Ray Comfort facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Ray Comfort
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| Born | 5 December 1949 Christchurch, New Zealand
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| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Christian evangelist, author, television host |
| Known for | The Way of the Master, Living Waters Publications, Christian evangelism |
| Children | 3 |
Ray Comfort (born December 5, 1949) is a Christian minister and evangelist from New Zealand who now lives in the United States. An evangelist is someone who works to share their religious beliefs with others. He is also a young Earth creationist, which means he believes the Earth is only a few thousand years old.
Comfort is known for starting Living Waters Publications and the ministry The Way of the Master. He has also written many books about his faith.
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Early Life and Career
Ray Comfort was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. Although his parents were not very religious, he became a Christian and decided to dedicate his life to sharing his faith.
In 1989, Comfort moved to Southern California after being invited to become a leader at Calvary Chapel, a large church.
The Way of the Master Ministry
In the mid-1990s, Comfort teamed up with Kirk Cameron, the actor from the TV show Growing Pains. Together in 2002, they started a ministry called The Way of the Master. Their goal was to teach other Christians how to share their faith more effectively.
Comfort believes that the main purpose of the Christian Church is evangelism. He often uses the Ten Commandments to talk about sin before sharing the Christian message about Jesus. He also co-hosted a TV and radio show with Kirk Cameron called The Way of the Master.
The Banana Argument
In a video for his TV show, Comfort once used a modern banana as an example of intelligent design. He said its shape, peel, and taste were perfect for humans, which he argued was proof that it was designed by a creator.
However, he later learned that the banana we eat today is very different from wild bananas. Wild bananas are small and full of hard seeds. The modern banana is the result of humans carefully breeding plants over many years, a process called artificial selection. After learning this, Comfort took down the video.
Public Debates
Comfort has participated in several public debates about religion and science.
On April 13, 2001, he spoke at a national meeting of American Atheists. He debated Ron Barrier, a spokesperson for the group. Comfort later said that even though some people in the audience mocked him, he was able to share his full message.
On May 5, 2007, Comfort and Kirk Cameron debated two members of the Rational Response Squad, a group of atheists. The debate was shown on TV and was about whether God exists. Comfort claimed he could prove God's existence using science, without using the Bible. During the debate, both Comfort and Cameron said they did not accept Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
Films and Documentaries
Ray Comfort has created several documentary films about his beliefs.
In 2011, he made a 33-minute film called 180: Changing the Heart of a Nation. The film discussed controversial topics and was criticized by some news outlets like The Huffington Post.
His 2016 film, The Atheist Delusion, was first shown at the Ark Encounter, a religious theme park in Kentucky.
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: 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
- Audacity (2015): Writer, executive producer
- The Atheist Delusion (2016): Executive producer
- 7 Reasons (2019): Self, executive producer
See also
In Spanish: Ray Comfort para niños
