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Kirk Cameron Proves God Exists

I'm sorry, I'm a plagiarist. But there's just no improving on Troy Patterson's clickable headline:

In Cameron's introductory remarks at the debate—which can be seen at something like its full and numbing length at abcnews.go.com—he coolly claimed that "the existence of God can be proven 100 percent, absolutely without the use of faith." First, I grew excited at this promise, then began to wonder why no theologian, philosopher, or sitcom star in recorded history had done it before—Thomas Aquinas, Immanuel Kant, Tina Yothers, whoever—and realized I was in for a letdown. Comfort's cadences were not even those of a preacher but of an infomercial host, and the God Squad had but three arguments on behalf of the big guy: All things have makers; the human conscience is evidence of a higher moral power; if you read the Gospel, then Christ will be revealed to you. For reasons too stupid to type, this was not an airtight case, and the atheists made quick work of it in tones of juvenile sarcasm.

I'm too lazy to troll through the ABC News site, so I tried typing "Kirk Cameron" into YouTube and this is what came up. Enjoy. 



Michael is a contributing editor of Jewcy. His work has appeared in Slate, Gawker, New York, Democratiya, The New Criterion and The Weekly Standard. His blog is Snarksmith.


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naftali


Compelling

Riveting.  I find myself swept away in a torrent of persuasion.  The banana itself, made into an irresistible force.  The simplicity.  The genius.  Or, could it be the accent? 

It might be the accent, as my quest for Gd has quickly turned into a desire for that little Magic Bullet kitchen choppy thing.  

A moment of Enlightenment, fleeting as a grain of sand in a windstorm.  If only he had tossed it on the ground and Cameron slipped and fell on his butt, then he would have had me.  For that is more perfect than anything I can conceive. 





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