I have no idea what Stephen Colbert’s true theological views are, but this is an interesting segment with him interviewing Bart Ehrman. A quote by Stephen Colbert:
“What’s the son of a duck? It’s a duck. If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck and it can raise the dead like a duck, it’s a duck.”
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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I must say: this video is not very humorous to me…feel like Colbert is making fun of Christians and the way they would respond to Ehrman’s book…
Yes, Ehrman willingly presents Colbert yet another way to mock Christianity.
Even the title of Ehrman’s book “Jesus Interrupted” offends me.
I don’t find Colbert to be making fun of Christianity. I did a little research into his background and his interviews with other religious leaders, and he seems to have respect for Christianity and is actually somewhat knowledgeable. According to Wikipedia, he is a Roman Catholic who teaches sunday school – this obviously could mean a plethera of things.
I think his attitude and presentation could be taken to be mocking, but I’m not sure if he’s really intending to mock Christianity, as Ehrman of course is. Who knows though.
I agree that Ehrman is the more culpable of the two, himself coming off like more of a pseudo-intellectual who is more interested in selling books than seeking the truth.
But Colbert is not blameless regardless, if he is to be the christian apologist in the exchange, he doing it in the most disingenuous manner.
@rb - Definitely. The show is only concerned about comedy and ratings.
Here is a link to his first interview with Ehrman which does seem to be more mocking in nature.
It’s hard to tell where Robert Colbert really stands isn’t it, is he on the fence or just afraid to really express his faith?
Meanwhile, I saw this quote from President Barack Obama spoken in Turkey on April 6:
” I’ve said before that one of the greatest strengths of the United States is, although as I mentioned we have a very large Christian population, we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideas and a set of values”
Hmmm… what ideas, what set of values?
I find Stephen’s angle to be unusual. He seems to have many guests that are contradictory to Christianity, but I’ve also seen Stephen stand up to them in this weird quasi-sarcastic way. You never know how much people really know about a certain subject, but I’ve been impressed with how much he seems to know about the bible. On repeated occasions he’s quoted scripture or slammed a guest’s lack of knowledge about which they write a book about.
I would bet if you just read his transcripts there wouldn’t be any issue. The way in which he communicates come across as flippant, but the words he uses are not flippant at all. It’s weird. I like him for some reason.
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Not really, I’m just tired of seeing Bart’s face on this thread.
I’ll be posting something new by tomorrow (hopefully!).
Not because of what I said I hope, I think you have exams this week?
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