I agree with you so wholeheartedly.

Yay

I agree and I'm not even gay! XD

Normally I don't appreciate poetv's rhapsodic Steven Frycophants, but in this case their bootlicking is justified. Having seen this video, I would permit him to affectionately tussle my hair.

I wasn't gay until I saw this

My favorite part was that he made the distinction between the individuals who have faith and the institution of the church itself. That makes me love him even more.

Yeah man, spot on. That is a crucial point. That smug prick in "A Universe From Nothing" could take a note from Fry's gospel. Like I said before, we're not going to help believers become thinkers by making fun of them at every chance. There is a time and a place.

Not only is it a classy point, but he also used it as ammunition in his own argument. The British have a knack for treating debate like a martial art.

Galileo was not actually tortured, though he was certainly threatened with torture. A minor nitpick since the not-torturing was contingent upon Galileo doing what the church wanted.

nice try, kid

I dare *you* to make a similar speech about the Undertaker.

Seriously, if you are able to ever write an persuasive argument with that much emotion and clarity, then I will personally turn in my screen name and leave poeTV forever.

FYI, the film "2012" is really about US government being overthrown by arab muslim hordes and the consequences of sharia law.

I'm not disagreeing with Steven Fry. Hell, I've watched all of Jeeves and Wooster. He made some excellent points. I'm just saying that Islam is the worst religion, and its so bad that if a forum was made on Islam like this one that there would be riots and death threats guaranteed.

"I'm not disagreeing with Steven Fry. Hell, I've watched all of Jeeves and Wooster."

You are such a fucking toad.

Er, have you ever listened to Christopher Hitchens talk about Islam?

I'd just like to point out that the whole Catholics:sex;anorexics:food thing is a tremendously apt analogy

Stephen Fry only hates the Catholic Church because he wasn't molested by them. Fry is gay and wants to be raped by a priest.

shine on, cena mark, shine on

He's gay, but he's cool.

Normal people would have used the word "and".

Cena_mark uses the word "but".

"He has brown hair, but he's cool" would be about as relevant and logical as Cena's gurgling.

Brown hair is not a choice, but queering is.

The local hair salon says otherwise...

For a boy who loves to watch sweaty men dance with each other, you have no room to talk poorly of gay people, Cena.

Cena aside, go and submit the full 5 parts gotterdamm before I get the itchin' to. Widdecombe and her shrill emasculating bark are worth 5 stars alone.

Woohoo, browbeating God worked! I should found a religion on it.

I only wish this had been a trial and Stephen Fry's testimony had been key in getting the church declared illegal.

Yeah, you're pretty tough. But say that about ALLAH and see how far you get!

Wait, if Allah kicks your ass, does that mean he's the better god? This shit be CONFUSIN', y'all.

If only there was a way to see who the better God was without involving people as participants, like... okay, hear me out... what if there was a big square ring with stretchy ropes all around it where the Gods could go and decide who is the best and who is evil? They could... hmmmm... try and pin each other to the bottom of the ring, maybe we could have someone do some counting and have a time limit. Like if the counter person can smack the ring three times or something while one of the Gods is pinned...

http://www.gamesheep.com/game/faith-fighter/?act=PlayNow

That's why they got wide length pews in the churches, rather than one person seats.

Truly, truly an apt analogy. And such a burn, too, in the way he delivers it. It really is like verbal karate, as someone said above.

And for anyone who's never heard of Anne Widdecombe, Louis Theroux did a show about her. Here's the intro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8dmRYfB-jE

Witch-burning was a Protestant obsession. The Catholic Church already has plenty to answer for; let the Calvinists answer for their own sins.