When Did Kirk Cameron Become So Fucking Weird?
Kirk Cameron used to just be Mike Seaver, the curly-haired star of the '80s sitcom Growing Pains. But these days he's playing a far more important, and more permanent, role: soldier of Christ.
As such, he wants to know: Have you been paying attention to what's happening to our country? How we're being stripped, one by one, of our God-given liberties? How the Ten Commandments can't be displayed in public spaces anymore? How children can't read the Bible in schools? And, worst of all, how students are being taught the plain-vanilla version of Darwin's theory of evolution – by atheist-professors, no less?
Fear not, Cameron is here to save the day.
As he explains in a video posted on YouTube and at the site livingwaters.com, Cameron is part of a creationist-activist effort to distribute en masse a new and improved version of Darwin's Origin of Species, in the run-up to next month's 150th anniversary of the book's publication. The "very special" edition includes a 50-page introduction by author-minister Ray Comfort that touches on "Adolf Hitler's undeniable connection with the theory, Darwin's racism, his disdain for women, and Darwin's thoughts on the existence of God." All that, and "the theory's many hoaxes," too.
Cameron will personally give away some of the 50,000 copies slated to be passed out at the nation's top 50 universities – where, incidentally, he says a recent study shows that 61 percent of psychology and biology professors are self-described atheists or agnostics. ("An entire generation is being brainwashed by atheistic evolution without even hearing the alternative, and it's radically changing the culture of our nation," Cameron warns.)
It's a beautiful, 304-page book, he says, and it can be yours, free.
"Who isn't going to take it and say, 'Thank you very much'?" Cameron adds. "There's nothing to fear."
5:01 pm
He became weird AFTER he got enough Hollywood poon to fill a mack truck, then he got 'righteous'. That includes banging his co-star, then dumping her and getting her fired off the show...He should run for office under the RR banner. Those haughty dickheads love to tell folks how to live while being closet pervs...
6:19 pm
Harun Yahya's junk convinced virtually no one, as far as I can tell, despite sending expensively-produced books to a huge number of professors.
Granted, Kirk might do better targeting the less knowledgeable students, but I'm sure there will be plenty of articles and conversations on campus pointing out what a steaming pile of dung the "preface" (read "sermon") to this edition is.
Piltdown Man, even? A fraud unmasked over half a century ago, while creationists continue to push countless frauds onto people, in spite of the fact that their frauds are at least as old as Piltdown Man.
They might gain a few converts, which is really the goal of these charlatans, whatever the costs. But on the whole they might do more to expose how baseless their beliefs actually are. The few sheep they get into their flock might thus come at the expense of a greater number convinced of how dishonest creationism actually is.
Glen Davidson
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6:26 pm
He's probably always been that way--it's just that back in the day he ad better handlers.
6:54 pm
I dunno -- nice biceps...he's a looker. Who care what he says! ;-D
10:57 pm
Please find out if he intends on visiting any schools in the district, so I can reinforce my windows and stock up on bottled water.
5:13 am
Was there ever a time when Cameron was NOT weird?
I guess starting off with Growing Pains obviously does not Grow Brains…
Yes, Cameron, the culture of "this country" is changing and it's about time! It's about time Jesus, God and the Looney sky family returns where it belongs: back in the lamp with Aladdin and genie.
9:58 pm
Why all the "bashing?" I think it's wonderful that Kirk and the sponsors of this book are providing an alternative view of an important topic. It could (and should!) lead to a thoughful and respectful debate. The evolution theory has been so "forced fed" in our classrooms for the past few decades that I find it refreshing and interesting to hear about/see the creation theory. In many ways, I think the American culture suffers for all the "change" and dismissal of things christian.
2:22 pm
Sorry, Heidi, but count me in on the Kirk Cameron-bashing! The teaching of creation theory has its place: church, not schools or colleges. How does this sound: scientists promise not to bust into churches to refute their teachings, and in return, creationists stay away from schools, colleges and other secular institutions with their propaganda-ified version of Origin of Species.
11:01 pm
I'm with Kirk! How dare those godless-potsmoking-coedbanging professors try to brainwash young adults! They're going to mess with all of the brainwashing we did back when those students were too young to know better. How dare they teaching critical thinking and then let people think for themselves.