Russell Brand has decided to take on Stephen Fry over the existence of God. And how did it go?

He should stick to comedy.

His philosophical arguments are simply uneducated and not well thought out. His previous videos about not-voting are asinine at best, and thankfully those smarter than him have shut down that argument. He simply does not have a track record of being a solid voice for any of his positions, yet he doesn’t shut up.

So in this new video, Brand wants to defend the existence of God against arguments against his existence made by Stephen Fry, yes, another comedian, but someone who has a track record of being scientifically literate and well educated in world religions.

So, Brand’s evidence?

Science cannot answer the “why” question. Why is that so important? It’s not actually, science answers the “how” questions which are much more meaningful in the grand scheme of things.

He also breaks out the “fine-tuning” argument, showing he may have just watched one too many John Lennox videos.

Biologist Jerry Coyne watched the 10-minute rant and had this to say,

“In other words, Brand’s tirade in this video is a mixture of Deepak Chopra and John Haught. Oh, and there’s a little atheist-bashing at 9:20 when Brand implies that atheists would have a hard time justifying helping their fellow humans, and that we must have some spirituality to “save the planet.””

I have seen some of Brand’s standup and thought he was pretty funny. But it is hard to hold respect for someone who keeps opening his mouth and spitting out words and arguments he just doesn’t understand.

You can watch the whole video below, though I can hardly recommend it.