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Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort Refute Origin of Species
As reported in Kirk Cameron vs. Charles Darwin, actor Kirk Cameron and best-selling author Ray Comfort, TV co-hosts of "Way of the Master," have been planning to give away 50,000 copies of Charles Darwin's book "Origin of Species" that contains the basis for the theory of evolutionary. However, the special edition planned by Cameron and Comfort will have a new introduction that presents flaws in Darwin's book. The TV ministers' 304-page version shares the gospel and intelligent design theory in the new introduction, reportedly designed, among other things, to clear up the misconception that Darwin did not believe in the existence of God.
Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort Double Planned Give-Away
Yesterday it was announced that Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort have doubled the amount of books they plan to give away, from 50,000 to 100,000. The college campus outreach is being co- sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ, Alliance Defense Fund, and Answers in Genesis.
"Darwin Wasn't Anti-God"
Comfort says of a recent Wall Street Journal article, titled "Man vs. God," which depicts Darwin as going head-to-head with God, "The newspaper is free to publish anything they wish, but they are revealing either ignorance or a strong bias. Darwin wasn't anti-God at all. In his famous book Origin of Species, Darwin refers to creation as the 'works of God,' and calls Him the 'Creator' an amazing seven times!"
Scientists and Faith
The book also points out that some other of history's most respected scientists believed that God created the universe including: Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Nicholas Copernicus, Francis Bacon, Michael Faraday, Louis Pasteur and Johannes Kepler.
Kirk Cameron's Faith and Testimony
Best known as the teen heartthrob Mike Seaver in the award winning series "Growing Pains," Kirk Cameron also played Buck Williams in the Left Behind films, and starred in the top-grossing indie film, Fireproof. Cameron has spoken in Nashville several times where he has talked about his faith and given his testimony at events like Worship City Praise and the Left Behind Tour.
For more information on the give-away, read Kirk Cameron vs. Charles Darwin; Christian actor Kirk Cameron tackles evolution.
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Kirk Cameron is an embarrassing human being. Ignorant and stupid. A history denier. A laughing stock.
I just want to know if Ray will once again demonstrate how a banana fits his mouth so perfectly.
Remember it was only earlier this year that Ray paid for an big advertising campaign 'Darwin/Atheist' you still see the banners showing up on websites. The only person who thought Darwin was an Atheist was Ray.
It's weird that it's some kind of revelation to some people that Darwin got stuff wrong, the book is 150 years old, no thinks it's some mystic inerrant tome.
However Ray is the last person to talk about science. He has repeatedly said "falling violates gravity", "Gravity evolved", "100% of Scientists thought the world was flat" and of course perhaps his most famous "God made the modern banana". That's the level of his grasp on science.
Perhaps the funniest thing is that on his blog he posted that he is rewriting the intro because of problems with the old one including
"I will also make it clear that Hitler abused his theory, and is also irrelevant to whether or not it's true.
I want this Introduction to be fair-minded, free from prejudice, no straw men or quote-mining"
Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron are an embarrassment to Christianity. And you Kathryn Darden should be ashamed of making it sound like spreading misinformation is perfectly normal Christian practice. These two represent fringe thinking at best. They gives a false image of Christianity as being afraid of scientific progress, and prone to using propaganda. They sacrifice Christianity's good name for their own personal gain. They are the reason our faith is loosing ground to rational skepticism.
Hi Kathryn, I have more on this story at my Examiner.com post, "The challenge of teaching science in the face of creationism"
The 50 page debunking by Comfort and Cameron spliced to the public domain text of Darwin's, "The Origin" is a rehash of long exploded creationist fallacies. You have repeated two of them; Darwin in his autobiography written for his family, explained how he gradually lost faith first in the truthfulness of the Bible, and then in the existence of God. So much for "Darwin believed in the existence of God."
The scientists who "believed God created the universe" are also bogus. They lived before the sciences of geology, or evolution were proposed. Or like Einstein held an Aristotelian concept of a deity emergent from nature; "I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. (Einstein 1954)."
I think this an intersting story and i like Kirk cameron. i think he makes a good stand for christianity.
Boy, you self-proclaimed experts and "pastors" sure hold to Darwin's theories like they are some sort of personal holy grail. You can't see the holes in Darwin's theories? Really? REALLY?
Maybe you should try to get a free copy of the Cameron/Comfort book when it comes out. Perhaps it will help clear things up for you.
Wow Pastor Bob can't even read the comments.
Of course there are holes in a book written 150 years ago.
In fact it's interesting that Ray is publishing the first edition of the book when Darwin substantially rewrote the book over his lifetime to correct errors and add new evidence.
And there was lots Darwin didn't know. Only Creationists pretend that Darwin is some sort of all knowing science deity.
My main problem is Ray's dishonesty in the intro and the fact that he is hiding the fact that his book is edited down.
And again people like Pastor Bob are deliberately ignoring that Ray is rewriting the intro to remove a lot of the trash he put in it.
I even posted Ray's on words on this!
I have done my research on Darwin. I can honestly sit here and say that god does without a doubt does not exist. If god wanted me to believe in me he would prove to me he existed. Why play these games of trying to get people to believe in you, and to test peoples faith if thats what this "god" is doing? All I have to say is that if god wanted me to believe in him he would do ANYTHING AT ALL. Any person with any common sense and any knowledge of the actual size and vastness of the universe should be more convinced of the absence of god. If there is a god he is doing a great job of convincing me that he doesn't exist. I wouldn't want to be a part of god if this is the type of person who plays games with what we humans know of as our only lives. No. I will enjoy my time here however considered sinful it may be. I dont believe in god and I am the happiest I have ever been and I could ask for nothing more. Kirk Cameron is a worthless close-minded waste of a human body.
Here is what proves God exists to me - I see the mean-spirited spewings and hate-filled name calling of the Darwinists who have posted here, and I see the grace-filled approach people like Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort take. Yep, you people who don't believe in God don't even have to tell us you don't believe in God - it shows in your poison-pen postings. Just because you are vitriolic in your anger and narrow-minded in your opinions, doesn't prove there isn't a God. I see him changing people into the grace-filled image of Christ all the time, just like he did with Kirk Cameron. "He who has eyes to see, let him see..."
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