So, Just How Did Ricky Gervais Become An Atheist?
As it is Christmas Eve I thought all you loyal readers of Nerdles.com would be in a festive mood so I figured, what better way to get even more excited about Christmas than to post a story about the time when a famous celebrity became an atheist?
Okay, perhaps it’s not that festive but still, it is worth a read. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, UK funnyman Ricky Gervais recounts the day he went from being a believer in God to a complete atheist…
Looking just below the surface and in-between the lines you’ll see it’s a pretty sad story…
“I used to believe in God. The Christian one that is. I loved Jesus. He was my hero. More than popstars. More than footballers. More than God. God was by definition omnipotent and perfect. Jesus was a man. He had to work at it. He had temptation but defeated sin. He had integrity and courage. But He was my hero because He was kind. And He was kind to everyone. He didn’t bow to peer pressure or tyranny or cruelty. He didn’t care who you were. He loved you. What a guy. I wanted to be just like Him.
There I was happily drawing my hero when my big brother Bob asked, ‘Why do you believe in God?’ Just a simple question. But my mum panicked. ‘Bob’, she said in a tone that I knew meant, ‘Shut up’. Why was that a bad thing to ask? If there was a God and my faith was strong it didn’t matter what people said. Oh… hang on. There is no God. He knows it, and she knows it deep down. It was as simple as that. I started thinking about it and asking more questions, and within an hour, I was an atheist.”
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