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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,

the supernatural became God.

And the unknown

became Satan.

Hmm.

But even if that were so,

Paul, the question remains.

Who is the ultimate judge

between good and evil?

Perfect.

Ourselves?

You see, without God,

everything is permitted.

It's all just random chance.

No real reason to do good.

I mean, what's to stop me

from killing poor Carl here?

Fantastic.

The collaboration begins!

Or you?

Oh!

What happened?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

What did you do?

Professor Blaylock?

Oh...

I'm gonna call 911.

No, no, no.

Don't do that.

He's not breathing, Dan.

Oh!

Why are you doing that?

Oh!

Dan.

Hey.

Pastor Dan?

Yeah?

What are we doing?

Get in the car.

Are you okay to drive?

Get in the car, Carl.

Carl. You know that

the groundbreaking

for the City on the Hill

is in a few days.

Cathedral, medical

college, law school.

All of that will

turn to dust.

Don't you see?

Okay.

Carl.

You do understand?

This is in God's hands.

911.

What's your emergency?

Yeah. Yes, I just

heard a gunshot

coming from Paul Blaylock's

office, about 10 minutes ago.

Where are you located?

On campus.

Who am I speaking with?

What?

What is your name, sir?

I... Uh...

What is your name?

Carl! What's going on?

Ah!

I thought we were

getting broken into.

That dang bat.

Mom said if you saw it again

you should kill it.

You know that over

a million bats have died

because of something called

White-nose Syndrome or something?

Uh-huh. It's where this

fungus, this white fungus

that grows in their caves,

infects their nose

and then they

die because of it,

and scientists

really don't know why.

Where do you

learn all this stuff?

School and Wikipedia.

Oh!

Okay, okay.

Mom said

you have to kill it.

I know she did.

What were you doing

up so late, anyway?

Studying.

For Sunday school?

No, "school" school.

I think it got you

right in the face.

Right there.

Three.

Oh, my gosh,

this is amazing.

That feels great

on my abs.

This was a nice place

and you guys came in and...

Let's go to your bedroom.

What's he doing

to my dishes?

Oh, my God.

I've found my true mate

and you know it.

Never.

Even now, the evil seed

of what you have done

germinates within you.

You disgust me!

You are nothing

but an animal.

Daniel?

Yes?

Who is this?

This is a friend.

A friend?

That's right.

Do you know what

a friend is, Daniel?

A friend is someone who

knows all of your secrets.

But still wants

only the best for you.

But for that to happen,

we must work together.

Very closely.

You understand

what I'm saying?

Daniel?

Daniel?

Daniel.

The unknown became

Satan.

Here, Dan.

Thanks, Bedelia.

No problem.

Honey.

Are you going to

be all right?

Sure. Sure.

Okay.

It's nice to finally

have you over, Pastor Dan.

There's a powerful force

at work tonight, Jerry.

We have entered the physical

dimension of true spiritual warfare.

And in the midst

of that chaos,

God has led me

to you.

Home of Christian talk.

- Get your Jesus freak on.

Rise and shine. Angie?

Time to wake up.

Hey.

You okay?

Yeah.

Yeah?

Yeah, I just...

I had a bad dream.

Aw!

What happened

in your dream?

I don't remember.

How many people

do you know are

calling Spider-Man

a Christian parable?

Because I have to say...

Thanks again for taking care of

that awful thing last night.

I know you didn't want to.

The bat, Carl.

The one you killed?

Mmm!

Yes. What did Dan think

about our proposal?

Mmm.

I think that he... I think

he really liked it.

Good. Good. Dad will

be happy about that.

Yeah...

Um, Gwen, listen.

I need to...

Mom?

It's 10 to.

Oh!

Time! Let's energize!

Let's go, team.

Late, late, late,

late, late.

You better not be sleeping

during service, young lady.

And the Purity Ball

is tonight,

how are you going to

stay awake for that?

I'm awake.

You do remember you're taking her

to the Purity Ball tonight, right?

Purity Ball. Yes.

What is that again?

Carl.

The heavens declare

Oceans cry out

They want to know

The truth of your word

Camera two, medium shot

on the band, please.

Camera three,

tight shot on the drums.

Holy, holy, holy, holy God

I wanna know you

I wanna see you

I wanna see

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Welcome to the Church of

the Third Millennium!

Please be seated. Camera

one, pick up Pastor Dan.

I have some very sad news.

Last night I had the great honor of

debating Professor Paul Blaylock

over at the university.

I just got word

that late last night

Professor Blaylock was

discovered in his campus office,

the victim of

an attempted suicide.

Doctors at the university operated

on him all through the night.

And they removed a bullet shot from

one of his beloved antique pistols.

And as we gather here,

in the warm embrace of each

other's hearts and Jesus Christ,

he lies in a deep coma.

Our prayers are with him and his

family in this hour of need.

My sermon today

was going to be

about strengthening

our community.

But this incident has touched

me so deeply inside,

I want to discuss and talk

about something else.

Spiritual despair.

Music.

Give Dan his music.

Sometimes,

we are not what

we appear to be.

To our friends and family

we seem happy and content.

But inside, deep

inside, we're lonely.

Lonely and empty.

Isolated from God.

A vehicle for darkness.

No one knows our secret.

Listen to my words.

I am declaring war on

this crisis of the Spirit!

It is as evil as any

cancer we will find!

Its only purpose is

our total destruction.

Is that what Jesus wants from us?

No!

Is that what God

wants from us? No!

No!

He wants us to fight back!

To fight back!

I'm asking each of you now to

light a spark in your heart.

A spark that will

grow into a mighty flame

that will chase away this

darkness and bring on the light!

We must fight this evil!

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