{"id":204905,"date":"2017-07-11T21:54:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T01:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/colbert-conundrum-the-liberal-tv-host-tackles-atheism-the-trinity-and-the-bible-cbn-news\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T21:54:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T01:54:48","slug":"colbert-conundrum-the-liberal-tv-host-tackles-atheism-the-trinity-and-the-bible-cbn-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/atheism\/colbert-conundrum-the-liberal-tv-host-tackles-atheism-the-trinity-and-the-bible-cbn-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert Conundrum: The Liberal TV Host Tackles Atheism, the Trinity, and the Bible &#8211; CBN News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    Talk-show host Stephen Colbert is probably best known for his    attacks on President Trump, most-notably a foul-mouthed    reference to the president that resulted in an FCC inquiry in    May. That's why some are surprised to learn that he also talks    a lot about faith on \"The Late Show.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    According to The Week,Colbert is dedicated to    his Catholic faith, despite his use of off-color language and    harsh criticism of many conservative points of view.  <\/p>\n<p>    In 2007, he spoke with NPR's Terry Gross about God,    theology of the afterlife and how he explains such concepts to    his children.  <\/p>\n<p>    His Comedy Central show, \"The Colbert Report,\" regularly    featured religion segments in which debated the divinity of    Jesus with religious scholar, Bart Ehrman and discussed the    pope with a Jesuit priest.  <\/p>\n<p>    When he moved to CBS as host of the Late Show, he continued to    talk about faith. In the first month he asked Oprah about her    favorite Bible verses.  <\/p>\n<p>    Other faith segments include his interview with Joel Osteen    about the pastor's beliefs and a confrontation with atheist    Bill Maher, where he tried to persuade him to accept Christ.  <\/p>\n<p>    \"The door is always open. Golden ticket, right before you,\"    Colbert said. \"All you have to do is humble yourself before the    presence of the Lord and admit there are things greater than    you in the universe that you do not understand. Take Pascal's    wager. If you're wrong, you're an idiot. But if I'm right,    you're going to hell.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    When actor Andrew Garfield appeared on the show to promote the    movie \"Silence\" about Jesuit missionaries in Japan, their talk    turned to their beliefes about demons, angels, faith and doubt.  <\/p>\n<p>    It was an exchange with comedian and atheist Ricky Gervais    about the existence of God, however, that went viral, getting    more than 3.5 million views on YouTube.  <\/p>\n<p>    However, even when talking about religion Colbert can cross the    line. A recent segment that demonstrates how some Catholic    priests are using fidget spinners to explain the Christian    doctrine of the Holy Trinity features a make-believe interview    with God that could be interprested as blasphemous.  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/us\/2017\/july\/is-god-bumping-up-stephen-colberts-ratings\" title=\"Colbert Conundrum: The Liberal TV Host Tackles Atheism, the Trinity, and the Bible - CBN News\">Colbert Conundrum: The Liberal TV Host Tackles Atheism, the Trinity, and the Bible - CBN News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Talk-show host Stephen Colbert is probably best known for his attacks on President Trump, most-notably a foul-mouthed reference to the president that resulted in an FCC inquiry in May.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/atheism\/colbert-conundrum-the-liberal-tv-host-tackles-atheism-the-trinity-and-the-bible-cbn-news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atheism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204905"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}