Ray Comfort's Blog, page 112

Overwhelmed Members of the Species

"Like most other members of my species, I sometimes find life overwhelming and absurd. I struggle with the knowledge that the people I love will eventually die, and that their deaths will almost certainly be preceded by a period of suffering and decline. More selfishly, I am conscious of my own numbered days, my own vulnerability to sickness and decay." Irukandji

Any thinking person who looks at this life with all of its pains and struggles, is going to feel "overwhelmed." Millions try and find r

Forever Thankful

"I've asked this several times and never received an answer. What is the name of the person who brought you to Christ? Who convinced you to trust in Jesus? You never have answered me. Why is that?" (Liz)

The name of the person who led me to Christ was Graham Reid. He was a New Zealand surfing buddy, in a group of five or six close friends. I befriended him when I was newly married, and decided to go on a two-day surfing trip (in April of 1972) with the group. I didn't know that Graham was a Chris

Perhaps it's Time.

"The lowly appendix, long-regarded as a useless evolutionary artifact, won newfound respect two years ago when researchers at Duke University Medical Center proposed that it actually serves a critical function. The appendix, they said, is a safe haven where good bacteria could hang out until they were needed to repopulate the gut after a nasty case of diarrhea, for example….'Maybe it's time to correct the textbooks,' says William Parker, Ph.D., assistant professor of surgical sciences at Duke an

Where is Carl Sagan?

"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people." Carl Sagan

God knows what Carl Sagan did in the last days or even last minutes of his life. Cancer has a way of stopping us in our tracks, and making us think about life's bigger issues. However, at the time Carl Sagan wrote the above, it showed how "lost" he was. He believed that we live on a lost pla

A Most Common Mistake

"If the Bible is always right and never needs up dating, why is there a New Testament? Why don't boys have to be circumcised now? Why can you eat pork? Why can you work on a Saturday? Why don't you have to batter people's skulls in with stones who worship 'false gods'?" Andy Duchemin

One of the most common mistakes people make with the Bible, is to confuse the issues of Law and grace. The Scriptures make the difference when they say "The Law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Chris

Who Says God Doesn't do Miracles for Amputees?

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How to be "Intellectual," in Your Own Mind

"'You believe in nothing created something or the Creator created something? It's a simple question.' Yes indeed it is. It is also a simple presupposition offered as a limited hypothetical 'choice', excluding as it does any number of other possibilities, all of which are probably beyond our current knowledge." Raoul Rheits

Many times I have been called a liar because I have said that an atheist is someone who believes "nothing created everything," which of course is a scientific impossibility. Th

Nothing Has Changed, in Over 100 Years

"You cannot disqualify scientific endeavors [the way you do:] unless you truly understand it. Since it is obvious that you have no idea, you should rather shut it. Try and learn what the whole paleontology, geology, and biology are about, how the evidence is collected and analyzed, then come back and tell those things with a straight face." G.E.

I will let the wisdom of Charles Spurgeon address the subject of "science" in his day:

"Away from the old-fashioned belief of our forefathers because of th

The Sword in Your Hand

"In what ways do you experience divine wrath and mercy? I'm not asking for a sermon or a collection of Bible verses but rather a testimony of your experience."

I have not experienced divine wrath, although the night of my conversion I was well aware of it. Think of a wanted criminal. He has committed multiple and serious crimes. One night, he is stealing in the dark of a moonless night. The darkness gives him a sense of security. Suddenly police spotlights flood the area. He is exposed. The dark

A Strange Name for a Christian Site

"Once again, despite the title of Ray's blog, Atheist Central, today's post addresses a theological point that is of no concern to atheists." Clamflats

This is a Christian blog that is called "Atheist Central." It is a strange name for a Christian site, but there is a reason for it being called that. It's not because I solely post comments that concern atheists (although many do), but because so many atheists hang around and read it each day. It was originally called "Comfort Food," and it was cr