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Comfort Claims He Is Reaching Thousands of Atheists by Crashing Dawkins' University Lectures

October 7, 2010 By 3 Comments

Charles DarwinWorld Net Daily and Ray Comfort are excitedly reporting that atheists are ignoring Richard Dawkins and grabbing up Comfort's version of Charles Darwins' The Origin of the Species which  contains Comfort's special forward that allegedly debunks Darwin.

Apparently, Comfort and his volunteers are showing up at Dawkins' university lectures and handing out their version of Original of the Species.  World Net Daily writes,

Comfort said the issue of giving people the hope of Jesus is too important not to challenge evolution.

"It doesn't worry me that he (Dawkins) is laughing all the way to the bank as he peddles his little atheist trinkets, or sells his anti-God T-shirts and books to believers. What concerns me is that he does it under the guise of science and intellectualism. He believes that nothing created everything – something that is totally unscientific, that we may have been created by aliens, that we are cousins of bananas," Comfort said.

According to Comfort's press release,

During this past week, Dawkins has been speaking in five U.S. universities, and Comfort made sure that books were given away at every meeting. Comfort said, "In New York City, after the professor held up a copy of the book and told students to ignore it, students ignored him, and a thousand of them took books. The problem with any message is getting it to the people you want to reach. We have been able to get the book directly into the hands of thousands of atheists throughout the country. I was so delighted that the professor had pulled them all together for us, that I sent him a gift basket and a thank you note."

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Comfort added, "Dawkin's promotional literature, says 'science can provide the answers to many of the questions life on earth poses; questions previously considered better addressed by spiritual authorities.' That's just not true. Evolution believers haven't a clue where we came from, what we are doing here, or where we go after we die. To look to professor Dawkins for answers to life's big questions, is like looking to a blind man for advice about what color you should paint your house."

Neither Comfort's press release nor World Net Daily say whether those who took his book ripped out the forward or criticized it.

Want to know what Richard Dawkins thinks about Comfort? Here he is on November 25, 2009 via CNN:

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  • http://www.wearesmrt.com/bb/ Noah Buddy

    Ray Comfort is nothing more but a con-artist. He's only dogging Richard Dawkins because he wants to gain some credibility. None of his outlandish ideas make any sense and he has been known to silence his detractors.

    You want to learn more about Ray and his group and find out how dishonest this guy is?

    Go to http://www.wearesmrt.com/bb/viewforum.php?f=11 and find out what Ray Comfort is not telling you!!

    • http://www.goddiscussion.com admin

      Great information, Noah, thank you! I am going to put some of those videos up to help spread the word.

      Deborah

  • Mariospants

    It's scary how dogmatic and driven these evangelicals have become. They yearn for the day when they could torture and burn heretics/atheists, don't they?

    Here are some quick rebutals to your schtick, Comfort:

    "Evolution believers haven't a clue where we came from" #1: evolution is about how variety of life forms has come about, not the origin of life itself. #2: there are plenty of great theories and science that – if not pointing directly to the facts – at least have enough data to satisfy a natural (not supernatural) basis for the origin of life.

    "what we are doing here" We're reading a blog? Seriously, is this question (even in a philosophical sense) of any worth? We are doing what we do, and everyone does it differently. There are needs that drive our actions, but otherwise, we live to enjoy life.

    "or where we go after we die." The answer "nowhere" suits me and fulfills my curiosity just fine, thank you. It's MUCH harder to believe there's a heaven than not.

    "To look to professor Dawkins for answers to life's big questions, is like looking to a blind man for advice about what color you should paint your house." I'd say it's the opposite: Dawkins is far from blind, however Comfort is quite clearly wearing a massive set of blinders. I certainly don't think that HIS answers to "life's big questions" are even remotely believable.