Interviews · 13 June 2014
Milton Jones The religion argument
Milton Jones interviewed by Kevin Durham, 13 June 2014. 1m 32s on tape.
In this Milton Jones interview he talks about arguing with Richard Bacon over Christianity on a Radio 5 show. **Milton Jones Interview: Comedian Opens Up About Argument With Richard Bacon Over Religion** In a recent **Milton Jones interview**, the comedian shared an unexpected and candid story about a heated argument he once had with TV presenter Richard Bacon over the topic of religion. Known for his surreal one-liners and lighthearted approach to comedy, Milton Jones rarely delves into serious matters in his public appearances, but this interview revealed a more personal side of the comic.
What's on the tape
A transcript, made by machine from the audio and tidied up. It gets names and the odd word wrong, so treat it as a way to find the bit you want rather than as a quotation. Every timestamp jumps to that moment in the video.
0:01 you've had with someone over religion? Have you had like an allout blazing? I've never had no because I wouldn't say arguments. I've had discussions. In fact, um I did uh Richard Bacon show on Radio 5. Um and we were talking about something else and and he said something about Christianity and I said, "Well, I'm Christian." And there was like a gap of about 20 seconds on there before he said, "You're a what?" So I explained to him and then he listed all the bad things the church has done which is you know irrefutable in one way. And what do you do in that position? Do you do you feel like you want to walk out of that show?
0:43 Cuz obviously if you walked out that's going to be bad back bad. I know him and you know he's get on perfectly well with him but he just he didn't know. um but in a way I have to say well okay you have those opinions whoever you are say slagging off Christianity what are you replacing it with and you clearly believe in good and evil why if you don't have a faith of any kind if you have no absolute to trace it back to you know h how are you thinking your life will work out or be measured or what happens when you die what do you say do you come with an answer. No, no, I can't remember. I'm sure he went into adverts, which is strange cuz there aren't any on BBC.
1:29 You just made them up. Yeah.
