Faith Filled Family Magazine November 2016 | Page 101

Atheist
Delusion
The Unbeliever’s Comfort Zone
BY HELEN MURRAY
One of the beautiful quotes
from this film is Í don’t want to
be a bag full of dust. I want
Ray, give us some back- to know what to believe?’ Is
ground to the making of this this a common question these
film. What seeded the idea for days or is it throttled by politiit and how did it take shape for cal correctness or some other
Ray is also known for his telev- you?
popular thinking style?
sion series with Kirk Cameron I went to a local college to make Someone asking sincere quescalled, “The Way of the Master” a short video promoting a book tions about death reveals a humwhich is watched in over 190 called “Made in Heaven” for one ble heart. Human nature is so
countries.
of my publishers. I met an athe- proud; few publicly reveal their
ist, asked him to look through the fears about death. However, it is
Ray is known for his open air book, and tell me if he could be- one of the first signs of a tender
preaching style, throught-pro- lieve it made itself. Of course he heart towards God.
voking questions that challenge didn’t. It would be impossible for
the perspectives of unbelievers, a book to make itself. Then, for Did you find it a simple matand for several “controversial” some reason I asked him about ter to look for young people
documentaries.
DNA--the instruction book for to interview or did you have
life, and if it could have made it- to contact a huge number of
Faith Filled Family was privileged self. In minutes he had changed potential interviewees. What
to speak with Ray about his lat- his mind about being as atheist. I was that process like?
est documentary, The Atheist was astounded by his reaction. I I approached at least 500 strangDelusion which challenged the then went to a number of univer- ers and asked if they were atheunbeliever on why they believe sities, asked the same question, ists. Surprisingly, atheists that
what they believe.
and to my surprise got the same would come on camera were
result.
few and far between. I ended up
Ray Comfort, thank you for
getting a dozen or so good intertalking with me about your
new film “The Atheist Delusion”. I must say that I found
it VERY compelling viewing. It
ignited a deep volcanic explosion of joy inside me to think
this is to be released around
the world to desecrate the
comfortable lies that many
people prefer to rational scientific construction in modern
times. I am intoxicated with
Ray Comfort is the founder and
CEO of Living Waters. Additionally, he is the author of over
80 best-selling books including
How to Know God Exists and
The Evidence Bible.

this presentation.
Thank you for your kind words.