Bible and it is coming to pass. If you cant believe that than dont read any “non-fiction” books, now that is being a hypocrite! Trying to make a point to the non-believers on here and may George have called on The Lord.
I just had a thought, it is amazing he did marry once and then again after losing his wife. So I would have to assume he believed if he was sharing vows with each wife. Only his widow can answer our questions on his belief. He will be missed, I do think he was funny, and I do hope he believed.