By now you’ve heard the news that George Carlin, the sardonic and witty comic, passed away on Sunday. Carlin, a Catholic-raised Irish-American (is that redundant?) who was educated at New York City parochial schools, was no fan of organized religion, which he called “the biggest bull#%* story ever told.”

American Atheists, Inc. mourned his passing: “Carlin took on all of the religious shibboleths of our age in a way that made people laugh and think at the same time,” said acting prez Frank Zindler.

But, as Claire Hoffman over at Under God points out, Carlin did found his own religion.

He called it Frisbeeterianism and defined it as a “soul gets flung onto a roof, and just stays there,” never to be retrieved. Kinda sounds like purgatory, actually. Guess he couldn’t really leave his Catholic roots far behind.