Editing Ray Comfort

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'''Ray Comfort''' (born 5 December 1949) is a New Zealand-born Christian minister, [[Evangelism|evangelist]] and [[Young Earth creationism|young Earth creationist]] who lives in the United States.<ref>Comfort, Ray (1986). [https://books.google.com/books?id=IgvoMAAACAAJ ''In Search of New Jawbones'']. Living Waters Publications. {{ISBN|0908751001}}, {{ISBN|9780908751006}}. [[Google Books]]. Retrieved 10 July 2013.</ref> Comfort started Living Waters Publications, as well as the ministry ''[[The Way of the Master]]'', in [[Bellflower, California]], and has written several books.

==Early life==
According to Comfort's autobiography, his parents put "[[Methodist]]" on his birth certificate but he was given no religious instruction as a child.<ref name=AboutRay/><ref name=cz>{{cite book|last=Comfort|first=Ray|title=Out of the Comfort Zone: The Authorized Autobiography|year=2003|publisher=Bridge-Logos Publishers|isbn=978-0-88270-943-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/outofcomfortzone0000comf/page/123 123, 202]|url=https://archive.org/details/outofcomfortzone0000comf/page/123}}</ref> Comfort identifies himself as both Christian and Jewish.<ref>{{cite web|last1=von Busek|first1=Craig|title=Ray Comfort: The Evidence Bible|url=http://www1.cbn.com/churchandministry/ray-comfort-the-evidence-bible|publisher=[[Christian Broadcasting Network]]|quote=I cannot express to you how grateful I am that I am a Christian.|access-date=5 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816232702/http://www1.cbn.com/churchandministry/ray-comfort-the-evidence-bible|archive-date=16 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Jew>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wqMdLiV970C&pg=PA85| title=Nothing Created Everything: The Scientific Impossibility of Atheistic Evolution|quote=Jesus was Jewish. All the disciples were Jewish. The first eight thousand Christians were Jewish. I am Jewish. Christianity came from the home of the Jews.|first=Ray | last=Comfort| isbn=978-1-935071-23-5| date=1 September 2009 | publisher=WND Books}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1989, Comfort accepted an invitation to join the pastoral staff at the non-denominational [[Calvary Chapel]] in Southern California.<ref name=BullyPulpit>{{cite web | last=Comfort | first=Ray | url=http://www.bullypulpit.com/raycomfort/2011/03/atheists-question-my-education.html | title=Atheists Question my Education | date=3 March 2011 | publisher=Bully Pulpit | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20131114011242/http://www.bullypulpit.com/raycomfort/2011/03/atheists-question-my-education.html | archive-date=14 November 2013}}</ref>

===The Way of the Master ministry===
In the mid-1990s Comfort persuaded [[Kirk Cameron]], star of the cancelled hit sitcom ''[[Growing Pains]]'', to become an evangelist.  In 2002, the pair formed an organization called the [[The Way of the Master|Way of the Master]], with the intention of teaching the church to more effectively preach the message of evangelical Christianity.<ref name="Nightline2007page3">{{cite news | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=1735434&page=3 | title=Kirk Cameron, From Sitcom Star to Evangelist | publisher=[[Nightline (US news program)|Nightline]] | date=17 March 2006 | first=Martin | last=Bashir | access-date=17 May 2007 | page=3 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060331140455/https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=1735434&page=3 | archive-date=31 March 2006 | url-status=live}}</ref>

Comfort says that evangelism is the main reason the Christian Church exists and that many of the evangelistic methods used over the last century have produced false conversions to Christianity. Comfort often uses the [[Ten Commandments]] to speak about [[sin]] before presenting the [[gospel|gospel of Jesus]]. In the mid-1980s he formulated two sermons entitled "Hell's Best Kept Secret"<ref>{{cite video|last=Comfort|first=Ray|title=Hell's Best Kept Secret|url=https://www.vcyamerica.org/rallies/video/2004/03/06/ray-comfort-rally-hells-best-kept-secret/|publisher=WVCY-TV 30|access-date=31 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114182553/http://vimeo.com/4186384|archive-date=14 November 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and "True and False Conversions."<ref>{{cite video|last=Comfort|first=Ray|title=True & False Conversions|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_vRvn0rRFY|access-date=2 April 2014|date=3 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308070013/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_vRvn0rRFY|archive-date=8 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Comfort speaks professionally at churches and evangelism seminars, and preaches in [[Huntington Beach, California]]. As well as co-hosting the former ''The Way of the Master Radio'' with Kirk Cameron, he is co-host of ''[[The Way of the Master Television Show]]''.
[[File:Inside a wild-type banana.jpg|thumb|[[Musa acuminata|Wild bananas]] are inedible, in part due to seeds]]
In 2006, Comfort recorded a segment for ''The Way of the Master''<nowiki/>'s television show in which he claimed that the [[banana]] was "the atheist's nightmare", arguing that it displayed many user-friendly features that were evidence of [[intelligent design]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-OLG0KyR4|title = Kirk Cameron and Bananas|date = 28 April 2006|publisher = Living Waters|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150704165401/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-OLG0KyR4|archive-date = 4 July 2015|url-status = live}}</ref> Comfort retracted the video and claims upon learning that the banana is a result of [[Plant breeding|artificial selection]] by humans, and that the wild banana (''[[Musa acuminata]]'') is small and unpalatable.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 'Behold, The Atheists' Nightmare!'|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/ray-comforts-banana-argument_n_4847082.html|website =HuffPost| date=24 February 2014 |access-date = 2015-07-10|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150711205428/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/ray-comforts-banana-argument_n_4847082.html|archive-date = 11 July 2015|url-status = live}}</ref>

===Debates===
[[File:5.5.07RRSWotMDebateBashirByLuigiNovi2.jpg|thumb|right|Comfort, seated behind [[Kirk Cameron]], at a debate on the existence of God at [[Calvary Baptist Church (Manhattan, New York)|Calvary Baptist Church]] in [[Manhattan]], 5 May 2007]]
On 13 April 2001, Comfort appeared at the 27th National Convention of [[American Atheists]] in [[Orlando, Florida]], where he debated [[Ron Barrier]], the National Spokesperson for American Atheists. Comfort later stated that "they laughed at my humor, and although there was unified mockery at some of the things that I said, I was able to go through the [[Ten Commandments]], the fact of [[Judgment Day]], the reality of [[Christian views on Hell|Hell]], the [[Crucifixion of Jesus|Cross]], and the necessity of [[Repentance#Protestantism|repentance]], and no one stopped me."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://assistnews.net/strategic/s0104040.htm |title=Atheists National Spokesman Debates Christian Author on Good Friday at National Convention |last=Ireland |first=Michael |date=16 April 2001 |work=AssistNews.net |access-date=23 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030830050537/http://www.assistnews.net/strategic/s0104040.htm |archive-date=30 August 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 5 May 2007, Comfort and Cameron participated in a televised debate with [[Brian Sapient]] and Kelly O'Connor of the [[Rational Response Squad]], at [[Calvary Baptist Church (Manhattan, New York)|Calvary Baptist Church]] in [[Manhattan]]. The debate, which was moderated by ''[[Nightline (US news program)|Nightline]]'' correspondent [[Martin Bashir]], focused on the existence of God, which Comfort claimed he could prove scientifically without relying on the Bible. During the debate, Cameron and Comfort both denied [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[Evolution#Darwinian_revolution|theory of evolution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3148940&page=1 |title=The Nightline Face-Off |last=Bashir |first=Martin |date=7 May 2007 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=22 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202100438/https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3148940&page=1 |archive-date=2 February 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Publications==
===Tracts===
[[File:Living Waters tracts.JPG|thumbnail|right|Gospel tracts produced by Ray Comfort's ministry, Living Waters]]
According to Comfort, he has designed dozens of [[gospel tract]]s since the 1970s, and sells millions of Living Waters tracts each year.<ref name="ComfortAuto">{{cite book |last1=Comfort |given1=Ray |date=May 2004 |title=Out of the Comfort Zone: The Authorized Autobiography |publisher=Bridge-Logos Publishers |isbn=0-88270-943-7 |page=[https://archive.org/details/outofcomfortzone0000comf/page/21 21] |url=https://archive.org/details/outofcomfortzone0000comf/page/21 }}</ref> Some of his tracts are designed to resemble paper money, including fake $100, $1,000 and $1 million bills. Others employ novelties intended to amuse, such as a "ticket to heaven" that invites the reader to tear it if they do not need it; the ticket is printed on a [[polymer banknote|type of plastic]], making it difficult to rip.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://store.livingwaters.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=128&category_id=8&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=369&lang=en |title=Ticket to Heaven |publisher=Living Waters Publications |access-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131015856/http://store.livingwaters.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=128&category_id=8&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=369&lang=en |archive-date=31 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The tracts typically attempt to persuade the reader that on [[Last Judgment#Christianity|judgment day]], they will certainly be found guilty of breaking one or more of the [[Ten Commandments#Protestantism|Ten Commandments]], and therefore will be sent to [[Hell in Christian beliefs|hell]], unless they say a [[Sinner's prayer|prayer]] to acknowledge Christ's [[substitutionary atonement]].

In June 2006, agents of the US [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] confiscated thousands of Ray Comfort's "Million Dollar Bill" gospel tracts from Darrel Rundus, president of Great News Network. A federal district court judge ruled that the tracts, which were marked as "not legal tender", did not violate federal law and ordered their return.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Black, Nathan|title=Million Dollar Bill Gospel Tracts are Legal, Judge Rules|work=The Christian Post|access-date=2014-04-24|date=2 April 2010|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/44580/|archive-date=May 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528022913/http://www.christianpost.com/news/million-dollar-bill-gospel-tracts-are-legal-judge-rules-44580/}}</ref>

In October 2010, ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' reported that elderly people received "appointment cards" by Comfort's California-based publishing company, Living Waters, asking them to fill out information regarding the date and time of their deaths, and advising them to contact evangelists in order to avoid hell. Recipients of these cards expressed anger and horror over receiving them, and contacted police over the matter, with one of them commenting, "It's disgusting. It was quite spooky. I just couldn't comprehend why anyone would ask you to predict the date of your death." ''The New Zealand Herald'' summarized a statement from Living Waters spokesperson Lisa Law as saying that "the cards were a way of raising awareness of human mortality in order to spark discussion about Jesus", and that Law "did not know who sent [the tracts]".<ref>{{cite news|last=Carroll|first=Joanne|title='Appointment with death' cards shocking for elderly|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10684299|access-date=13 November 2013|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=31 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010013119/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10684299|archive-date=10 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Books===
Ray Comfort has authored more than 80 books and tracts.<ref name="Comfort-Bio">{{cite web|title=Ray Comfort|url=http://www.livingwaters.com/biography/ray-comfort|publisher=Living Waters Publications|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407063908/http://www.livingwaters.com/biography/ray-comfort|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=AmazonList>{{cite web|title=Books by Ray Comfort|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ray-Comfort/e/B001JS57SW/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1382264240&sr=8-2-ent|publisher=Amazon.com|access-date=20 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029021146/http://www.amazon.com/Ray-Comfort/e/B001JS57SW/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1382264240&sr=8-2-ent|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> His 2009 book ''You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think'', ranked #1 in [[Amazon.com]]'s [[atheism]] and [[apologetics]] categories when it debuted in February 2009.<ref name="Blogcritics">{{cite web |url=http://blogcritics.org/an-interview-with-ray-comfort-author/ |title=An Interview with Ray Comfort, Author of ''You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think'' |last=Thompson |first=Dorothy |date=16 February 2009 |work=[[Blogcritics]] |access-date=17 February 2009}}</ref><ref name=OneNewsNow2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.onenewsnow.com/Missions/Default.aspx?id=422898 |title=Book appeals to atheists, Christians alike |date=18 February 2009 |work=OneNewsNow |access-date=3 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221234325/http://www.onenewsnow.com/Missions/Default.aspx?id=422898 |archive-date=21 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ChristPost>{{cite web|last=Phan|first=Katherine T.|url=http://www.christianpost.com/Education/General/2009/02/christian-evangelist-s-book-ranked-bestselling-atheist-item-14/|title=Christian Evangelist's Book Ranked Bestselling 'Atheist' Item|date=14 February 2009|work=[[The Christian Post]]|access-date=3 March 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723190054/http://www.christianpost.com/Education/General/2009/02/christian-evangelist-s-book-ranked-bestselling-atheist-item-14/|archive-date=23 July 2012}}</ref>

====Abridged version of ''On the Origin of Species''====
In November 2009, Comfort released an edited and abridged version of [[Charles Darwin]]'s ''[[On the Origin of Species]]'', with a 50-page foreword containing [[Objections to evolution|creationist arguments against the theory of evolution]].<ref name=dissA>{{cite web |url=http://www.dontdissdarwin.com/analysis.php |title=The Don't Diss Darwin Institute |year=2009 |work=Analysis and synopsis |publisher=[[National Center for Science Education]] |access-date=20 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191825/http://www.dontdissdarwin.com/analysis.php |archive-date=3 March 2016}} via [[Archive.org]]</ref> The book was given away for free at selected schools around the United States.<ref name=USNews>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/10/29/exclusive-ray-comfort-defends-his-creationist-edition-of-on-the-origin-of-species.html |title=Exclusive: Ray Comfort Defends His Creationist Edition of 'On the Origin of Species' |last1=Gilgoff |first1=Dan |last2=Comfort |first2=Ray |date=29 October 2009 |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=31 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102052515/http://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/10/29/exclusive-ray-comfort-defends-his-creationist-edition-of-on-the-origin-of-species.html |archive-date=2 November 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Stan Guffey, a biologist at the [[University of Tennessee]], alleged that most of Comfort's foreword was plagiarised from Darwin himself.<ref name=Miller>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Laura|url=http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/23/origin_into_schools/|title=Creationism vs. atheism: It's on!|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|date=23 November 2009|access-date=25 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128233435/http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/11/23/origin_into_schools|archive-date=28 November 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Hall>{{cite news|last=Hall |first=Rikki |url=http://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/dec/02/ut-professor-considers-legal-action-over-use-charl/ |title=<nowiki>[University of Tennessee]</nowiki> Professor Considers Legal Action Over Use of Charles Darwin Bio |work=[[Metro Pulse]] |publisher=Scripps Interactive Newspapers Group |date=2 December 2009 |access-date=2 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727095208/http://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/dec/02/ut-professor-considers-legal-action-over-use-charl/ |archive-date=27 July 2013 }}</ref>

According to Comfort's website, "nothing has been removed from Darwin's original work",<ref name="ComfortOriginsPromote">{{cite web |url=http://www.livingwaters.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=383 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109051344/http://www.livingwaters.com/index.php?id=383&option=com_content&task=view |title=Origin into Schools  |archive-date=9 November 2009| year= 2009 |publisher=Living Waters|access-date=31 October 2009}}</ref> but [[Eugenie C. Scott]], executive director of the [[National Center for Science Education]] (NCSE), noted that Comfort deleted four chapters by Darwin that described the evidence for evolution, adding that two of the omitted chapters, Chapters 11 and 12, showcased [[biogeography]], some of Darwin's strongest evidence for evolution.<ref name="ComfortDistorts">{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/10/30/how-creationist-origin-distorts-darwin.html |title=How Creationist 'Origin' Distorts Darwin |last=Scott |first=Eugenie |date=30 October 2009 |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=31 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091102053210/http://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/10/30/how-creationist-origin-distorts-darwin.html |archive-date=2 November 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> She wrote that Comfort's foreword is "a hopeless mess of long-ago-refuted creationist arguments, teeming with misinformation about the science of evolution, populated by legions of [[strawmen]], and exhibiting what can be charitably described as muddled thinking".

On his website, Comfort said that the four chapters were chosen at random to be omitted in order to make the book small enough to be affordable as a giveaway, with the absent chapters available for download, and that the missing chapters were included in the second edition, which had a smaller text size that made printing the entire book as a giveaway affordable. The second edition still lacks Darwin's preface and glossary of terms.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press Kit: Origin into Schools|publisher=Living Waters|url=http://www.livingwaters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=346&catid=33&Itemid=74|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603010654/http://www.livingwaters.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=346&catid=33&Itemid=74|archive-date=3 June 2010|year=2009|access-date=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=DarwinComfort>{{cite book|author=Darwin, Charles|author-link=Darwin, Charles|title=[[The Origin of Species]]|edition=150th Anniversary|editor-last=Comfort|editor-first=Ray|isbn=978-0882709192|date=September 2009|publisher=Bridge Logos Publishers}}</ref> The NCSE arranged a campaign at colleges across the US to distribute an analysis of the Comfort introduction, a one-page flier,<ref name=dissA/> and "the NCSE Safety Bookmark" in the shape of a banana, a reference to Comfort's presentation of the banana as an argument for intelligent design and the existence of God.<ref name=DDDI>{{cite web |url=http://ncse.com/news/2009/11/got-comfort-get-protection-005171 |title=Got Comfort? Get protection! &#124; NCSE |date=9 November 2009 |access-date=20 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091122130649/http://ncse.com/news/2009/11/got-comfort-get-protection-005171 |archive-date=22 November 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ComfortAtheistNightmare">{{cite video | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yBvvGi_2A | title=Atheist Nightmare | via=YouTube | date=26 April 2006 | people=Comfort, Ray | medium=Video | access-date=30 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116101338/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yBvvGi_2A | archive-date=16 January 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref>

====List of books published====
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* {{cite book|last=Comfort|first=Ray|title=Hell's Best Kept Secret|url=https://archive.org/details/hellsbestkeptsec00rayc_0|url-access=registration|year=1989|publisher=[[Whitaker House]]|isbn=978-0883682067|author-mask=1}}<ref name="SVChapel">{{cite web | url=http://www.svchapel.org/resources/book-reviews/4-christian-living/132-hells-best-kept-secret-by-ray-comfort | title=Hell's Best Kept Secret by Ray Comfort (Book Review) | publisher=South View Chapel | access-date=17 November 2013}}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Comfort|first=Ray|isbn=978-0882709222|title=God Doesn't Believe in Atheists|year=1993|edition=revised|publisher=Bridge Logos Publishers|author-mask=1|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780882709222}}<ref name="GodCreationists">{{cite web | url=http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/comfortablieb.htm | title=God Doesn't Believe in Creationists: A Response to the Books of Ray Comfort | work=Positive Atheism Magazine | year=2009 | access-date=17 November 2013 | author=Lieberman, Tucker | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525043519/http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/comfortablieb.htm | archive-date=25 May 2013 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* {{cite book|last=Comfort|first=Ray|last2=Cameron|first2=Kirk|authorlink2=Kirk Cameron|title=The School of Biblical Evangelism|year=2006|publisher=Bridge Logos Publishers|isbn=978-0882709680|url=http://www.biblicalevangelism.com/|author-mask=1}}
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* {{cite book|last1=Comfort|first1=Ray|last2=Cameron|first2=Kirk|author-link2=Kirk Cameron|title=The Way of the Master|year=2006|publisher=Bridge Logos Publishers|isbn=978-0882702209|author-mask=1}}<ref name="InformedEvangelist">{{cite web | url=http://informedevangelist.blogspot.ca/2008/02/review-way-of-master-by-ray-comfort.html | title=Review: 'The Way of the Master' by Ray Comfort & Kirk Cameron | publisher=The Informed Evangelist | date=4 February 2008 | access-date=17 November 2013 | author=Speed, John | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234547/http://informedevangelist.blogspot.ca/2008/02/review-way-of-master-by-ray-comfort.html | archive-date=18 April 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Comfort|first=Ray|title=Evolution: A Fairy Tale for Grownups|year=2008|publisher=Bridge Logos Publishers|isbn= 978-0882704326|author-mask=1}}<ref name="FriendlyAtheist">{{cite web | url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/17/evolution-is-a-fairy-tale-for-grownups-says-man-who-believes-in-crocoduck/ | title=Evolution is a Fairy Tale for Grownups, says Man Who Believes in Crocoduck | work=The Friendly Atheist | publisher=[[Patheos]] | date=17 April 2008 | access-date=17 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419014105/http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/04/17/evolution-is-a-fairy-tale-for-grownups-says-man-who-believes-in-crocoduck/ | archive-date=19 April 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Comfort|first=Ray|title=World Religions in a Nutshell|year=2008|publisher=Bridge Logos Publishers|isbn=978-0882706696|author-mask=1}}<ref name="GodlessWolf">{{cite web | url=http://feredir28.blogspot.ca/2013/02/world-religions-in-nutshell-compact.html | title=Book Review: "World Religions in a Nutshell: A Compact Guide to Reaching Those of Other Faiths" | work=The Godless Wolf | date=February 2013 | access-date=17 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219235701/http://feredir28.blogspot.ca/2013/02/world-religions-in-nutshell-compact.html | archive-date=19 February 2014 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{cite book|author=Darwin, Charles|author-link=Darwin, Charles|title=[[The Origin of Species]]|edition=150th Anniversary|editor-last=Comfort|editor-first=Ray|isbn=978-0882709192|date=September 2009|publisher=Bridge Logos Publishers}}<ref name="DiscoverMag">{{cite web | url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/11/19/on-comforts-origin-of-species/ | title=On Comfort's "Origin of Species" | work=[[Discover Magazine]]| publisher=Kalmbach Publishing  | date=19 November 2009 | access-date=17 November 2013 | author=Kirshenbaum, Sheril | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234330/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2009/11/19/on-comforts-origin-of-species/#.UoiKb5RxsVk#.UoiKb5RxsVk | archive-date=18 April 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Comfort|first=Ray|title=You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can't Make Him Think: Answers to Questions from Angry Skeptics|year=2009|publisher=[[WND Books]]|isbn=978-1935071068|author-mask=1}}<ref name="Blogcritics"/><ref name="GodCreationists"/>
* {{cite book|last1=Comfort|first1=Ray|last2=LaHaye|first2=Tim|author-link2=Tim LaHaye|title=Hitler, God, and the Bible|year=2012|publisher=[[WND Books]]|isbn=978-1936488247|author-mask=1}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Keysor|first=Joseph|title=Hitler, God, and the Bible (Book Review)|url=http://www.credomag.com/2012/04/23/hitler-god-and-the-bible/|work=Credo Magazine|access-date=17 November 2013|date=23 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012225608/http://www.credomag.com/2012/04/23/hitler-god-and-the-bible/|archive-date=12 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Film==
[[File:Ray Comfort Open-Air Preaching.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ray Comfort [[open-air preaching]] at a Great News Network evangelism boot camp in 2004]]
In 2011, Comfort wrote and produced a 33-minute documentary film called ''[[180 (2011 American film)|180: Changing the Heart of a Nation]]''. The film was criticized by ''The Huffington Post'' for its comparison of legalized [[abortion]] to the [[Holocaust]].<ref name="huff">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/180-abortion-holocaust-prolife_n_1007165.html|title='180' Documentary Compares Abortion To Holocaust, Goes Viral Among Pro-Life Groups|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=12 October 2011|quote=The film, which shows a series of graphic images, is gaining attention not only because of its controversial comparison, but because it highlights 14 people who do not know who Adolf Hitler was|access-date=6 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015144031/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/180-abortion-holocaust-prolife_n_1007165.html|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>

Comfort's 2016 film ''The Atheist Delusion'' premiered at the [[Ark Encounter]], a Christian theme park operated by the [[young Earth creationist]] organization [[Answers in Genesis]] on 22 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Malado | first1=Jardine | title=Ray Comfort's 'The Atheist Delusion' movie to premiere at Ark Encounter in October | url=http://www.christiantimes.com/article/ray-comforts-the-atheist-delusion-to-premier-at-the-ark-encounter/63153.htm | date=22 September 2016 | work=The Christian Times| access-date=19 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120084846/http://www.christiantimes.com/article/ray-comforts-the-atheist-delusion-to-premier-at-the-ark-encounter/63153.htm | archive-date=20 November 2016 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Zaimov | first1=Stoyan | title=Ken Ham Celebrates 400K Visitors to Ark Encounter, Says He's on Mission With Ray Comfort to Reach Unbelievers | url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/ken-ham-celebrates-400000-visitors-ark-encounter-on-mission-ray-comfort-reach-unbelievers-171133/ | date=27 October 2016 | newspaper=[[The Christian Post]] | access-date=19 November 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120085034/http://www.christianpost.com/news/ken-ham-celebrates-400000-visitors-ark-encounter-on-mission-ray-comfort-reach-unbelievers-171133/ | archive-date=20 November 2016 | url-status=live}}</ref>

===Filmography===
* ''The Secrets of Nostradamus Exposed'' (1995): Writer, producer
* ''True Fiction'' (1999): Writer
* ''[[The Way of the Master]]'' series (2003–14): Self – Host, writer, producer
* ''[[180 Documentary|180: Changing the Heart of a Nation]]'' (2011): Self, writer, producer
* ''Genius'' (2012): Self, writer, director
* ''Evolution vs. God: Shaking the Foundations of Faith'' (2013): Self, director
* ''Noah and the Last Days'' (2014): Director, producer, writer, self, runner, sound
* ''Audacity'' (2015): Writer, executive producer
* ''The Atheist Delusion'' (2016): Executive producer<ref>{{cite web | last1=Zaimov | first1=Stoyan | title=Evangelist Ray Comfort Tells Atheists 'Hell Is a Very Real Place' Ahead of 'Atheist Delusion' Release | url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelist-ray-comfort-tells-atheists-hell-is-a-very-real-place-atheist-delusion-release-167011/ | date=26 July 2016 | work=The Christian Post | access-date=1 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731162415/http://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelist-ray-comfort-tells-atheists-hell-is-a-very-real-place-atheist-delusion-release-167011/ | archive-date=31 July 2016 | url-status=live}}</ref> 
* ''Exit: The Appeal of Suicide'' (2017): Narrator, Writer, Executive producer<ref>{{cite web | last1=Law | first1=Jeannie | title=Ray Comfort Releases New Faith-Based Film to Help People Combat Suicidal Thoughts | url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/ray-comfort-faith-based-film-exit-help-people-combat-suicidal-thoughts-192707/ | date=20 July 2017 | work=The Christian Post | access-date=17 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921171533/http://www.christianpost.com/news/ray-comfort-faith-based-film-exit-help-people-combat-suicidal-thoughts-192707/ | archive-date=21 September 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref>
*''7 Reasons'' (2019): Self, executive producer<ref>{{Citation|last=Living Waters|title=7 Reasons {{!}} Full Abortion Movie 2019 (HQ)|date=2019-05-09|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB1vV2EgS5A&t=2435|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://livingwaters.com/team/ray-comfort/ Ray Comfort's section of the official Living Waters website]
* [http://www.onthebox.us/ The Comfort Zone] – Ray Comfort's blog
* [http://wayofthemaster.com/ The Way of the Master] – Website for his ministry with Kirk Cameron
* {{IMDb name|1578846}}

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