Ricky Gervais mocks Bible creation story

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Ricky Gervais has mocked the Biblical account of the creation of Earth in response to attacks on his new movie The Invention Of Lying.

The comedian gave a link on his blog to what he described as his "favourite 'Christian annoyed at a film they haven't seen yet'" piece to date.

The beliefnet story read: "If they had been honest about the intent of the film, I might have been tempted to see it.

"Knowing that I'll be mocked is one thing but being duped into paying to see a movie that insults me as a gullible sap is another. It's a good thing I'm not gullible enough to go see a movie without reading a review first."

Gervais responded: "I'm sure [the writer] is not gullible enough to read a review and totally believe it wholeheartedly and then pass her own judgement based solely on hearsay without seeing the film first. That would be ridiculous.

"That would be like me believing that the Earth was made in six days just because it was written in one book with no evidence to back it up. That would be f**king mental, wouldn't it?"