Comfort claims outright that there is NO evidence for evolution
Ray Comfort, after having debated the subject for years and years, going head-to-head with plenty of educated professionals, as well as passionate amateurs, has now clearly and unambiguously defined his… interpretation of the evidence for the theory of evolution. Check this out:
His problem (referring to a comment regarding the “mountain of evidence for evolution”) is that he has never taken a close look at the mountain, and believes that he has a mammoth case with his long list. His “etc.” means that he believes there are even more mountains, somewhere.
Maybe that works for the simple folk, but it doesn’t work for those who know that his evolutionary fossil “record” doesn’t exist. Of course fossils exist, but not as a record for evolution.
So, neither the person who wrote the comment Ray replies to, nor any of the worlds biologists, geologists, chemists, physicists or otherwise scientists, have ever taken a close look at the figurative “mountain” of evidence. Ray has, apparently. He has gone where no person has gone before, and concluded that it’s all smoke and mirrors, no substance to it at all. He declares, without hesitation, that the fossils that exist in no way whatsoever show any kind of historical record of species adapting and changing over time. I’ve always found it interesting why God placed so much emphasis on “kinds”, yet still needed to specially create every single form that could possibly be seen as an intermediate species… Only to kill them off and leave their bones in the ground for us to find. Why did they exist in the first place, if they weren’t good enough to take on the Ark?
Ray continues,
I don’t have time to run down the long list of winding rabbit trails, other than to say that DNA is an incredibly complex “language”, and to say that it’s proof for evolution, rather than of intelligent design, is to confirm Psalm 14:1.
No, of course he doesn’t have the time. After going through every single scientific field related to evolution, and personally studying every last piece of evidence in favor of it, there wouldn’t be much time left over to publish the results, now would it? I mean, he’s only human…
Only Ray could make the argument that it’s more important to study the external appearance of DNA, than to actually find out how it works, what it’s for and what evidence it makes up. It’s almost as if he actually believes that every biochemist out there makes the explicit argument that simply because it looks complex, that in itself is evidence of evolution.
In conclusion, Ray proves yet again how if his understanding of evolution was compared to a baseball game, he’d be the equivalent of the hot dog vendor in the stands.
Also, you are not a primate, nor are you a relative of fish, pig, or the dog. You are a human being, created by God (with an intuitive knowledge of right and wrong), and therefore you are morally responsible to Him for your thoughts, words, and deeds…whether you believe it or not.
Ray seems to think that “primate” and “human being” are mutually exclusive terms. Surprising, considering his vast expertise in biology. You’d think someone who has a complete and in-depth understanding of all the evidence in existence for the theory of evolution, would also know the most basic terminology used to describe said evidence… I guess not.
Lastly, he touches on an interesting point. So many times have I had it explained that God is like a loving, caring parent, and we are his children. Now, with that in mind, those with parents who actively punish you for thinking the wrong thoughts, put your hands up. Yes, right now. I’ll wait. No one? Really? What about those who think “thought crime” should be acceptable, as well as punishable as a capital offense? Yes, I’m talking lifetime in prison, plus Guantanamo-style torture… only it’s not for life, but for eternity. No hands for that either? Shocking!
But apparently the act of creating human beings (as opposed to primates) is so incredibly exhausting and mentally straining for an omnipotent First Cause-type being that we should spend our entire existence trying to make up for the fact that we exist. It’s almost as if God was lonely, so he created something that would amuse him, and that he could treat as badly as he wanted, only to guilt-trip into obedience every time it started to have its own opinion on things.
Ray Comfort isn’t fun anymore. It’s why there hasn’t been very much activity as of late. Ray isn’t even trying, neither is anyone else in the Creationism/Intelligent Design community. All the small, ambiguous scientific finds that could be made in favor of some kind of “purpose”-driven interpretation have been made, and debunked several times over. The only resort to these people is a fantasy world, a universe in which a street preacher has as much authority studying fossil records and DNA as paleontologists and biochemists do. A universe where evidence that has convinced the most stubborn scientists for over a century and a half is “obviously non-existent”. A universe in which “something from nothing” is a ridiculous suggestion, but “something from God, who came from nothing” is perfectly acceptable, and indeed, preferable. I suspect future updates will be scarce as well, unless something amazing happens, and at least one of the members of the league of extraordinary ignorami changes their tone, or even their arguments. Until then, it’s just beating a horse that’s been dead for decades…