Pretty darn funny/clever/amusing. Be sure to stick with it til the end:
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| The Mountain Goats – Psalms 40:2 | ||||
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9 responses to “The Cross According to Colbert (Plus Mountain Goats)”
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Amazing. Colbert knows his creed. And it seems more than just a passing knowledge.
he teaches sunday school at his church.
That is the longest, most unabashed quotation from the Creed I think I've ever heard on TV, except of course broadcasted church services…and on Comedy Central of all places!
Dr. Zimbardo found out that, yes, Colbert teaches Sunday school. 🙂
Colbert also had Tom Wright on his show to discuss Surprised by Hope. How many shows on Comedy Central have the bishop of Durham as a guest? I'd say it's pretty safe to say that if Colbert can engage an Anglican bishop in some jib-jab about Anglican/Catholic relations he probably knows more than just a little bit about Christian beliefs.
Sweet Jesus, John Darnielle is awesome. That song and performance was so good. Thanks, Dave, for posting this!
Do you think we can we get a Mockingbird exclusive interview?!?!?!
I can't get over Scalia's reinterpretation of the cross! It's no longer a symbol of Jesus' death/resurrection, but it's a symbol of America?
I second Colton's emotion!
Colbert can get old after a while (with heavy-handed irony, like scotch, a little goes a long way)but this "Cross" segment is absolutely brilliant. He is poking fun at the absurdity of current "establishment clause" 1st Amendment jurisprudence which reasons that the constitution is not violated by such "religious" symbols on state property IF, and only IF, the symbol is not meant to promote or reflect a particular religious belief but is there for historical or other generic reasons. This is the reasoning behind Scalia's comments, and not a reflection of what Scalia personally thinks the "cross" in the abstract means theologically. (Scalia, like Colbert is an active RC) The irony of this reasoning, as Colbert hits head on, is that in order to get some "Christian" symbol into a state-sponsored public forum, we have to deny that it is really "Christian" at all. Not worth it.