>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE HERE WITH RICKY GERVAIS.
WE WERE TALKING BEFORE, ABOUT THIS TWEET BEFORE, THAT YOU
LIKED THIS TWEET THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU WERE GOING
IT TO GO TO HELL, THAT IT SHOULD GET A KNIGHTHOOD.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INTEREST IN A KNIGHTHOOD?
BECAUSE A LOT OF-- A LOT OF BRITISH PERFORMERS END UP, LIKE,
GETTING A KNIGHTHOOD FOR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY OR DRAMA.
DOES THAT INTEREST YOU?
>> IT'S NOT LIKE IT WAS IN THE OLD DAYS.
IF IT PLANTE I COULD GO DOWN THE STREET ON A HORSE WITH A SWORD
KILLING PEOPLE, THEN, YES.
BUT IT'S NOTHING.
IT'S NOTHING-- GIVE ME A BIG SWORD AND A HORSE, AND THEN I'LL
TAKE IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
>> Stephen: TALKING ABOUT HELL BEFORE, ABOUT THIS TWEET ABOUT
YOU GOING TO HELL.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE AN ATHEIST, CORRECT?
>> YEAH.
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DEBATING-- THAT'S THE DEVIL
WAITING FOR YOU IN HELL, BY THE WAY.
DID YOU WANT TO DEBATE THIS?
SO RICKY GERVAIS, WHY IS THERE SOMETHING INSTEAD OF NOTHING?
>> THAT'S-- THAT'S-- THAT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO ANSWER MY QUESTION.
>> THAT'S NOT THE TWO CHOICE S.
>> Stephen: THOSE ARE THE CHOICES I'M GIVING YOU.
I'M THE HOST.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WELL, I DON'T -- >> Stephen: DO YOU WANT TO
CONCEDE THE DEBATE.
WHY IS THERE SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING?
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN OUT OF NOTHING?
>> Stephen: WHY IS THERE SOMETHING INSTEAD OF WHY IS
THERE NOTHING?
WHY DOES THE UNIVERSE EXIST AT ALL?
WHY IS THERE SOMETHING?
>> BUT SURELY THE QUESTION IS NOT WHY BUT HOW?
WHY IS IRRELEVANT.
>> Stephen: ANOTHER FINE, HOW IS THERE SOMETHING?
IF YOU THINK OF GOD AS THE PRIME MOVER,.
>> I DON'T.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A PRIME MOVER.
IS THERE A DEMI-URGE THAT STARTED EVERYTHING.
>> OUTSIDE OF SCIENCE AND NATURE I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
SO THE INTERESTING THING IS-- THAT'S THE THING I'M AN
AGNOVELTYIC ATHEIST.
AGNOSTIC MEANS NO ONE KNOWS IF THERE'S A GOD.
EVERYONE IS TECHNICALLY AN AGNOSTIC BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.
AN AGNOSTIC ATHEIST IS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T KNOW THERE IS A
GOD-- >> YOU'RE NOT CONVICTED OF YOUR
ATHEISM.
>> I AM.
ATHEISM ISN'T A BELIEF SYSTEM.
ATHEISM-- SO THIS IS ATHEISM IN A NUTSHELL.
YOU SAY, "THERE'S A GOD."
I SAY, "YOU CAN PROVE THAT?" YOU SAY, "NO."
I SAID, "I DON'T BELIEVE YOU THEN."
SO YOU BELIEVE IN ONE GOD, I ASSUME.
>> Stephen: UHHH, IN THREE PERSONS, BUT GO AHEAD.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> OKAY, SO YOU BELIEVE-- OKAY.
BUT THERE ARE 3,000 TO CHOOSE FROM, YOU KNOW, OF PEOPLE --
>> Stephen: I'VE DONE SOME READING, YEAH.
>> SO BASICALLY, YOU BELIEVE IN-- YOU DENY ONE LESGOD THAN I
DO.
YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN 2,999 GOD.
AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN JUST ONE MORE.
>> Stephen: RIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: DO YOU DO YOU DO YOU EVER HAVE A FEELING OF GREAT
GRATITUDE FOR EXISTENCE?
>> OF COURSE,.
>> Stephen: DO YOU EVER HAVE-- >> I KNOW THE CHANCES ARE
BILLIONS TO ONE THEY AM ON THIS PLANET AS ME AND NEVER WILL BE
AGAIN.
>> Stephen: I KNOW I CAN'T CONVINCE YOU THAT THERE IS A
GOD, NOR DO I REALLY WANT TO CONVINCE YOU THAT THERE IS A
GOD.
I CAN ONLY EXPLAIN MY EXPERIENCE WHICH IS I HAVE A STRONG DESIRE
TO DIRECT THAT GRATITUDES TOWARDS SOMETHING OR SOMEONE.
>> OF COURSE,.
>> Stephen: ASK THAT THING IS GOD.
>> WE WANT TO-- WE WANT TO MAKE SENSE OF NATURE AND SCIENCE.
IT IS TOO UNFATHOMABLE-- EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE WAS
ONCE CRUNCHED IN SOME SMALL ATOM
-- >> Stephen: BUT YOU DON'T KNOW
THAT.
YOU'RE JUST BELIEVINGLY STEPHEN HAWKING AND THAT'S A MATTER OF
FAITH IN HIS ABILITIES.
YOU DON'T KNOW IT YOURSELF.
YOU'RE ACCEPTING THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD YOU.
>> WELL, YEAH, BUT SCIENCE IS CONSTANTLY PROVED OVER TIME.
YOU SEE, IF WE TAKE SOMETHING LIKE ANY FICTION, AND ANY HOLY
BOOK AND ANY OTHER FICTION, AND DESTROYED IT, OKAY.
IN 1,000 YEARS' TIME, THAT WOULDN'T COME BACK JUST AS IT
WAS.
WHEREAS IF WE TOOK EVERY SCIENCE BOOK AND EVERY FACT AND
DESTROYED THEM ALL, IN 1,000 YEARS THEY'D ALL BE BACK BECAUSE
ALL THE SAME TACKLES WOULD BE THE SAME RESULT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
( APPLAUSE ) THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
>> SODON'T NEED-- I DON'T NEED-- I DON'T NEED FAITH IN SCIENCE.
I DON'T NEED FAITH TON PROBABLY IF I JUMP OUT OF A WINDOW, EVERY
OTHER TIME SOMEONE JUMPED OUT OF A WINDOW THEY SMASHED TO THE
GROUND BECAUSE OF THIS THING CALLED GRAVITY.
>> Stephen: AND THEN SATAN WOULD BE RAPING YOU.
>> THIS IS WHY I'M A GOOD BOY.
>> Stephen: RICKY, PLEASE COME BACK AND DEBATE SOMETHING EVEN
MORE IMPORTANT.
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