Once upon a time I used to get irritated when I found out one of the esteemed “men of God” was lying. I’m either getting old or used to it, because this post by Hemant of Friendly Atheist about Ray Comfort, best known for claiming atheists are afraid of bananas, puts a smile on my face.
Ray Comfort has decided to lie about his conversations with Dan Barker, author of the highly entertaining Losing Faith in Faith
There is one well-known atheist who has an itinerant ministry, who says that he was a Christian pastor for 17 years. That’s impressive. Judas only managed to fake it for three and a half years. This man faked it for seventeen years–in a pulpit! His name is Dan Barker. A number of years ago I emailed Dan and explained about the Judas thing. Barker bit back that if I ever contacted him again, I would hear from his lawyers.
Here’s what happened according to Dan Barker (again, emphasis added):
Actually, I found the email correspondence between me and Ray Comfort from 2001. I did NOT say he would be hearing from my lawyers. I said I would contact his provider to complain about using email for harassment. I asked him to stop emailing me, after we hit a dead-end, and he continued, after being asked not to continue.
Oopsy.
Of course, this is just par for course with Ray Comfort who’s whole ministry depends upon the ignorance of the audience in order to be successful.
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I am becoming more and more convinced that lying is an important part of some christians identity. Over and above the obvious discrepancies in the bible, I think that many christians view lying as a means to an end (we seem to have arrived as a culture at a point where the means (torture, lying) justify the ends (winning the war on terror (or at least the war on progressives))). If lying discredits an enemy, it is for the greater glory of god. If lying brings in a convert, it is for the greater glory of god. If lying makes me (the christian) feel better about myself, no problem, jesus will forgive me when I use my get out of hell free card.
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