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field to three stooges. >> i was just thinking of your analogy and i was thinking ron paul is sort of a shemp. >> no question. >> thats true. >> physically at least. >> when we were on the daily show, it was the same way. we were so thankful when anything that we perceived of as ridiculous would happen. >> when you watch the news, you >> they took it better this time. >> i have had a year to get used to it. the first time i went why is he saying all of these awful things and then the s...

>> this is "piers morgan tonight." ricky gervais is here. he has offended pretty much every big star in hollywood at the golden globes last year. by coincidence, hes back again after offending just about every major star at the golden globes. welcome back. >> they took you back? the first time they said, why did he say all these awful things? the second time they were oh, we get it, theyre jokes. >> did you want them to take it badly? >> no. and i dont think i said anything that bad ...

Fascinating for decades atheism was the official government position and religions had no legal standing here. and this is not as predominantly catholic a country as most of the rest of latin america. only 10% of cubans are actually observant catholics. but the -- since the last papal visit, 14 years ago, and of course john paul ii, there has been an increasing power and strength of the church, the vatican has had increasing influence because of the cardinal here, cardinal ortega in havana, and ...

For charity because they think gods going to take care of it. >> the data on this is very clear. religious people do give more money to charity. conservatives versus liberals give more money to charity. >> a lot of that is going to churches. >> i want to believe that but in fact religious people give more money than secular people do to secular charities. >> thats true. >> jamie with a conversion. >> one of the things that atheists are, and i believe truly is a value of atheism is honesty. im no...

Williams and an hutchinson, there was land. if you disagreed with the prevailing theocracy, there was a place to move, which there wasnt in europe. it amazes people, you dont need to say, you dont have to believe in god, you just talk about freedom of religion, the freedom of religion which all religions enjoy in this country. its not a religious idea, its a secular idea. >> what the poll says, is the especially the religious right in the country has overstepped their bounds. i was so proud yest...

>> i dont go around talking about atheism. its so frustrating. but i do try to argue on political issues, right. so if youre having a conversation with a religious person. i would start with something like gay rights or something with womens rights. that they could maybe relate to as opposed to being like everything you have been taught since a child is incorrect because i think youre dumb. >> look also, the whole debate about catholic hospitals, whether theyre required to cover contraceptives o...

Which is a whole different matter than either of them and the very first law separating church and state in this country, the virginia act for establishing religious freedom, served as the template for the constitution. came because madison, james madison convinced people to reject a proposal to have property taxes for the support of christian teaching in schools. its the same issue as the hospital issue. >> im glad you brought that up, susan. you know, one of the things that i want to get back ...

Say yeah, basically, more or less. but if someone said i want you to list all the ways you identify yourself. i would get through pages and pages wildfire i got to that as an identity. i think of so many other things, of so much more core to who i am. why is it important to you as a sort of identity badge and how plausible is it that that can be extended outwards? >> i think in a per convict world what you said is correct. because what is atheism? a nonbelief. you dont list all the things you do...

Believers, including maybe ones in his congregation, of the truth of atheism or whether he feels that look, perfectly good work can get done in a church. was getting done in a church and you know, lead people to their own devices. >> yeah. i guess im still thinking about that. theres part of me that does want to share what i have been learning and thinking about, i believe in church there are many people both lay people and clergy, who are on a spectrum. i think all of us in church at some exten...

>> theres a part of me politically i do get upset with athiests, ill use my atheism to convince athiests when it comes to politics. all of the athiests that advocated the iraq war. i would argue as much as good they may have done here turning agnostics into athiests, theyve created more religious extremists -- >> aur talking about hitchens and sam harris. >> totally. the child who has, as much as you want to blame everything on islam. the child over in the gaza strip doesnt know what the word ma...