Colbert's Divine Judgment (VIDEO)

He's the most famous Catholic on TV. He's got a direct line to God. His name is Stephen Colbert.

The self-described "pope of basic cable" offered his infallible opinion of recent religious news Tuesday night, declaring "Yahweh or No Way" on topics ranging from the new Catholic Mass and Pope Benedict's vehicular troubles to Wodka's offensive "holiday" billboard.

Best of all, Colbert gives a brief journalistic nod to HuffPost Religion at about 4:30 in the video.

So what do you think: Is the new Catholic Mass a good thing? Should the pope have to follow traffic laws like everyone else? Is the vodka ad anti-Semitic?

Yahweh or no way -- you decide.

Quick Poll

Which Catholic Mass (Roman Missal) language do you prefer?

The new Mass

The former Mass

Both are equally meaningful to me

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Comments

[LMPE]

07:23 PM on 12/02/2011

Consubstantial is now Istanbul. I'm gonna have to use that.

[jokamachi]

02:59 PM on 12/01/2011

I'm always amused by non-believers who try to keep up with Stephen's knowledge as he discusses the inner workings of the church. Most of the time they look like children with their noses pressed up against the glass.

[Canuck Nuck Nuck]

04:24 PM on 12/01/2011

thats not my nose.

[Ami Toben]

02:26 PM on 12/01/2011

Great stuff.

[ChaCubed]

09:36 AM on 12/01/2011

Funny. :-))

[nb7264]

09:04 AM on 12/01/2011

HP left off the "Both are equally meaningless to me" option on the poll.

[F7]

02:05 PM on 12/01/2011

Or just a simple "Ha Ha Ha" would have sufficed

[Warren Harrison]

12:23 AM on 12/01/2011

Christopher Hitchens mocked religion for years,,,,,,,I'm just sayin'..... be careful when you mock the Almighty.

[Hecktic Skeptic]

07:52 AM on 12/01/2011

Over 500 priests die of prostrate cancer every year....what's your point?

Every minute 20 children under the age of 5 die from cancer. I'm pretty sure they didn't have much time to mock your god.

Stop with the superstitious threats of an invisible man in the sky please.

[Warren Harrison]

09:35 AM on 12/01/2011

We all have our opinions.

[Warren Harrison]

11:33 PM on 12/02/2011

I'm just sayin'

[jbrumf5632]

12:39 PM on 12/01/2011

Don't be silly.

[Willie12345]

05:30 PM on 11/30/2011

Why does HP support this mockery of religion? It only hurts those that are devout. (I'm not Catholic.)

[ZenSufi]

05:51 PM on 11/30/2011

Colbert is a devout Catholic.

[Willie12345]

10:47 AM on 12/01/2011

That's not so apparent from his actions and behaviors.

[jack Winn]

07:41 PM on 11/30/2011

Religion is faith despite lack of evidence. It has gotten humanity into no end of stupid troubles.

Religion deserves mockery. Clergymen deserve conviction for any number of frauds.

If you're devout, Mother Nature intends you to be parasitized by your faith. If I was a sociopath, I would most certainly be a snake-charming Baptist.

[nogods]

12:51 PM on 12/01/2011

Religion is faith despite evidence to the contrary.

[Cheyla]

04:43 PM on 11/30/2011

I've often wondered if Stephen Colbert's catholicism is part of his satire - he seems much more sane and atheistic to me.

[MadMoll]

04:59 PM on 11/30/2011

He's a devout Catholic. He's simply not a dogmatist.

[john1513]

12:31 AM on 12/05/2011

What do you think "devout" means?

[jack Winn]

07:42 PM on 11/30/2011

A logical person can easily separate them. If you believe in one sort of magic, why not another?

[Abnormal Wrench]

04:43 PM on 11/30/2011

You are finally giving this issue the attention it deserves. Kudos.