Religion | Billy And Us | BBC Scotland 

How can anyone not love this man? He's so gentle, wise and painfully funny.

How can you not like Billy? I could listen to him talk all night....about anything......

Billy is an original. He believed funny was funny...life is funny!!! He pioneered comedy and the changes were great!!!! Billy is one in billions in thoughts and talent. He is respected and loved by millions around the world!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

I’ve spent most my life laughing at and with this man! From cassette tapes to RU-vid. God bless you Billy!!

By God, what a remarkable and utterly lovely man. He is a treasure to humanity.

"One of the crimes of social media. Makes fanaticism seem alive when all it is a guy in his underpants in his Mum's cellar." Billy absolutely nailing it and being funny about it all at the same time

I love this man so much.He gave so much laughter too so many .

Here in the U S I first heard of Billy Connolly about 25 years ago. I heard a CD of poetry in which Mr. Connolly read The great poem To A Mouse by the great poet Robert Burns. This reading , in the Old Glaswegian style, was beautiful to my ears. Thank you Mr. Connolly for making my life a bit better, and imho the world a bit more beautiful. Now if I could only learn to talk like that...

This man Is always part of ma family. We would always put him on listen, laugh and cry with him. He's our legend and blood

His last statement will be prophetic. My favourite comedian, possibly favourite person outside of my family.

That he shied away from the standard humor the previous generation is part of his genius.

Billy is a very well spoken, smart man. He has knowledge. But, he gave it a funny side, and it was wonderful ❤❤

The wisdom of Billy Connelly runs deep, although he would probably deny it.

“When it’s just a guy in his underpants in his mother’s cellar”. Hahah. Wasn’t ready for that.

Billy thank you ,your comedy is hilarious,,legend

Always loved Billy

There are a few bits I find amusing. If you fancy reading a long comment, some of you might too. The rest is just reflections. It will seem strange to many now that declaring lack of belief could be so badly received. But I am old so I remember it being so. I remember being asked to bring over a story book at primary school, coming back with the bible and nursery rhymes, evidently viewing them as equivalent. The next few years were spent trying to make me 'understand' god, it didn't go well. It was in secondary school I was first called an atheist. Primary school didn't want to make it seem valid and common enough to have a name. In secondary school a science teacher told me that you cannot accept or dismiss anything without proof. He was why I consider myself atheist by faith. I believe and always have believed there are no deities, spirits etc. I cannot prove this so by definition there is an element of faith. This statement has been received badly by atheists and theists most of my life. I remember finding the definition of atheist very offensive. Lack of belief in a god or gods. As if they must exist I am just too dumb to realise this. The historian in me accepts this as a sign of the times when this word was coined. One difference I noted between myself as a lifelong atheist and the majority my age who are lapsed theists is I am perfectly comfortable in a church. To the point where I was asked to read a piece a friend of mine had written in his church, because I deliver the spoken word well. I was pleased that at the end they applauded him not me. I was less pleased at the critique of my atheist friends who couldn't understand me doing it. As if doing a favour for a friend who had a faith I didn't share was somehow less acceptable than for one without. My respect for different religious groups confuses people. In the UK we have much maligned Jehovah's Witnesses. I am fine with them. They are doing what their scripture says, going out into the world preaching the word of god to homes etc. So I am rarely rude to them. I will debate of course but generally with respect. There was a recent exception, my wife is disabled and there are notices on our door saying this and that we don't want cold callers, specifying religious groups as one we don't want. A couple of Jehovah's Witnesses ignored this and knocked on our door. I answered, looked at the watchtower and before giving them a chance to speak said 'Sorry I will not support any religion that legalises rape in multiple ways. So that eliminates Judaism, Christianity and Islam.' Middle aged woman looked affronted, younger man laughed at which I said 'You have read the books haven't you?' Less funny apparently. Not been back since. I don't believe in the bible but I know it better than many people following it. I wasn't offended by their faith, but their ignorance of notices making clear if my wife was alone it could cause her pain just getting to the door. I give respect to those who show it. Contrast to above, younger days, bedsit land, and late night worker. Asleep but slowly waking when I could hear someone was working their way through the doorbells waiting for a response. They got to mine, I got up, put on a dressing gown and answered the door. Older gent, young lad. Young lad evidently looked at mad biker who'd visibly just crawled out of bed and took a step back. Older gent asked if I had considered my future. I responded in a calm respectful tone. 'I'm sorry. I'm not in the mood for a theological debate right now.' Young lad couldn't match the voice with the person he could see. Older guy looked at him and smiled having clearly seen I wouldn't be threatening. One group I struggle with especially as my Mother seems to have joined their ranks, are creationists. My mother is a born again, not my fault, I had left home. I think it may be the delayed effect of alcohol withdrawal. As a pretty much lifelong teetotaller, I can't be sure. My son is home educated and there is a lot of pressure in the US to teach creationism as a science. So I thought what the hell, do a lesson on it with my son. In the UK not the US but gave it a go. I spent months preparing for this lesson, not solidly obviously but gave it more time than most creationists will give actual science. The lesson itself was hard going. My son is many things, stupid is rarely one of them. I presented the 'theories' of creationism, which have less evidence than most scientific hypotheses. My son argued against them using actual provable facts, arsenic tolerant earthworms who are now a separate species and cannot breed with the more normal species of earthworm they stem from etc. I came back the the pseudo science answers calmly, which infuriated my son. In the end he asked what the primary source of evidence for creationism was. When I declared this to be the bible he came back with a response I wasn't prepared for. 'But the bible doesn't say everything was created, only a few things. Everything else says and god said let there be, then looked and saw it was good. That's more like observing evolution than creationism.' I mentioned earlier that my son is rarely stupid. I realised that was a day I had been. At no point had it ever occurred to me that one of the most damming pieces of evidence against creationism could be the bible itself. If you want to teach creationism to your child, go for it. I had planned an assessment to see what my son knew of interdependency and adaptation, which was the section we were working on. In that lesson he answered everything I had intended to ask him and more, so we didn't need it. For reference my son was 9 years old at the time.

Such a brilliant, funny man.

A brilliant man and a national Scottish treasure.

I never noticed before but it's true I can't recall any mean jokes about ethnicity or women. Says a lot about the kind of guy he is. Doesn't just blindly do what everyone else is doing to fit in. He's authentic.

Genuine Sottish Hero In a land of no gods and precious few heroes Keep on Big Yin

You're a good soul Billy x

You make life worth living billy :)

Amen to that Billy!

Love this man💚🇮🇪

I had the same experience brother your not the only one and your not the last one ❤ ❤❤So be strong Love you

Whats cruel is the fact that life is robbing us of time with the comic genius. I saw the high horse tour, I was nearly in tears but sadly not through laughing on this occasion.

LEGEND...

I’m a catholic but fortunately was brought up in Southern England amongst ‘ Protestants’ with an Anglican father , always ‘ non catholic ‘ boyfriends and now with an Anglican husband , so am definitely NOT sectarian, and ironically hate the institution of the Catholic Church , would never have dreamed of marrying a catholic , though I AM still a practising, though VERY liberal catholic ! And my family NEVER watched Billy Connolly when I was younger cos they thought he was’ foul mouthed ‘ and ‘ anti catholic ‘ ! I now find him HILARIOUS !

Billy, they (Whoever they are) don't understand its comedy, it's just a joke...it has ruined the every day funny things in life! You will always be one of my hero's.

Legend.

7 dislikes, this man is a genius of observation. I'd love to hear what Billy would say to that.

Funny !

Tempered in the fire of life

If thats the Big Yins last message, it's certainly his best.

Labelled a comedian. I'll try a more modern comment: - Philosophers: What is the explanation of existence? Billy Connolly: Laughs in Comedian.

THE GOAT

Some people seem to be so much more sensitive to ANYTHING nowadays

Mr Billy

Whats the point?

Prominent atheists include many comedians*. Their talent to amuse seems to include a facility for seeing through bullshit. Humankind will one day rid itself of any religious shackles. Comedians deserve praise for hastening this process. * List here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_atheists_(miscellaneous)

A man who modeled his look on Jesus Christ goofing on religion. Brilliant 😂

Hi Billy I remember meeting you at the Victoria Hotel Forres , Gerry Rafferty and ye were the Humblebums , im only 5ft 3 well 1and half noo ,I’ve shrunk 😂 Thanks for being the funniest nicest man on the planet , I’ve got FND it mimics Parkinson’s MS it’s a bastad isn’t it , niver Mind , stay happy love you and say hi to Pamela,Cheerio from the wee yin , please come home tae Scotland , we miss you xxx💙✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Laughter is the best vaccine against religion and you can get a booster anytime you like, your local comedian is well stocked

Billy Connolly's words: *"I've offended most religions. I didn't set out to do that."* Well I'd personally hoped Billy had *indeed* set out to do that, as religion *DESERVES* utter *CONTEMPT!*

He doesn't look as cocky as he used to.

Religion | Billy And Us | BBC Scotland 1143am 6.6.24 do you think there's a place for racist and condescending and sexist humour? probably. seeing as most folk have a sect or type they can't abide... gladly, the cross eyed bear is the song he loves to sing. i think i'll join him...

If he’d not took the piss out of religion he’d have become a saint !

Better than Jesus

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Russell Brands sister

Billy’s facial expression seems to be frozen.

I know the sketch well. I heard it on an LP many times. I think the disrespect it shows actually contributed to the modern mindset of the guy in his underpants. It's fine to be as abusive as you like to people you disagree with. I understand the rage and thank God I was brought up as a prod.

"the modern age", when the modern age is old-fashioned, can we stop with this modern nonsense?

What is with the background music? I am not writing to be mean. It is annoying, distracting and disrespectful - to Billy Connolly if noone else. Why not allow me/your viewers the option of... well... hearing what is being said and nothing more?

Racist, sexist, homophobic comedy is still funny.