I was honored to be interviewed recently by "The Friendly Atheist": http://friendlyatheist.com/2009/11/26/interview-with-ray-comfort/#comments/

The responses in the comments section are interesting.

Happy Thanksgiving

Please take extra care. On a normal day, around 102 people die in traffic accidents in the United States.

Last year, 502 people were killed on the road on Thanksgiving. A spokesman for AAA, said that the combined factors of more than 50% more drivers on the road and higher-than-usual alcohol consumption contribute to its danger.

Richard Dawkins...a Little Upset

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/11/25/darwin.dawkins.evolution/

Just a Little Embarrassing...

"The two children chosen to front Richard Dawkins’s latest assault on God could not look more free of the misery he associates with religious baggage. With the slogan 'Please don’t label me. Let me grow up and choose for myself', the youngsters with broad grins seem to be the perfect advertisement for the new atheism being promoted by Professor Dawkins and the British Humanist Association. Except that they are about as far from atheism as it is possible to be. The Times can reveal that Charlotte, 8, and Ollie, 7, are from one of the country’s most devout Christian families."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6925781.ece

We have been living in Southern California for nearly 21 years, and I have noticed something interesting about those who were born here. They complain if the temperature is down to 60F in winter, and I have one friend who even gets depressed if it’s a cloudy day. It often doesn’t rain for six months. This is because many of them think that the rest of the world has weather like this. We get day after day of windless days and cloudless skies. That’s not what the rest of the world is like.

I come from the South Island of New Zealand. It has weather that’s similar to San Francisco. Wind, rain, clouds, and storms are normal. When it’s a cloudless day with a deep blue sky, everyone talks about what a nice day it is. No one does that in Southern California. They take the good weather for granted.

Recently, I have been watching World War II in HD, and have been brought to tears at the thought of the sacrifice made by so many, so that we could have liberty. If their blood hadn’t been shed we would be speaking German or Japanese, rather than English and we certainly wouldn’t have what we have today. These courageous men and women gave their lives so that we could live in a country that gave individuals freedom.

The United States is a country where books can be freely given out in universities. It’s a country that allows those who want to, to rip out portions they don’t like, or to burn them, and there’s no fear of any repercussions. We can even get onto a soapbox and have the free exchange of ideas. These are wonderful liberties that many other countries don’t have. They are freedoms that came to us at great cost, and we must never take them for granted.

Gift Basket For Richard Dawkins

http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/freedomnow/41278/

Yes...I had a banana put into the basket, but I didn't say who the gift basket was from. I will leave him to formulate a theory on its origin.

I noticed that the Secular Student Alliance went to some expense printing quality bookmarks with a full color picture of a banana on them, that were supposed to be given to everyone who took a copy of On the Origin of Species. Owing to our date change, no doubt they have a lot left over.

If someone has contacts with the SSA, could you please let them know that I will gladly pay their printer's bill for the bookmarks.

Have them email me care of Mark@livingwaters.com