{"id":32432,"date":"2008-02-15T17:54:39","date_gmt":"2008-02-16T00:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2013-03-12T15:54:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T21:54:37","slug":"colbert-on-what-hell-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2008\/02\/colbert-on-what-hell-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert Explains Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Did you see Stephen Colbert\u2019s rather memorable interview with Dr. Philip Zombardo?<\/p>\n<p>When the misguided doctor begins to explain that Lucifer was justified in rebelling against God, Colbert takes him to school. Sunday school. And he does so in his own fearless fashion, mixing truth with his own brand of irony.<\/p>\n<p>But viewer discretion is advised: There is a crass, but bleeped, exclamation in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/the-colbert-report-videos\/149094\/february-11-2008\/philip-zimbardo\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this clip<\/a>. (And yet, who can blame him for having strong feelings on this subject?)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Opus for alerting me to this at ArtsandFaith.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you see Stephen Colbert\u2019s rather memorable interview with Dr. Philip Zombardo? When the misguided doctor begins to explain that Lucifer was justified in rebelling against God, Colbert takes him to school. Sunday school. And he does so in his own fearless fashion, mixing truth with his own brand of irony. 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