Why Ricky Gervais is an atheist

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TheProphet said:
The reason Ricky Gervais is an atheist is because he hasn't really bothered to think about it, or being in the entertainment industry he is selling himself to the atheists who control the entertainment industry.

First the intellectual argument. There is plenty of evidence for God in science. One only has to look and think for themselves. The universe has a beginning. It was created. That agrees with the Bible that was written thousands of years ago. Life is really complicated. The chance of life resulting from random mutations is so low it is ludicrous. The only intelligent explanation is that there is a very intelligence creator. The alternative is to believe that everything came from nothing. Since that never happens it is a very poor explanation. So Ricky Garvais is dead wrong when he thinks that science does not support a belief in God. I know some scientist believe this, but they are a small group of irrational people. Most intelligent people believe in God. The argument for atheism from science is not credible.

It is more likely that being in the entertainment business, he is just trying to win favour with the people who call the shots. It is well know that entertainment industry is obsessed with sex and therefore has a conflict with the church. Gervias is most likely just shilling for work when he claims to be an athiest. By pleasing his atheist bosses he is more likely to get the work and fame he so strongly desires.

Oh wow, you opened yourself RIGHT up for inflammatory remarks.  

1 - first of all the lengthy, rational, and logical explanation as to why he is an atheist proves that even if he's stupid, he put a LOT of thought into it. 

2 - No, there isn't.  No it doesn't.  No, no no.  There's NO evidence for God in science, just unanswered questions.  If you admit that "god' as a concept is simply a metaphor for the unknown, sure, I'll accept that, but there's no supporting evidence that there's a higher divine being responsivle for the creation and direction of the universe.  

3 - Yes life is a long shot, but life CAN spring from non-life, scientists have actually recreated albiogenesis in a lab (the process needed to take proteins and acids that are NOT life...and make life.)  When you consider the vastness of space, the frequency of chemical reactions, and the elements on earth, even an infinitesimal chance of albiogenesis is a chance, and is going to happen eventually. 

4 - "There is a creator" is NOT an intelligent conclusion, it's a leap of faith, and leaps of faith have no place in science.  

5 - Nobody's saying everything came from nothing; actually READ some of the works of Stephen Hawking and other astrophysicists rather than just assuming the most simplistic and ignorant answer.  This is a logical fallacy known as the strawman, look it up.  

6 - Most intelligent people believe in god?  actually, I remember a pretty thorough report a few years back about how the top 1% of  the world's most intelligent people were almost entirely atheist.  your assumption is a blanket "we're smarter than you" argument.  Sir, citation needed.  

7 - This last paragraph of yours is just ignorant.  First of all, as blacksaber mentioned, Jews run the entertainment business (whether it's a joke or real, it's still the stereotype), and since America is the entertainment capital of he world, and America is a VERY religious place...well, your argument falls flat in every direction. 

Sorry, you fail.