Comments on: Stephen Colbert on Atheism

By: Mikayla

Mikayla — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:35:48 +0000

That religionizer is just too funny. I keep getting Islam or Hindu several times in a row. What is with that?

By: olvlzl, no ism, no ist

olvlzl, no ism, no ist — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:30:30 +0000

Interesting that he seems to get the criticisms of religion so well but doesn’t apply them to his own faith, huh?

How do you know what his faith is other than what he states it is? It’s fairly difficult to get thrown out of the Catholic church, you can believe all kinds of things and if you’re not a priest or a Democratic candidate you can say pretty much whatever you want in most churches while you still get to call yourself a Catholic.

Steve Colbert is doing God’s work on his program and on his book tour. He can belong to any church he wants to as long as he’s doing things like his address to the White House Correspondent’s dinner.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:42:46 +0000

He was on Fresh Air last week with Terri Gross and the subject of his religious beliefs came up. Despite his frequent criticism of religion, he seems to most definitely be an active Catholic.

He talked about teaching CCD classes, telling his kids that god is love and telling them that hell is separation from god. Interesting that he seems to get the criticisms of religion so well but doesn’t apply them to his own faith, huh?

By: Spook

Spook — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:47:56 +0000

I listened to the audiobook version of this while running errands, riding the bus, etc. Hysterically funny, not something to listen to in public since everyone wonders “what the hell is wrong with that guy?”

Regardless, I loved how his religion chapter poked at just about everyone until he hit Islam and then promptly chickened out. Far too funny.

By: Polly

Polly — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:56:30 +0000

I got Jainism!

The messages are all wrong. They don’t match the religions. Last I checked there were no shiite or Sunni Jews. And the Bible is not a Jainist book, I’m pretty sure.

By: HappyNat

HappyNat — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:10:59 +0000

if you’d like to convert, go to Stephen’s Religionizer!

I just did it and it picked atheism for me. Converting is so much easier when you don’t have to change.

By: Joel Sax

Joel Sax — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:57:24 +0000

Darryl: So my wife is a wimp because she doesn’t have balls? Doesn’t that strike you as more than a little sexist? Should I report you to the Feminist Police?

Oooo. Ouch. I sat down and my balls broke the chair.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:17:53 +0000

Size is a factor here too.

By: Joel Sax

Joel Sax — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:06:35 +0000

Pardon me, but I just checked and I do have balls.