That's Truthiness!

Let's face it. When most people think of Sunday School teachers, they picture this:



But maybe they should be thinking something more like this:


That's right. Stephen Colbert, America's funniest man (sorry, Carrot Top) just happens to also be a Sunday School teacher. And recently he dropped some strong Biblical knowledge on his guest Philip Zimbarado during a discussion on the origins of evil.

Zimbarado, a Standford professor and author of The Lucifer Effect, said on Colbert's show: "Lucifer was right and God was wrong." An obviously miffed Colbert came back swinging with a theological rant that would make those in seminary proud.

Colbert said: "God gave Satan, the angels and man, free will. Satan used his free will-and abused it-by not obeying authority. Hell was created by Satan's disobedience to God, and his purposeful removal from God's love, which is what hell is-removing yourself from God's love. You send yourself to hell, God does not send you there."

Now that's some truthiness!

I couldn't find a clip of this exchange on the YouTubes, but here's a great one with Colbert making Larry King seem even more confused than usual.