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About this episode

Hello everyone. From the title of this video, you're probably well aware of what I'm going to be talking about. But, what may not be so obvious is how happy I am that Ray Comfort decided to publish the 150th anniversary edition of Origin of Species with his creationist drivel as an introduction. I'm sure Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron were just chomping at the bit for the 150th anniversary of Darwin's book to arrive. They knew that had to do something to celebrate. There had to be some way to use this event to promote some type of creationist propaganda. Seeing that Darwin's book is in the public domain, meaning there is no copyright attached to it, Comfort decided the best way to get the message out about how real and believable the Gospel of Jesus Christ is, he'd write a special introduction to Darwins book and release it on the 150th anniversary date.Now, this is very important, because notice what Comfort has done with this publication. Recall back to the Kitzmiller vs. Dover court case where Judge John E. Jones III ruled against intelligent design being taught in the Dover science classrooms, because it was nothing more than a re-branding of creationism, or religion. In his ruling, Judge Jones said, The overwhelming evidence at trial established that ID is a religious view, a mere re-labeling of creationism, and not a scientific theory.Now, I haven't read the entire introduction yet, but what I did notice was what Comfort has done by publishing this introduction. The deciding factor in Judge Jones ruling was whether or not intelligent design was religious in nature. And here, in one fell swoop, Comfort has associated intelligent design not only with creationism and religion, but specifically with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!On page 49 of his introduction, the topic heading is "Do It Today." The first line of his introductory paragraph says, To receive the gift of eternal life, you must repent of your sins (turn from them), and put on the Lord Jesus Christ as you would put on a parachute—trusting in Him alone for your salvation. This is a direct association of intelligent design and religious belief and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.To conclude, I'd just like to say thank you to Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron for making it that much easier to keep intelligent design out of our school system. You guys really are as smart as I thought you were. Have a nice day!

• Release Date

  Jan 12, 2010

• Runtime

  02:33