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I wasn't referring to his 'war on Christmas' segments, but to his Christmas special. I don't have access to the lyrics, as I'm on my work connection at the moment and it's blocking everything, but I seem to recall him saying in the final song, "If you believe in nothing, then you're just a sorry nothing, And if you think I'm just being funny, then you've got another think coming," or something to that effect.
He also interviewed Larry Johnson on the show, and since then has been mocking the cryonics movement because of the lies perpetrated by Mr. Johnson.
It was "Some folks believe in nothing / But if you believe in nothing /Then what’s to keep the nothing from coming for you", which seems pretty obviously sarcastic to me.
I think there was something more on the version I saw after that segment. I no longer have access to it, and I'm not willing to expend more effort to prove a point I don't consider particularly interesting.
Suffice to say that Colbert is a strong theist; I don't think that's controversial.
His character is a strong theist. It is less clear what his real views are. I believe he is a practicing Catholic but I get the impression his actual views on religion are rather more nuanced than those his character presents.
No, he is a strong theist. I like him a lot (although I'm not a liberal, like his fans usually are) but he is a very religious man, even in his out of character interviews. He also seemed to be trying to sincerely argue against Dawkins during part of his second interview with him.
I can believe Colbert is a Penn&Teller-esque anti-cryonics type, but his Christmas special was definitely tongue in cheek.