Humanists' ad ignites thoughts of God
Allie Martin - OneNewsNow - 11/17/2008 4:00:00 AM
Recently, the AHA posted ads on buses and billboards throughout the nation's capitol which read: "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake."
Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the group, said during an interview on the Fox News Channel that the ad campaign targets atheists during Christmas. "There's millions of Americans out there who don't happen to believe in a god, who are of some strong moral character -- and we want to reach out to that audience," he stated.
But Ray Comfort, founder of Living Waters Ministries and co host of The Way of the Master television show, says Christians can use the ad's admonition to "be good" to explain how everyone falls short when compared with God's perfect law.
"Good in [the Bible] means moral perfection in thought, word, and deed -- and only God is good," Comfort points out.
But everyone has their own idea of what good is, says the evangelist. "You ask anybody if they think they're a good person and they're going to come back and say -- as the Bible says they will -- 'I'm a good person,'" Comfort comments.
"I guarantee you if we had Adolf Hitler on the phone and we [asked], "Adolf? Are you a good person?' -- he would say, 'Yes. I cleaned up Germany, provided full employment, and got rid of riff raff.' He'd think he's a good person because he measured himself by his own standards.
"What we've got to do on Judgment Day is stand before the moral perfection of God's Holy Law -- and that's why we each need a Savior," he concludes.
According to Comfort, the ad campaign is backfiring for the humanist group because it is making more people think about God.
