Me too

I said "You can't excommunicate me, I quit!"

Funny, but not accurate. I have devout Catholic relatives who believe in God, and jump through all the hoops required of Catholics.

Colbert does seem to be able to laugh at his religion. That is a good thing, he would not be the sheeple to run off the cliff of hate to after muslims, hebrews, wiccans, etc.

Ther are many out there that we are not aware of because of low populations of observers that date back more than 2000 years. There are sects in India,Iran Greece that have very old religions.However most date from the time that writing became available because you then had recordings of these sects..

@Marine Yes, well said. But where are the followers of Baal, of Osiris, of Hel and Freya, the lsit goes on and on. All these deities have faded away when they held sway over thousands of people in their regions. The same will happen with Jaweh, Jesus, Moroni and Allah. People outgrow their creations,

Not true. I met someone from Iran who is a Zoroastrian. Zoroastrianism is experiencing a revival in Iran, probably as a protest against the repressive form of Shia that has become the state religion. There are even people in the Middle East who follow pre-Zoroastrian traditions. Qute a few of the "pagan" religions of Europe are being recreated, and a few never died out and are experiencing a revival.

Off the top of my head, Taoism, Confucianism, Jainism, the various belief systems that make up Hinduism, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Native American religions, Hawaiian religion, African indigenous religions, Australian Aboriginal religions, etc...

That's because Stephen Colbert possesses what few Bible thumper do:
Critical thinking.
Stephen knew there was very little he could say as a rebuttal because it is sound logic.

@NeoXerops I believe you are right on the mark!

@SACatWalker Yeah, I thought the whole exchange was awesome! They were both very respectful (in a sarcastic kind of way) and they seemed to both respect the views of the other. Says a lot about the character of both of these awesome guys!!

I don't agree. Humans are as vulnerable to extinction as any other species on the planet, hence climate change. We just might destroy ourselves!!

@stomato Given we aren't religious people here it should be clear that this planet was not "created" for us as a species. Given that, this planet has existed for billions of years (not 6000) and has heated and cooled numerous times, killing off every civilization before us. I wouldn't be surprised if we aren't even the first "advanced" civilization to exist here in all that time. The point being, it makes no difference what we do, this planet will kill us. Even physicists have stated that if we don't become space travelers we will perish by the changing climate. (if I recall it was referred to as a level three civilization, we're still a level one) We're actually coming out of an ice age right now. Things are going to heat up despite or best efforts.
Nihilism, sexy ain't it?

Humanity could be wiped out in a second, and if it happened the collective IQ of the Universe would jump up several points.

Fermi's paradox...