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He was good…even better was Gay’s reaction. He demonstrates Ireland’s conservative backwardness brilliantly with some great facial expressions. Bit like DeValera who only needed to look into his own heart to know what the people wanted. Gaybo just acted it. How will Ireland react!
Its true philosophers have been saying these things for hundreds of years. But in Ireland even with “one of the best education systems in the western world” we are a little behind.
Gay is actually an atheist IMHO. He as much as admitted it in the Ray Darcy show last year. Well that’s how I interpreted it anyway. I think that his surprise was not actually genuine.
We would all be better off without Religion but instead the world is becoming even more fanatical about religion. Why do we need religion to believe in an afterlife, We can explore modern science and the mysterious of the Universe and come to our own conclusions. We do not need religion dictating to us.
Good old catholic Ireland refusing to acknowledge common sense or the fact that the church they are so vehemently defending carried out the systematic rape and torture of women and children for so many years.So well said Stephen Fry
Why should the amount of abuse matter? The fact that they covered up even one case is appalling. It’s doesn’t matter if families were to blame, more often than not, the church knew about it and stood idly by because “God” would punish them if they said anything.
Stage left its the cover ups that were the issue. Those cover ups went all the way to the Vatican so even though you say the percentage of abuse was small the fact that the rcc stood squarely with these abusers says it all. Also the torture & rape carried out by the church on men women & children in Ireland was horrific. If you can justify it says a lot about your thinking.
@exit stageleft – ah that old canard from the church and its apologists again. yeah 4% of the abuse is it? And what percentage of the population do the clergy make up? Like 1%?
Do you understand proportionality? How many families in Ireland. How many clergy? How many victims in each camp? Now which has the higher percentage? You remind me of Stalin saying Hitler was worse, and therefore all is well. All the GD molesters should be locked up, and you should not be a sheeple for the clergy.
I dunno what all the fuss was about.. As a “cra thumping Catholic” i wasnt in the least bit offended.. Just a little taken aback at the anger he had for a God that he believes doesnt exist.????
The simple fact is he didnt grow up in a religious family. He never looked to the Heavens when he was in trouble. So how would he know if He existed or not. He didnt look for Him… He said it himself
I like Stephen Fry. He is a fascinating guy. He said some nice things about Jesus. And who know he just might convert like Oscar Wilde…
Sinead, why should growing up in a religious family impact on whether or not you believe in God?
Believing because you have always believed is not a good reason to believe in something.
He wasn’t angry at “a God that he believes doesnt exist.” he was angry at the preposterous concept of a loving god that gives children brain cancer. He accepts the fact that life is cruel and children sadly get cancer but that god has anything to do with it is ridiculous. If anything Fry was being extremely kind under the circumstances.
I sure was. And his words were terrible tbh. But there was so much more to the interview than that 2 minutes.. So much more…. Stephen is a very good man.
He recognises that Religion has a meaning and a purpose for people. And yet Stephen has never appealled to a Higher Power. So he has dismissed God yet has never searched for Him. Strange….
I went through a period of non belief and searching for peace in everything but Religion. I didnt ever find it. But eventually i found my peace in God.
Stephen has been consistently unhappy throughout his life. Bad relationship with his father, cocaine abuse, credit card fraud, nervous breakdowns, suicide attempts.. Can you honestly say atheism is working for him?
So if he wasn’t an atheist, none of these things would have happened to him, are you seriously suggesting that ? All the things you have mentioned are attributed to him suffering from manic depressive disorder, a medical condition, not a lack of a belief in a god. Belief is not a substitute for certainty, no matter how cocksure you think you are about it.
Tell us Sinead, claiming as you have, to know where god is and where god isn’t, this should be a simple question for you to answer. Why does a loving god, protector of children, give children terminal diseases? Bearing in mind “his will” or “mysterious ways” don’t count.
I dont blame his lack of belief is contributing to his personal problems. I am just wondering how his “lack of belief” or atheism is helping him.. Cos from what i can see he is struggling…
Sinead I thought your god was everywhere? Maybe he should introduce himself rather than rely on parents. Seems a bit odd that the creator of the universe spreads his word through mainly inherited belief where most of his believers were “introduced” as impressionable children.
You don’t have to believe in an idea for it to make you angry. You don’t believe Muhammad was the profit of Allah but it makes you angry when someone is burned alive in his name. Fry isn’t angry at god because he doesn’t belief he exists. He’s angry at the blatant contradictions in the message. For instance, god supposedly created our free will but will let us burn in hell for eternity for using it. Yet people still claim he loves us. It’s nonsense and leads to real life consequences that lead to real harm, like campaigning against condom use in Africa.
So athiesm doesnt help him. He is still struggling. Science is not giving him the answers.
I’ve lost close family through cancer. I dont have an answer why. Whats more i dont need an answer. It was hard letting go but i know in my heart we’ll meet again. So that keeps me going. As bad as it is to lose someone, for me its a temporary separation.
I personally find great comfort in atheism. I know this life is all I have and I should make the most of it. There’s also nobody watching over me so my will is truly free. I’d imagine that Stephen Fry is the type of person who would see believing in something purely because they find comfort in it intellectually dishonest. And believing in god won’t cure him of a medical condition. I and other atheists don’t disbelieve in a god because we find it comfortable, we disbelieve because there is no evidence. Some would prefer to believe for reasons you’ve outlined. Knowing you will die and your loved ones will die and you’ll never see them again can be unsettling. But there is a beauty in this life right now that needs to be cherished, as well as the time we spend with the people with love. Besides, heaven sounds boring.
Sinead science did give him an answer, he was diagnosed with manic depressive disorder and a lack of belief in god is not one of the symptoms. I don’t know why you keep ignoring this very important fact?
Of course you don’t have an answer because you don’t know. You were pretty sure you knew where god was and god wasn’t but a simple question and you revert to “not needing to know”. There is either a non-interventionist god or there is no god whatsoever but based on the bible itself and what we see around us, there most certainly is not a Christian god and this was the point Stephen Fry was making.
Thank goodness no believer has ever had a screwed up life! Sinead, that is beyond inane. In what sense is atheism supposed to ‘work ‘ for anyone? You don’t seem to understand that it is not a belief, rather the absence of belief, and is neither here nor there as far as ordinary life goes. problems only arise when the beliefs of ‘people of faith ‘ impinge on people’s liberties, livelihoods and lives in general.
Sinéad is far from a good Christian. She accused me of saying something terrible to her once. I pointed out to her and gave her proof that it wad in fact another poster and that I actually defended her. Her response, rather than to apologise like a good Christian, was to ignore me. She literally pretends I do not exist because she cannot bare the thought that she was wrong.
Sometimes the people in your life will constantly try to expose things that are wrong about you. Because they cannot handle what it is right about you…
Sinead you said before you don’t have a great education and by your own admission you struggle with critical thinking.
Unfortunately people get illnesses and die sometimes very young sometimes at a grand old age.The universe doesn’t owe you me or anybody an explanation and all religion offers is a deluded belief that stems from human fear of death.
If you want to bash science and medicine well forgo it when you get ill and go to church or knock or Lourdes see how you get on.
Where have i bashed science and medicine.. Where would we be without it..!!
What matters to me is what is in my heart, and there is no thought out argument or critical thinking that can change that.
Its seems to me that most atheists feel violated by Religion (probably quite rightly) and atheism is some sort of justification for that. The current atheism indoctrinates against exploring other views with an open mind or heart..
Stephen said so himself. He has never appealled to a Higher Power..
@Ailbhe. Sinead is still gonna blank you. She is so rightious that it would impossible to apologise. I call them cra thumpers, and hippocrites. And i have a mantra where they are concerned. People, places and things. Put them out of your life. There are some things you are better off without and thats one of them. Dont lose any sleep over it.
Catherine, no sleep lost, but I think it’s important to highlight her utter hypocrisy.
She clearly helped with that in her last post.
As ever Sinéad, you’re welcome. I will defend you again if anybody makes such a callous accusation. You Christians call that turning the other cheek I believe?
@Ailbhe. Its very big of you to be willing to defend her if the occaision warrents it. But it wont be appreciated nor acknowledged. She has shown her true colours today. And as you said shes not very mannerly nor christian.
@Sinead.the only violation is by your gods spokespeople, priests and nuns. Arent they doing gods bidding. Pray tell me,what kind of a god tells his followers to violate innocent children in the most inhumane acts of pedophilia. I’d call him a monster.
It’s an interesting subject, but I have a point on the issues about science, medicine and God. Because of medicine we are living longer. People who suffer from life threatening diseases because of medicine are living longer. Ok. What about someone who is suffering and wants to end their life through euthanasia? Many people will say: ‘Its against God’s will to euthanise someone’. But, if it wasn’t for the medicine that person would have been dead and we all wouldn’t be living as long as we do. So, modern science is a bad thing for believers surely?
“Anyone who thinks religion and politics are not the same, do not know what religion and politics are” – M Gandi.
Stephen…you didn’t offend anyone with an independent thought process.
Listening to the comments on the radio where the Holy Joe’s got all defensive and upset at your comments.
It was embarrassing listening to the replies to the question that was repeatedly put to them…”Bone cancer in children..what’s that all about?”
One brain washed person said that such children were absorbing all our sins and this was causing them to get bone cancer…so it was all our fault…but not the child’s.
FFS!..What kind of twisted logic, witch doctor , vodoo, medievil hocus pocus freaking nonsense is that.
Jeez!…I was cringing listening to the excuses people were giving to absolve their so called loving God from not saving or inflicting pain on poor helpless children.
The next time you think of some backward society in the dark forests of some far away land they couldn’t be anymore backward that some of the folk that rang into Joe Duffy this week…I’m still cringing!
@al ca. I too was cringing and was afraid any visitors to our country were listening to this crap. Joe Duffy should have switched them off. One of them was definitely cuckoo. I dident think there was anyone left who still believed this crap. I should feel sorry for these people but all i feel is ashamed of them. Poor deluded souls.
The guy makes a lot of very valid points and any one who thinks he is wrong I would like to hear there counter argument. Personally I think he is spot on with everything he said in this clip.
Jason ,do not think Stephen Fry is right !illness is mostly created by man ,governmentsetc.The money is there the cures are there but greedy people control it ,so it’s a man made problem .We cannot know for sure of the hereafter ,as if we did a lot more people would jump ship ,and the human race would hardly go on !.
Eilish your argument is a little skewed yes there are man made illnesses we only have to look at the industrial revaluation and all the work born illnesses child labour rickets malnourishment etc but there are an awful lot more that comes from nature that are genetic, viruses, bacterial some children are born with terrible defects your argument about greedy people and money is also flawed no amount of money has saved any one in the end we all go the same way, it can of course relieve suffering, some of the psychological and mental illnesses can be attributed to religious beliefs going against nature always put man in peril but some religious views and ideology can and does make life worse, mans capacity humanity dose make a difference we strive to over come these difficulties with the big religious institutions putting obstacles in the way ie it is Gods will
Jason, You say you are open to counter arguments. Well here is mine. Yes there are some pretty nasty creatures and diseases in the world but these are not from God but are a consequence of man’s original rebellion against God which allowed Satan to enter the world and mess with it.
Dionysus was born of the virgin Semele who was impregnated by Zeus. Dionysus liked to ride around on an ass, preformed a number of miracles through his life time like turning water in to wine, died and rose again after three days and his birthday is on the 25th of December. Ring any bells?
To be honest I read into Gay Byrne’s reactions that he was playing to the cameras for the benefit of the show, the guest, the audience, dramatic effect, whatever. I read into his reaction that he agrees. Stephen Fry said nothing new, nothing startling.
Albert, what is there that is “new ” that can be said about this subject? what “startling ” thing could you expect Fry to say? I often wonder how it can be that people are still discussing the existence of deities.
I was actually embarrassed to be Irish after listening to the views of joe Duffy and his religious fanatics all week then George hook this evening preaching his Stone Age views. Supposedly intelligent people arguing on the airways about sky fairies. Cringeworthy stuff
I think stephen fry had a very interesting point of view. The fact he can.articulate this point of view so well with his immense intellect and back up what he is saying, using other theorists shows how well educated and secular he is. I found him to be very interesting. He is like a big encyclopaedia. Very clever man and damp likeable too and I don’t say that too often.about someone with a posh upper class English accent lol x
Have to say, I heard a lot of complaints about what he said and I thought he was out of line until I listened to the clip and thought, perhaps he is right, certainly its worth thinking about.
The sad thing is we used to have a few smart individual free thinking Irish people in the public sphere who made us think- but they all seem to have disappeared. And what we are left with now is an incredibly bland conservative mediascape.
There is nothing new in anything Fry had to say at all, it’s centuries old; but the media today is so conservative here it shows up just how closed off and unimaginative our minds have become.
Just had a look at the video and I have to agree. Why would a god do these things to us if we love God so much. At the end of the day go about your life in a nice way don’t be cruel treat others as you want to be treated. That’s all we can be happy about.
Wait until the Muslims take over Ireland there will be no more Stephen Fry’s. Islam is will be 2nd biggest religion in Ireland in 20 years from now. You will all be wishing it was the 1950s again.
Where do you get the idea that muslims will take over ireland? Why would you think they would have an interest in taking over ireland? We are not involved with butchering innocent muslims like most of the west, we were not part of their caliphate that they strive to rebuild, theres no justification for your bs statement there windom. From the kind of comments that are made in general on this site most people in ireland these days are progressive thinking intelligent people who see through all religion and will never allow any religion ,muslim or otherwise take root to the extent that it controls the state the way the church did for years.
Great interview. I think the short clips of Gays reaction that did the rounds were out of context and gave the wrong impression. When you watch the whole interview Gay was actually really lighthearted about Stephen Frys answers.
The best part was knowing that Gaybo was clearly shocked and most likely disgusted with what Stephen Fry said, but what was even better was knowing that Gaybo doesn’t have the mental capacity to go against Stephen Fry because he knows he would be eaten alive. Stay in your lane Gaybo, the bus lane.
Why do so many people think, wrongly, that this was Fry v Byrne. Gay just presented the show and as he has said himself; never given his views on religion.
I think Gays reaction was more a response to getting such a direct straight answer, such a thing is rare in Ireland or else where to be honest. When asking such a question most people expect a gentle careful PC reply making sure to curb around offence with any sensitive remarks or opinions. Fry responded so eloquently, so clearly and used such a profoundly made point, I believe Gay reacted to how he replied more so that what he said in the reply. It held no punches and hit with precision his point of view.
Excellent points from Stephen Fry. And for all the religious amongst us pls answer me this … If god did create Adam and Eve…. How come they have belly buttons in every recorded image of them ??
I love people who quote the bible in any way shape or form, either old or new testament.do they not realise everything they have ever known,learned or heard about religion comes from A book written by men for a religion (s) invented by and dominated by men for a myriad of self serving reasons.utter fairytales.some will say aah but their hand was guided by “god” so this is why it really is like flogging a dead horse but we must continue if only for the next generation.
I really dont get why this is such a big deal. The points made by Fry have been the points made by most people I have discussed the possible existence of God with over the last 15-20 years.
Yet the simple answer/explanation for this is right there in the bible, right at the start too.
Thats how obvious Frys question is, the answer is right at the start.
Whether you believe it to be metaphorical or literal doesnt really matter, the explanation for suffering is explained in Genesis, in the Garden of Eden story. However the world began, God did not create these things but choices of man (again, whether it was a literal Adam and Eve with one decision or just people generally doing things their own way, is irrelevant) made these things happen. Look at how so many illnesses can be related to diet, which is controlled by corporate greed. Look how many tragedies are caused by man, including religious ideals with no correlation to God.
So again, why the big deal? These questions have been answered, the question is whether you believe the answers or not. No point repeating the questions though.
If anything your argument makes your god worse eoin. That a little innocent child should suffer for what others did. Of course that is a big theme in the old testament, doesn’t seem to Matter who’s at fault. Your family and bloodline will pay. You’re not really answering the question of why.he could easily fix it. He is all powerful? Well except with certain heavy chariots of iron.
He also is supposedly all knowing so id presume he knew before he started what the end game was,so why bother?
So god is getting his jollies from punishing people on earth for thousands of years for original sin. Give me a break. Utter tripe!
All this is to what end? This little ‘acceptance to heaven’ challenge on earth. We all get up there and in say billions of years when our sun has exploded and earth is gone and no one new is coming. You have your billion relations round. Then what? It was all for what? Another 200 billion years go by, all still there doing??? Ridiculous in the extreme. How can people run with this I’ll never know. If that’s what’s on offer he can keep it.
Best answer to a question I have heard in a long time .my fav fry was the 1 I had on a sat mornin but not anymore . Good on u stevo fry u now have that accolade . Great to hear from some1 else what I have always thought … The church will hopefully be gone in the next 30 years or so once they finally finish off apologising to all the victims that have suffered at there monster hands….
Religion is like Occult worship. A legalized form of witchcraft. its full of ritual and worship of a fanciful being that there was never any real evidence it actually ever existed in the first place.
churches are just as ridiculous as having a place of worship for the goat headed demon, the only difference is one is accepted by the masses.
both are the worship of some unproved other worldly occult being, both are as ridiculous as each other with incantations and ritual, for what is prayer otherwise?
What is tradition?
its range of behavior and practices that have been handed down over generations that no one ever questioned if the reasoning behind the practice had any validity in the first place, its not questioned because it was handed down by our ancestors.
i believe that humanity is in its infancy and when it abandons all form of religion, human being will start to grow with true spirituality, i dont believe that you have to believe in a god to be truly spiritual.
if all religions were removed from this earth then prejudice and pettiness would be exposed for what it truly is!
spirituality should be about growing as an individual and a group for the growth of humanity as a whole.
i dont believe human beings at this this time have any real idea of what spirituality really is? it certainly not some recited words from a book!
Sensationalism like this keeps Gay and his series in the limelight. Who cares what Mr. Fry thinks, his, is an opinion after all and he is free to express it. I’m sure Gay could find another guest with an opposing view but that view would certainly not attract as much media attention.
It’s fascinating how so many people saw Fry as launching an angry debating-society attack on a God he doesn’t believe in. What actually happened was that Gaybo (and fair play to him for still orchestrating compelling telly) asked Stephen what he would say to God if he met him at the pearly gates. “If”: it was a hypothetical question, and a hypothetical answer, not an investigation of his lack of belief. If there was an all-powerful god who have you opportunities for a Q&A, what would you ask? If any of us can say we wouldn’t want to ask “why the feck did you create a world where his crap goes on, and why do you permit it?”, we’re a bit dim. It’s the same question philosophers, theologians and whiny teenagers have been asking for millennia. Fry just has better delivery.
This thread must be removed as it is against the law (blasphemy) and against the 96% of Catholics on this island. We worship Jesus Christ as our Lord and saviour and will keep him in our laws. No to same-sex. Science and maths should be removed from the class rooms and replaced with more religious studies.
84% catholics and a mass attendance of 18% get your figures RIGHT! Wonder why it’s so low? Science and education are helping in the battle against indoctrinated religious nonsense.
Stephen Fry can express his personal views without setting out to attack anyone. He shows compassion and empathy. However it would appear that this has escaped all the ‘enlightened’ commentators on here who I am sure were all declaring ‘je suis Charlie’ not so long ago and completely missing that point also blinded by their view on whatever side of the religious argument they sit. One can be in favour of or against organised religion however that freedom of expression is a right for all and should be respected. Or maybe that’s just too simple altogether.
I love listening to Gay Byrne.
80 yrs of age and still our best presenter. The clarity of his pronunciation and diction is compelling. He could teach some of today’s presenters a thing or two about proper pronunciation.
Are you listening Miriam ‘my next gast is the Manaster for ………
But his argument has nothing to do with Bertrand Russell’s critique. It was just him making a pointless and somewhat infantile statement that is at the same level of “I didn’t steal your TV and anyway your TV is s**t.”
A question for Atheists…If we were all given undeniable, 100% proof that there was a God,one that created the Universe and was watching us all this time, how would your belief system change?
Now, if you are religious and we were given undeniable, 100% proof that we are all alone and just a random event in space billions of years ago created us all,how would it affect the faith you have now?
As an atheist, I’d obviously stop being an atheist, if there was proof of the existence of a god. I’d be a peeved that he/she/it didn’t do a better job, and if was Yaweh Himself I’d definitely want to know what all that genocidal anti-woman crap in the Old Testament was about. I can’t see my morals or attitudes changing at all, but I’d be fascinated to see how his existence affected what we know about the origins of the universe and of life.
Agreed, tordel, it would be irrational to deny the existence in the face of 100% proof. As for any change in behaviour – what is the poster getting at? Is he asking if as an atheist I would change my daily routine of raping, murdering, stealing and blaspheming? Perhaps I would :-D
With anything I examine the evidence and make the best decision based on logic sense and reason.The problem with religious people they refuse to look at evidence hence the term blind faith.
Look at what blind faith allows people to believe! Stuff that’s completely irrational and nonsensical.
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Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services (for instance, the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects. This can for example be used to adapt the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find (non-advertising) content that matches your interests.
Measure advertising performance 177 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you or other users and whether the goals of the advertising were reached. For instance, whether you saw an ad, whether you clicked on it, whether it led you to buy a product or visit a website, etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of advertising campaigns.
Measure content performance 78 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content that is shown to you.
Understand audiences through statistics or combinations of data from different sources 111 partners can use this purpose
Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising) content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).
Develop and improve services 116 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers.
Use limited data to select content 51 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
Use precise geolocation data 65 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification 36 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors 122 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Deliver and present advertising and content 126 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Match and combine data from other data sources 94 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Link different devices 67 partners can use this feature
Always Active
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically 116 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
Save and communicate privacy choices 103 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
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