Ray Comfort's Blog, page 46

Controversial Holocaust/Abortion Movie Giveaway

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"Being punished for 'thought-crime' is absurd."

The idea that merely thinking could be a crime does seem absurd. But thought and attitude crimes are a reality in our society. In a hate crime, one is punished not just for committing a specific crime against someone, but for his supposed thoughts toward that person. If a man beat up a heterosexual, for example, he would deserve one sentence. But beating up a homosexual, if it could be proved that he once expressed a negative attitude toward homosexuals, would get him a substantially increased sentence. Also, students who mention wishing for the death of a teacher or fellow student are taken seriously and punished. They could merely mention it on Facebook or in texting, for instance, and immediately be in trouble—because it shows the intent of the heart, even if they are not actively planning it.


If you are caught thinking about assassinating the President of the United States, you will find yourself in serious violation of the law. Again, you don't have to commit the act. You simply have to be thinking about it, and express that thought verbally or in writing. Some may argue that conspiracy to murder the president is different because it is a serious crime. And that's the point. They don't consider pornography of the mind to be a serious crime. God does. Man's moral standards are extremely low, while God's are incredibly high. He is so holy, He requires perfection in thought, word, and deed. If we burn with unlawful sexual thoughts toward another human being, God sees that as adultery (see Matt. 5:27,28). And if we have a seething hatred in our heart for another person, God sees that as murder (see Matt. 5:22; 1 John 3:15).


He judges the thoughts and intents of our heart, and He will see to it that the guilty get their just dessert. Adulterers and murderers will end up damned in a terrible place called hell.

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"If God exists, why doesn't He speak for Himself, audibly?"

He did speak audibly to Israel when He gave them the Ten Commandments, and the Bible says that Israel was so fearful at what they saw and heard, they pleaded that He no longer speak to them (see Exod. 20:18,19; Heb. 12:19).

When He spoke on the Mount of Transfiguration, He terrified the disciples (see Matt. 17:5,6). When He once spoke audibly to Jesus, the people thought that they heard thunder (see John 12:28,29). So why didn't God just whisper on these occasions? Perhaps He did.

However, God (in His infinite wisdom) has chosen what the Bible calls "the foolishness of the mes- sage preached" to bring the gospel to humanity (see 1 Cor. 1:21). He has condescended to use lowly man to deliver the message of everlasting life to dying humanity.

When it comes to God speaking to us, it is important to make sure that we don't exaggerate our im- portance. We are but very tiny specks on a tiny speck of a planet, moving through the massive infinitude of space. If you want a special audience with the President, he likely will not come running to speak es- pecially to you when, how, and where you want. Only a person with delusions of grandeur indeed would expect such treatment.

How much more so with the Creator of the universe? You are not going to get a special audience with God. So humble yourself, repent of your sins, and trust the Savior, then seek God through prayer and reading of His Word. Prayer is you speaking to God, and the Bible is God speaking to you. Make sure you listen carefully to what He says. Your eternity depends on it.

Hebrews 12:25 "See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven..."

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200,000 Copies of "180" Given Away at 100 Universities

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA   A small army of one thousand workers gave away 200,000 copies of the award-winning movie "180" at 100 top universities around the country, in one day this week.  To avoid opposition, the day and the location of each of the universities were a highly-guarded secret.  The controversial prolife video shows eight people who are adamantly pro-abortion, changing their minds and becoming pro-life in a matter of seconds, because they were asked one question.  Within the first month on YouTube www.180movie.com clocked 1.2 million views, stirred up a hornet's nest of more than 19,000 comments, and has been called "The Hottest Movie on the Internet."

The film's producer, Ray Comfort, said, "People can't get enough of this because it's changing minds about the hot-button issue of abortion.  It's not only being watched on line, people are buying it to give away.  We have sold more than 150,000 copies in a matter of weeks.  One small church purchased 16,800.  But this week's university giveaway was very special, because it put the physical DVD into the hands of the youth of America, and engaged many in healthy dialogue."

Tony Miano, the coordinator of the massive giveaway said, "Emails have been pouring in from students around the country who not only took the DVD, but took the time to watch it." ‎

"I just was on campus and a friend of mine and I watched this video and in a matter of seconds both of us realized how important the topics in this document truly where.  I never really put things into focused until I watched this video. I have a lot of questions and now I'm taking the time to seek answers."

"I was given this DVD as I walked to class. I came home, popped it in, and it changed my heart. I got to thinking about every question that was asked and I have always been undecided on abortion, but now I am anti-abortion all the way."

"Powerful movie. I always told myself I would never have an abortion, but what other women did was their business…I have COMPLETELY changed my mind now. Abortion is murder, it should be illegal."

"I was handed the 180 DVD while walking to class on my college campus…It made me not only think of the issue in a way I hadn't before, it made me think of the issue to begin with.…Identifying as "pro-life" was one of the last things my thankful heart could commit to. Now that I've watched this simple DVD, I'm finally able to say I'm Pro-life and really mean it!!"

Comfort added, "I am so thankful that people are open to change.  While there are some who are very angry at us for making this movie, others are very thankful and write to tell us their story."

"We both [my husband and I] voted for a pro-choice president the last election. After watching this documentary he said to me in tears that he was wrong. We have had our minds changed about who we vote for."

"I was at an abortion clinic on the sidewalk (with my laptop), had two young ladies stop and watch the trailer that is in the special features. Then afterwards they watched the 180 DVD all the way through. One was four month's pregnant, the other was three. They were both going there for an abortion; they were both in tears, hugged my neck and decided to give their babies life and choose adoption instead. I cried too."

The best-selling author and film producer concluded, "I will not rest as long as the horror of killing babies is a legal reality in our nation.  But political change will only come if those who care about the unborn speak up.  We created the '180 Course' to help those who care confidentially talk about the subject, in a way that makes sense.  Anyone can change someone's mind about abortion as I did on '180,' if they have a loving heart and if they are willing to learn a few simple principles."  Well-known Christian leaders Randy Alcorn and Kay Arthur also contributed to the course, which is available at www.heartchanger.com

 Pictured: A student at UCLA holds up his free copy of "180." Photo by CJ-Studio.com

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Is Suffering the Entrance to Heaven?

A well-known televangelist once said on a worldwide TV talk show, "I believe that every person who died in the Holocaust went to heaven." He was very sincere, and if he was seeking the commendation of the world, he surely got it with that statement. Who wouldn't consider what he said to be utterly compassionate? However, let's look at the implications of his heartfelt beliefs. His statement seemed to limit salvation to the Jews who died in the Holocaust, because he added that "their blood laid a foundation for the nation of Israel." If the slaughtered Jews made it to heaven, did the many Gypsies who died in the Holocaust also obtain eternal salvation? If his statement includes Gentiles, is the salvation he spoke of limit- ed to those who died at the hands of Nazis? Did the many Frenchmen who met their death at the hands of cruel Nazis go to heaven also? Perhaps he was saying that the death of Jesus on the cross covered all of humanity, and that all will eventually be saved—something called "universalism." This means that salvation will also come to Hitler and the Nazis who killed the Jews. However, I doubt if he was saying that. Such a statement would have brought the scorn of his Jewish host, and of the world whose compassion has definite limits.If pressed, he probably didn't mean that only the Jews in the camps went to heaven, because that smacks of racism. He was likely saying that those who died were saved because they died in such tragic circumstances. Then Jesus was lying when He said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6). There is another way to heaven: death in a Nazi concentration camp. Does that mean that the many Jews who died under communism went to heaven? Or is salvation limited to German concentration camps?If their salvation came because of the grim circumstances surrounding their death, does a Jew therefore enter heaven after suffering for hours before dying in a car wreck...if he was killed by a drunk driver who happened to be German? Bear in mind that his suffering may have been much greater than someone who died within minutes in a Nazi gas chamber.Many unsaved think we can merit entrance into heaven by our suffering. Their error was confirmed by this sincere, compassionate man of God. They may now disregard the truth, "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). They can now save themselves by the means of their own death . . . if they suffer enough.Imagine the damage done by saying that there is another means of salvation outside of Jesus Christ, on a program watched by untold millions around the world. Who on earth needs to repent and trust in Jesus, if millions entered the kingdom without being born again? No one.
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The New Atheists are Not Intellectually "Bright"

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"Hitler was a Christian!"

Despite the fact that Adolf Hitler had a Roman Catholic background, he became adamantly anti- Christian and believed in evolution. As other dictators have done, he took over the churches and used their organizational structure to influence the citizens—though the teachings allowed were anything but biblical. William Shirer, who chronicled the Nazi regime, stated that "the Nazi regime intended eventually to destroy Christianity in Germany" and substitute paganism.

Hitler's vision for Germany was defined in a thirty-point program for the "National Reich Church," which "categorically claims the exclusive right and the exclusive power to control all churches within the borders of the Reich." Some of the points of the program include the following: The National Church is "determined to exterminate irrevocably the Christian faith"; churches have no pastors or chaplains but only National Reich orators may speak in them; publishing and dissemination of the Bible must immediate cease in Germany. The National Church declared that "the Fuehrer's Mein Kampf is the greatest of all documents" and "embodies the purest and truest ethics for the present and future life of our nation." Therefore, churches must remove all Bibles and crucifixes, only Mein Kampf may be on the altar, and all crosses must be replaced by "the only unconquerable symbol, the swastika" (W. L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 240).

The following quotes by Hitler reveal his true personal views (taken from Hitler's Table Talk):

National Socialism and religion cannot exist together...The heaviest blow that ever struck humanity was the coming of Christianity. Bolshevism is Christianity's illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew. The deliberate lie in the matter of religion was introduced into the world by Christianity...Let it not be said that Christianity brought man the life of the soul, for that evolution was in the natural order of things. (pp. 6–7)

The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges: the pox and Christianity. (p. 75)

Christianity is an invention of sick brains: one could imagine nothing more senseless, nor any more indecent way of turning the idea of the Godhead into a mockery...Let's be the only people who are immunized against the disease. (pp. 118–119)

There is something very unhealthy about Christianity. (p. 339)

I realize that man, in his imperfection, can commit innumerable errors—but to devote myself deliberately to errors, that is something I cannot do. I shall never come personally to terms with the Christian lie. Our epoch in the next 200 years will certainly see the end of the disease of Christianity. . . My regret will have been that I couldn't . . . behold [its demise]. (p. 278)For Evangelism Resources, please visit LivingWaters.com.

Was it Hitler and the Prostitute, or Something Else?

As I wept my way through the Holocaust doing research for a new book called Hitler, God and the Bible, I thought that I would uncover why Adolf Hitler so hated the Jews. But all I found were a number of theories; no one really knowing for sure as to why his hatred was so venomous.

Some surmise that he was insanely jealous of the Jews because many were able to stay financially secure during the 1929 depression. Others think that he was bitter because he contracted syphilis from a Jewish prostitute. In Mein Kempt he called it a "Jewish disease," and this lead to speculation by some that he may have contracted the disease himself.

Still other authorities believe that his hatred grew out of a sense of rejection, after he submitted his paintings to the Vienna Academy of Fine Art. Hitler claimed that the professors that rejected him, were Jewish. Others believe another theory--that "The core of his hatred lies at the defeat of Germany in WWI."

Perhaps it was a combination of each one that fostered the fire of hatred, that consumed the lives of six million Jews. However, I believe that there was another factor that clearly fueled the fire, and one that is often overlooked.

Adolf Hitler had a huge reason to kill Jews, because they helped him to finance his war-machine. Every time he seized the assets of wealthy Jewish families, it meant money in his bank. Big money. Cash, adding up to many billions of dollars came directly from their murder. According to those who have access to the details, he financed a massive 30 per cent of the German war effort by killing Jewish families and stealing their wealth.

Mass Jewish murder of the wealthy was an extremely attractive, lucrative, and lawful business in Germany, and the economics even trickled down to the not-so-wealthy Jewish families. It all added up--from the taking of their homes, their vehicles, their paintings, their savings, the extracting of gold from their teeth, the cutting the rings from off their fingers, to the valuable hair on their head—all of it added up to big money for Adolf Hitler and his cause. His love of the money that gave him the power that he so craved, was just as incendiary as his hatred of the Jews.

Here now is another mystery that I'm sure has also left many in a quandary. Why are so many feminists so incredibly zealous for a woman's right to choose? They have the enthusiasm of religious zealots. They pressure politicians to be pro-choice, engage celebrities to rally for the cause, and strongly advocate voters to vote for a woman's right to choose. They protest, raise their angry voices, boldly hold up signs, and viciously demonize those who speak up for the rights of the unborn. Why is that? What fuels their fiery passion?

There's no doubt that some believe that abortion is a woman's right, because the baby is not human or that it's just part of her body. But others in the industry have another reason to be adamantly pro-abortion. They are the joyful recipients of a very successful and lucrative business. If you don't believe that abortion is a huge money-making scheme, check out your local provider for current prices. With the efficiency of a drive-through, they will expedite the killing of your baby for just $765 for up to a 16-week-old child, but the price increases if the baby is over 19 weeks. You will be shelling out three times the amount, and paying a whopping $2,165 (see http://www.fpamg.net/fees for current prices).
That's pretty good income for a few minutes of ripping off the arms, the legs, and head of a baby onto a table; checking the body parts to make sure they're all out, and then putting them in the trash. It's just 15 to 20 minutes work for a skilled physician. And it's all legal, efficient, and done behind closed doors, just like the Holocaust. The love of money is still the root of all evil.

Pro-abortion people are committed to their convictions. They kill for the cause. But for us, the cause has to be a hill to die on. We must not, cannot, and will not let the slaughter continue. We produced an award-winning movie called "180" that gives another perspective on abortion, and more than often those who watch it do a complete 180. Watch it. Absorb it; and then please pass it on, and make a difference when it comes to the horror of abortion: www.180movie.comFor Evangelism Resources, please visit LivingWaters.com.

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The "180" Conspiracy...

"The blonde girl with the sunglasses is reading from a card behind the camera hahahaha. It's so d-mn obvious."

"Funny how Ray needed to have the lady at 28:00 minutes read off cue cards to make his point. Pause it and you can see the man holding the cue card in her glasses."

Is this the famous Thunderf00t, for some reason, disguising his voice? Did he see something in "180" that most people missed? You be the judge:

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