‘A set-up for a comeback’: Kirk Cameron finds hope amid declining belief in God
Heather Hamilton
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Actor and film producer Kirk Cameron said he finds hope in polling that shows fewer people in the U.S. believe in God.
Polling, such as Gallup’s Values and Beliefs poll, shows that nearly 20% of Americans do not believe there is a God, a drop of 10 or more percentage points when comparing the 2022 figures to an average of the 2013-2017 polls.
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Cameron recently told Fox News’s Jesse Watters Primetime that people shouldn’t get down about such numbers.
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“I know a secret, and that is that polls don’t tell the whole story,” Cameron said. “Heaven’s victory and its advance is not dependent on popularity polls. It’s dependent upon the power of a savior who was lifted up on a pole. And that power is unstoppable.”
The Growing Pains star also said he thinks the polling numbers and a resulting decline in church attendance can be a “good thing.”
“It reveals that there are some people who are in church that don’t really believe,” Cameron said. “Others with real faith are walking away from weak and woke churches and wanting to return to the truth of the word of God and the gospel.”
“When we do that, we will find that this setback is really a set-up for a comeback,” he continued. “History tells us that’s called revival and a great awakening.”
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Cameron also called upon parents to be more intentional with how they raise their children and “protect them” and instill “wisdom” and “character” with greater fervor.
When asked about recent news regarding children’s attendance at drag shows, Cameron noted that parents must create “the culture we want for [our children] rather than complaining about giving them to others who create the culture we don’t want for them.”