Pat Condell's Godless Comedy: So a Priest, a Rabbi, and an Atheist Comedian Walk into a Bar...

"Hi, I'm Pat Condell. I don't respect your beliefs and I don't care if you're offended. Cheers."

This is how British comedian Pat Condell welcomes you to his Web site, and things only get more pugnacious from there. Condell is on a mission to rid political life — in his homeland, Britain, and around the world — of religious influence. Most people would attempt this by attacking politics; after all, you can't vote God out of office, but you can replace your government representative. But Condell goes head-on against religion and those who defer to its pieties. He does so relentlessly and mercilessly, in an ever-growing series of video monologues posted on his site. And he makes the whole thing funny as hell. Start with this episode, and go from there:

Condell has, naturally, been branded a reactionary, a brownshirt, and a racist. Some of his videos have been (temporarily) banned from sites like YouTube. He regularly receives death threats. All of which only further proves his point: Religious dogma is the enemy of free thought, and politicized religion is the enemy of freedom, period. This is no laughing matter. Why does it take a comedian to make that point?


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