http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/3421162/Creationists-views-to-be-distributed-after-liaison
Ray Comfort is continuing his intellectually dishonest assault on the theory of evolution.
“A creationist plans to give away 1000 copies of his version of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species after Richard Dawkins' appearance in Christchurch on Thursday.
New Zealand-born author Ray Comfort, who is now based in the United States, has written his own introduction to Darwin's groundbreaking work on evolution, where he argues for intelligent design.
Melissa Day, of Comfort's New Zealand Living Waters Ministry, said the group planned to give away about 10,000 copies of the book today on university campuses in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
Canterbury volunteers also plan to give out 1000 copies of the book, with Comfort's foreword, after Dawkins' appearance at the Christchurch Town Hall.”
The article continues.
“"The 54-page introduction has information on Darwin himself, his life and what his theories led to in quite a few instances. It talks about his views on black people and women and it argues for intelligent design," Day said.”
I don’t understand how these creationist hacks think that Darwin’s world-views undermine the validity of the theory of evolution. Even if Darwin was a sexist and a racist (not a strange thing for his time), it wouldn’t undermine the evidence for evolution it’s the equivalent of saying that the scientific knowledge to create atomic weapons is incorrect because it led to the bombings in WWII.
It’s an insult to the process of peer-reviewed science that Ray Comfort believes that by writing a short argument for intelligent design that he has an opinion that is equally valid. Rather than submitting his work to a scientific journal he is coat-tailing on the work of Darwin. What a hack.
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