The Dumbest Atheist Argument

[AverageLobotomyFan]

As a Christian, that was one of the weakest counter-arguments I've ever witnessed

[baliocelot]

Completely missed the point of what Ricky said. Smh.

[eerohongisto]

The point is that the other 2999 answers are just as likely to be correct as your answer. And just because you are convinced your anwer is correct doesn't prove anything since people who believe in the alternative answers are just as convinced as you are.

[HotCoals]

Gervais: Explains the fallacy of "but what if you're wrong"
Brian: "Okay but did you know that 1+1=2?"

[slow_goon]

Its not supposed to be taken as an argument in support of atheism, as such, it's a rebuttal to the idiots who claim that it's inconceivable that people don't believe in THEIR particular God. You are an atheist WITH RESPECT TO every other God than yourself. You are no worse off for that. Atheists go one step further and accept no theistic claims.

[bloopsignal]

No atheist is saying that just because you believe in one more God than them you're basically an atheist. They're saying you feeling weird about them not believing in the same number of gods as you is weird because it's literally one difference.

Stop acting victimized.

[yamiyugi]

you completely missed the basis of his argument

[BoshyG]

tell me youre dense without telling me youre dense

[TurinTuramber]

Missed the point entirely. Theists dismiss every other God claim but their own one. So they shouldn't be surprised or perplexed when people dismiss their God claim. With just a few different points of view, you can dismiss all God claims.

[ker]

Your poor rebuttal actually turned me from a catholic into an atheist

[vejeke]

The problem is not that he doesn't understand what Ricky Gervais is trying to make him understand, the problem is that he doesn't want to understand it.

[ashpay]

This guy did not understand what Ricky wanted to say.

[NickHunt]

The argument isn't dumb. You are just not smart enough to understand it.

[mwffub]

"The Dumbest Apologist Argument"...There. Fixed it.

[TangledWinston]

It’s hilarious you bring up addition because Christians believe 1+1+1=1 lmao.

[wizevmkloarm]

This argument is a logical fallacy, youve just set up a strawman as a rebuttal.

[jordannewberry]

This isn't even an argument. There's no conclusion. It is just an observation about what they have in common.

[alexmueller]

Ok, everybody calm down and take a step back. Ignore the math analogy (which is admittedly not quite the right analogy and just made things more confusing), and hear the gist of the argument, which is this: there is a big difference between 1 and 0 in this context. Just as there there is a big difference in believing there is 1 Loch Ness Monster or 0 Loch Ness Monsters, or believing 1 person is out to kill you VS 0, or believing there is 1 conspiracy to turn the population into giant peacocks or believing there is no such conspiracy, that there is a multiverse (1 multiverse) or no multiverse (0 multiverses). There is a HUGE difference in a theistic and an atheistic worldview. It don't understand how anyone could find it insightful to say, "You (theist) are no different than me (atheist). I just believe in one less God than you." It's just a trick of language to skirt the fact that there is a major difference in worldview between atheist/theist.

[os.a.m.a]

If a Muslim doesn't believe in Jesus, that makes him a non-believer in Christianity. If a Christian doesn't believe in Allah, he is a non-believe according to Islam.

So it doesn't matter if you believe in god or not, you'll always be wrong according to other religions and you're still going to hell

[chum]

I think that you missed the point of what Ricky was saying