09/24/2009
Kirk Cameron's 'Origin of Stupidity'
Have you heard about Bible-beater Kirk Cameron's latest project? He and his friend Ray Comfort (the banana guy) have produced a new version of Darwin's Origin of Species, just in time for the 150th anniversary of the book's publication, and he plans to get it into the hands of 50,000 students at the nation's top 50 universities.
But it's not the original Origin of Species — it's the "correct" version.
You see, Comfort wrote a fifty-page introduction for the book.
According to Cameron, their version "gives the history of evolution, a timeline of
Darwin's life, Adolph Hitler's undeniable connection with the theory,
Darwin's racism, his disdain for women, and Darwin's thoughts on the
existence of God..."
And: "It also lists the
theory's many hoaxes; it exposes the unscientific belief that nothing
created everything; it points to the incredible structure of DNA, and
the absence of any species-to-species transitional forms actually found
in the fossil record. It then presents a balanced view of creationism,
with information from scientists who actually believe that God created
the universe!—such as Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Copernicus, Bacon,
Faraday, Louis Pasteur, and Johannes Kepler. And most importantly, this
introduction presents a very clear Gospel message."
Watch Cameron's video, along with a really excellent response, AFTER THE JUMP...
And here's one YouTuber's response to Cameron's "Origin of Stupidity":
Posted 5:26 PM EST by Andy Towle in Books, Kirk Cameron, News | Permalink
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I badly badly want to fuck the stupid out of him
Posted by: Christopher | Sep 24, 2009 5:45:56 PM
Also check out that women's YouTube video with the title, "It's OK to be gay, dude." It's fantastic. Love her!
Posted by: Rational Rob | Sep 24, 2009 5:58:42 PM
Don't cha love those Slavic women! Good for her.
Posted by: Sargon Bighorn | Sep 24, 2009 6:05:53 PM
Hmm, Kirk is looking hotter every time I see him...
If he wants to convince me with his nonsense, he's going to have to do it shirtless.
Posted by: Drew | Sep 24, 2009 6:14:23 PM
thank you andy....
i don't even have to watch the piece to chuckle about how i would visit different town/cities and see a darwin exhibit and would have to adjust to the prevailing coma -- it's like enjoying a wonderful kiki masala and trying to eat the leftover naan the following days. you just don't do it. if the excess flour were dust -- it would make sense. origin of stupidity -- thank God i didn't have a divining rod on the road.
Posted by: richard | Sep 24, 2009 6:15:24 PM
This asshole totally maligns Darwin. He and his entire family were ardent ABOLITIONISTS, and painting him as a racist is pure fucking slander. Here's a quote from the man himself:
"I thank God, I shall never again visit a slave country. To this day, if I hear a distant scream, it recalls with painful vividness my feelings, when passing a house near Pernambuco, Brazil, I heard the most pitiful screams, and could not suspect that some poor slave was being tortured.... Near Rio de Janeiro I lived opposite to an old lady, who kept screws to crush the fingers of her female slaves. I have stayed in a house where a young household mulatto, daily and hourly, was reviled, beaten and persecuted enough to break the spirit of the lowest animal .... I have seen a boy, six or seven years old, struck thrice with a horse whip (before I could interfere) on his naked head, for having handed me a glass of water not quite clean. It makes one’s blood boil, yet heart tremble, to think that we Englishmen and our American descendants, with their boastful cry of liberty, have been and are so guilty."
-- Charles Darwin
Posted by: Yeek | Sep 24, 2009 6:20:12 PM
Two things:
1) I'm so unsuprised Kirk doesn't have much of an acting career. I wouldn't buy anything from him if I were dead drunk with a fully-charged credit card and he was selling me blow-up dolls with instant hangover cures on QVC. He's really not very good.
2) For the first time I'm looking at a woman and wishing I were straight. She's intelligent, she's funny and by God (!) she's hot.
Posted by: Dazzer | Sep 24, 2009 6:23:15 PM
Sigh. Why does religion make so many people stupid?
Posted by: john | Sep 24, 2009 6:33:47 PM
Where are Jason and Maggie to talk some sense into Mike when you need them? I doubt Carol or Ben turned out this bad.
Posted by: Craig | Sep 24, 2009 6:40:50 PM
OMG, I love that chick!!!!! I want to marry her!!! To bad it sounds like she might be a lesbian. Oh yea, guess being gay could be a problem there as well. Doh!!!!
Posted by: Jay | Sep 24, 2009 6:49:59 PM
Sorry but a washed up former child star? Why didn't anyone ask David Cassidy his opinion or the editorial board of Tiger Beat magazine.
Posted by: Mike K | Sep 24, 2009 6:51:48 PM
Think of all the real good that could have been done with the amount of money it must have taken to have all those copies printed. But like so many so-called "Christians", making a big personal splash is more important to him than actually feeding the poor or sheltering the homeless like Jesus was supposed to have said to do.
Posted by: Deed | Sep 24, 2009 6:52:38 PM
Remember Alan Thicke's REAL son Is Robin. Woof!
Posted by: ggreen | Sep 24, 2009 7:04:00 PM
The creationism man used to be somebody--right? So, i guess, it's fun to ridicule his idiocy. The amazing thing to me is that this young woman is bright, full of fight, but just another youtuber. Surely she has more on the ball than this Kirt/kirk/whomever ever did. Make her a celeb.
Posted by: Gary | Sep 24, 2009 7:10:34 PM
LOL, Drew. Thank you.
Posted by: KJ | Sep 24, 2009 7:26:49 PM
Isn't Kirk overdue for some gay sex scandal? With video.
Posted by: Mike | Sep 24, 2009 7:41:29 PM
Ssssssnake! lol... love her
Posted by: SB | Sep 24, 2009 7:41:50 PM
Yes Kirk, it is mind-bending that the universe seems to have come from nothing. But if God created it, where did God come from? I'd say "god" is more mind-bending than nature, since we actually have evidence of nature.
I prefer the reality-based community, myself.
Posted by: David R. | Sep 24, 2009 7:44:43 PM
Haha! She read them ALL! Nice!
Posted by: scb | Sep 24, 2009 7:45:38 PM
I think for the first time in my life that I am in love with a woman.
Posted by: Sean | Sep 24, 2009 7:45:48 PM
The Bible blatantly condones slavery in several passages. The Nazis wore the slogan "God is with us" on their belt buckles.
What pisses me off the most is that, at first, you could have dismissed this as ignorance. Maybe they just don't understand evolution because nobody explained it to them.
But Kirk and his partner, Ray Comfort, have been doing this for years, and in that time many, many, many people who understand evolution have tried and tried and tried, over and over and over again to explain it to them.
But get a load of Ray Comfort's latest argument: That evolution is impossible, because even if one species evolved, where did their mates come from?
Yes, you read that correctly. He thinks scientists are saying that the males of a species and the females of a species each evolved separately.
These guys are beyond pity and compassion. They are liars, and they are doing it purposefully. Fuck them both!
Posted by: Eshto | Sep 24, 2009 7:50:06 PM
I can't believe I used to stalk Kirk Cameron. I'm SO embarrassed! Does anyone want 15 years of Kirk Cameron's toenail clippings?
Posted by: Jano | Sep 24, 2009 8:13:11 PM
Arguing Creationism versus Darwinism is a little beyond me. But I WILL state that working with that creepy Alan Thicke on that creepy sitcom for years would probably drive anybody a little crazy.
Posted by: JT | Sep 24, 2009 9:05:05 PM
Haha, did you lift this item directly from Queerty or what?
http://www.queerty.com/kirk-cameron-ray-comforts-150th-anniversary-edition-of-darwins-theory-now-includes-creationism-20090923/
Posted by: Michael D | Sep 24, 2009 9:14:28 PM
Interesting for in reading many of the posts due to it being on Towelroad one would think that every one is a evolutionist. But as a gay man I still believe in a diving design because there is just too much out there pointing in that direction.
Now I have not read the book but everyone is entitled to one's opinion. Oops, I forgot this is the 21st century where we are now in camps left, right, straight, gay, conservative, liberal. But I am a progressive liberal gay man that believes in creation and of a God who likes and loves each one of us. I know he is not pleased with mine or all of our actions and attitudes but there is time to step back and begin to ask what is really important and how can I make a mark on this world that will make it a better place to live for all. As they say love covers a multitude of sins.
Posted by: Jeff | Sep 24, 2009 9:15:21 PM