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TMC · 09-08-2017, 07:37 PM

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The former Growing Pains star and evangelical Christian has taken to Facebook to post a finger-wagging message that assumes God sent the incredibly destructive and devastating Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma as divine punishment for our collective sins and to teach us “humility.”

“This is a spectacular display of God’s immense power,” Cameron says in a video, which has more than 250,000 views. “When he puts his power on display, it’s never without reason. There’s a purpose. And we may not always understand what that purpose is, but we know it’s not random, and we know that weather is sent to cause us to respond to God in humility, awe and repentance … Maybe share that with your kids when they ask why this is happening.”

He quoted The Bible’s Old Testament to note that God “causes [storms] to happen for punishment, or to water his land to demonstrate his faithful love.”

Continues Cameron: “How should we look at two giant hurricanes coming back to back like this? Do we write them off as coincidence? Do we write it off as a statistical anomaly? Wow! Who would’ve thought? Is it just Mother Nature in a bad mood?”

Actually, many scientists would agree with Cameron’s sarcasm and note there is indeed something that increases the likelihood of anomalous and extreme weather events such as hurricanes — even, say, that Harvey and Irma are probably stronger because of it — and have only been pointing it out with increasing concern for decades now.

MA · 09-08-2017, 08:14 PM

Why is Kirk so obsessed with religion all of a sudden?

king of comedy · 09-08-2017, 08:55 PM

He had so many opportunities but he blew it. It was his choice.

Wawwie · 09-08-2017, 09:24 PM

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Bible thumping, religious weirdo.

Wawwie · 09-08-2017, 09:31 PM

So sad that Kirk is only 46 years old, yet he looks like he's in his mid fifties. I can't believe he's only one year older than me. Damn, he looks so haggard

Svenfan1234 · 09-08-2017, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MikaelaArsenault

Why is Kirk so obsessed with religion all of a sudden?

He's not "obsessed." He's just expressing his views.

I've seen 46 year olds look way worse than him, BTW.

MA · 09-09-2017, 07:24 AM

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He's not "obsessed." He's just expressing his views.

I've seen 46 year olds look way worse than him, BTW.

He expresses his views a lot lately though.

Svenfan1234 · 09-09-2017, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MikaelaArsenault

He expresses his views a lot lately though.

Well, we ARE allowed to publicly express our opinions, aren't we?

MA · 09-09-2017, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Svenfan1234

Well, we ARE allowed to publicly express our opinions, aren't we?

Yes.

tvfreak1987 · 09-09-2017, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MikaelaArsenault

Why is Kirk so obsessed with religion all of a sudden?

All of a sudden? He has been for years.

Adamantium · 09-09-2017, 12:31 PM

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Well, we ARE allowed to publicly express our opinions, aren't we?

But his opinions that he's publicly expressing aren't helping the cause any. Saying that God sends hurricanes on purpose as a form of punishment makes him sound like a God I don't want to serve.

I see a lot of the time when a celebrity talks politics, usually a liberal, and conservatives will say "Shut up and act!" And I can't help but think that actors have opinions too, and should be allowed to express it. Besides a lot of people (non-celebrities) post their political opinions on Facebook and wherever else they can. It's just that with celebrities, they have a wider forum in which to express their opinions. So I can fully agree he has the right to tell us his opinion, whether we care what he has to say or not. I just don't see why he thinks it's a wise thing to say this. And this happens whenever there's a natural disaster. It can never be just because that's the way the Earth is, it's always gotta be God punishing us for something. And anytime anyone says that, I always think what a fool they are.

I'm still able to watch reruns of Growing Pains and enjoy Kirk's work on that show, but outside of that show, I don't like him. It's one thing to be religious. It's another to be obnoxious with your religion.

PracTz · 09-09-2017, 01:04 PM

I always found it telling that, regardless of how 'religious' Mr. Cameron became offstage, he seemed to have no problems portraying Mike as a jerk!

RetroGuy2000 · 09-09-2017, 01:14 PM

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It's one thing to be religious. It's another to be obnoxious with your religion.

Well said. I have no problem with someone talking about his/her religion. But Kirk Cameron has gotten people fired because they were "sinners", and has blamed hurricanes on God's wrath at "sinners". He rejects the New Testament teachings such as Luke 7:36-50 and John 7:53-8:11.

'80sSitcoms · 09-09-2017, 01:32 PM

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Well said. I have no problem with someone talking about his/her religion. But Kirk Cameron has gotten people fired because they were "sinners", and has blamed hurricanes on God's wrath at "sinners". He rejects the New Testament teachings such as Luke 7:36-50 and John 7:53-8:11.

He would probably think the girls at Eastland are heathens for not going to church:

Blair: "That's what's so great about Sundays, Mrs. Garrett. You don't have to do anything!"

RetroGuy2000 · 09-09-2017, 01:44 PM

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He would probably think the girls at Eastland are heathens for not going to church:

Blair: "That's what's so great about Sundays, Mrs. Garrett. You don't have to do anything!"

Haha! Well, Lisa Whelchel had no problem saying that line, despite her religious convictions.

See, that is the difference between Lisa Whelchel and Kirk Cameron: Lisa just quietly declined to appear in an episode she felt uncomfortable doing. Kirk Cameron insisted the producers fire Julie McCullough. It is one thing to take your beliefs seriously. It is quite another to cause harm to someone else, and in fact cause harm to the show by calling the producers "pornographers".

I know Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Julie Anne Haddock, Nancy McKeon, and Julie Piekarski are all Christians. Yet they never publicly denounced the producers for any of the controversial episodes on the show.

I think even Candace Cameron understands something her brother just does not.

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