Something Ricky Gervais said about science and religion:

I have always loved Rick Gervais’ point about this.

I’m a spiritual person but to hold religion over science is ludicrous.

Religion is an embarrassment on mankind. Thousands of years later and we still believe in a man that lives in the sky. Shit’s embarrassing.

I bet we'd become pagans again. Or Pantheists. Even in science there is a lot of unexplained, just cool shit. After years of biology I remember one professor telling the class, science explains everything but why. Why does the grass grow? What sparks life? Not the basic water, photosynthesis... But why grow at all? Why do creatures have the will to survive? Why all these miracles of science?

I'm not a religious person. I don't plan to be. But there is something more.

Religion is, I think, the result of the fear of the unknown, of things beyond our capability to understand or control.

Humans aren't built for a strictly scientific existence.

I've heard it said that it Gawd did not exist, man would feel the need to create one.

And based on the plethora of religious concepts - I'd have to say that was correct.

Still, humans need a philosphy of some kind to create order out of our interactions.

And we have a concept of "good" and "bad" - people often boil the definition down to a religious justification.

Science is real if it’s correct and proven, not paid for by rich satanic billionaires to control us with lies for years.

There would be new religions. There is an evolutionary reason for religion, which is why it exists in every human society.

If I was to pick the greatest invention of mankind, my choice would be the scientific method. An idea of methodology that works.

It's in a humans nature to ask why.
It's religions 'nature' to just accept, never question why and call that faith.

Faith without understanding is fine... so long as you don't get into positions of power and start discriminating on the value of anothers life based on your own belief.

I agree 100%.

He's not wrong

The death of all the pagan religions was a genocide, perpetrated on purpose by Christianity.
It's the precedent for Gaza! Yum. The right wing side doesn't want to know, it's too busy killing.

Science is a religion.

I would have to disagree only because of the fact of how many religions there are

Mr Ricky hasn't introduced much magic upon his life apparently..