Wednesday, November 29, 2006
If he's doing this, what's that guy Boner up to?
Flipping through channels tonight, I landed on TBN (The Bible Network). I wouldn't have stayed, but the guy who was talking had an AUSTRALIAN ACCENT (I can't resist that accent). I know what you're thinking: Christian AND Australian? But he was! He talked for a little while, and then the camera zoomed out and he was sitting right next to Kirk Cameron. It turns out that they have this show called "The Way of the Master," a kind of "Triumph of the Will"-meets-Ron-Popeil kind of show about fundamentalist Christianity.
Here's an example of their STUNNING show on atheism:
I guess it shouldn't have come as a surprise to me that Cameron is so actively evangelical, what with his starring role on the "In the Behind" series (or whatever it's called). But I thought his faith was just a little quirk of his that he brought up every now and then, while still being a really cool individual - you know, kind of like Mel Gibson.
So Cameron talked for a while about evangelism, and how he was trying to start a revolution to make evangelism more in the way Jesus did. And then they went on to present this vox-pop style B-roll of the Australian "witnessing" to a girl who looked like she was out for a night hitting the bars with her boyfriend. This evil Australian asked her if she had ever stolen - she said she stole a lipstick from her mom once. Then he asked her if she had hated someone - yes, she had. Had she lusted for someone? "Yes." Then he said that she was a sinner, and asked if she thought she was going to heaven. "Yes, because I asked God for forgiveness for all of my sins." Then the Australian went too far - he called her self-righteous for even thinking she could be forgiven for being a dirty, dirty sinner, and she could only get to heaven if she repented completely and suffered for her sins. The poor girl starts crying and he doesn't let up, until she agreed to take a pamphlet, which is probably papering the floor at some Bourbon Street establishment as we speak.
Seriously, Kirk Cameron should remember that even Leonardo DiCaprio got his start on Growing Pains. He doesn't have to stoop to this level. And Australians should stick to chasing crocodiles.
Here's an example of their STUNNING show on atheism:
I guess it shouldn't have come as a surprise to me that Cameron is so actively evangelical, what with his starring role on the "In the Behind" series (or whatever it's called). But I thought his faith was just a little quirk of his that he brought up every now and then, while still being a really cool individual - you know, kind of like Mel Gibson.
So Cameron talked for a while about evangelism, and how he was trying to start a revolution to make evangelism more in the way Jesus did. And then they went on to present this vox-pop style B-roll of the Australian "witnessing" to a girl who looked like she was out for a night hitting the bars with her boyfriend. This evil Australian asked her if she had ever stolen - she said she stole a lipstick from her mom once. Then he asked her if she had hated someone - yes, she had. Had she lusted for someone? "Yes." Then he said that she was a sinner, and asked if she thought she was going to heaven. "Yes, because I asked God for forgiveness for all of my sins." Then the Australian went too far - he called her self-righteous for even thinking she could be forgiven for being a dirty, dirty sinner, and she could only get to heaven if she repented completely and suffered for her sins. The poor girl starts crying and he doesn't let up, until she agreed to take a pamphlet, which is probably papering the floor at some Bourbon Street establishment as we speak.
Seriously, Kirk Cameron should remember that even Leonardo DiCaprio got his start on Growing Pains. He doesn't have to stoop to this level. And Australians should stick to chasing crocodiles.
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