Surprised by Kirk Cameron

Someone sent me the link to the video below yesterday, simply saying that Anderson Cooper had interviewed Kirk Cameron about the mass-bird-and-fish-die-off in Arkansas, asking him whether it is a sign of the apocalypse.  I braced myself, expecting the actor who has publicly campaigned against evolution, assuming that he would say something as similarly idiotic as his assertion that the existence of bananas and the lack of existence of “crocoducks” are proof of creationism.

But, no, that’s not what happened.  Instead, Cameron seems downright baffled that Cooper is asking him about the birds based on his role in the Left Behind movies (it does make one wonder why Cameron accepted the interview request).  It’s Cooper who looks a bit foolish for inviting on a guest to talk about apocalypse who basically says that he knows nothing about it.

Cameron goes back to the well in the last minute of the interview to talk about how American is like a sinking ship, etc., but I’ll forgive him that for now and instead commend him for not using the bird-kill to make theologically preposterous claims about the end of the world.  If one listens closely to the interview, it even seems that Cameron is distancing himself from the theology of the Left Behind books and movies…