5 More Plausible, Purpose-Driven Explanations for Pastor Rick Warren Nearly Going Blind

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As our man Kevin Short tells you here, Rick Warren, tweeted this week that his eyes "were severely burned by a toxic poison" during a gardening mishap that nearly blinded Saddleback Church's Purpose Driven® pastor.

We not only ain't buying this explanation--and by "we" I mean "Spencer Kornhaber," "Gustavo Arellano," "Megan Brescini" and "I"--we've come up with the following more plausible explanations for Warren temporarily going all Stevie Wonder on us.
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He flashed back to that time backstage at his Lake Forest mega-church when he saw men kissing!

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No! Men saddlebacking!

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He's jealous of all the attention Glenn Beck is getting since announcing that he may be going blind and thought he'd get in on that eye action.

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