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embarrass you, Carl,

by getting you to stand up

and present yourself.

No, no. If it helps, I think that...

It's one of those...

He knows full well he's

an inspiration, right?

A beacon of hope.

Yeah, he absolutely is.

But you know, as for this...

Pastor Dan!

Nice performance.

Oh, thank you, Paul.

A cheap shot,

here and there.

Well, even God's not above

a cheap shot now and then.

Whatever it takes, Paul.

This is Carl Vandermeer.

Ah, yes, the deadhead.

And his wife, Gwen.

Hello.

Hello.

Yes. And this is her

father Jim over here.

- How do you do?

- Now, Pastor.

I traditionally invite my opponent

for a post-debate nightcap.

What?

A drink. My office.

Paul, I'm not sure about that. I have

a sermon to prepare in the morning.

I'll help you write it.

Bring your deadhead!

This is a great

opportunity, son.

I want you to make sure that

you get this to Pastor Dan.

Now don't forget.

It's real important.

Okay.

You're not coming?

I wouldn't break bread

with that dirty little atheist

if he was

the last man on Earth.

There you go.

Thank you very much.

Uh, no, I don't...

Oh. Right. Of course.

So, Pastor. A confession.

Mmm-hmm.

I lied.

I don't actually invite evangelists

I debate to share a drink with me.

Really?

However, you're different.

A worthy opponent.

Cheers.

Cheers.

So, there's something

I'd like to propose.

Mmm-hmm?

What's that?

We're both authors of

best-selling books.

Mmm-hmm. What if we

co-authored one?

Oh! A book-length

series of conversations

about our

opposing world views.

We go to my lake house, record

ourselves, just talking.

Write the whole thing

in a week.

It's beautiful up there.

Mmm. I'm sure.

I've even got a title.

The Great Divide by Paul

Blaylock and Pastor Daniel Day.

What do you think?

Well, Paul,

I'm a very busy man.

I have my church, my City on the

Hill project, my own books.

But, I must admit,

it's a very interesting idea.

My agent thought of it.

Could bring a lot of

non-believers to Christ.

Or believers to reason.

From the virgin birthers

to the Muhammad flew-to-heaven-on-

a-winged-horse variety.

What do you think, Carl?

Would you read

a book like that?

Uh, yeah. I read books

all the time about...

How do you think

we should go about

constructing

this conversation?

Begin at the beginning. Where

does religion come from?

I'm assuming you don't

believe it comes from God.

I agree with several of

our Deist founding fathers.

It comes from fear.

Belief in

the supernatural arose

to protect us from

the frightening unknown.

Whether it be volcanoes,

thunder, lightning, earthquake.

Death. Evil.

Somewhere along the line,

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