Hypocrisy of Ray Comfort

Just got kicked off the Facebook page called “Living Waters’” which is a ministry run by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron, in regards to my reponse to their video below which was posted on their Facebook Page:

In response I post the follow video and explain how Ray misrepresented history and makes the same mistake as atheist… as their video points outs:

“They (atheist) paint a picture of Christians as a murderous group of people as a way to discredit Jesus and the bible”

So I pointed out that in the video below, Ray paints a picture of the Catholic Church as a murderous institution as a way to discredit the Catholic Church, and Catholics as well, as not Christian.

But Ray forgets that the crusades were started as a defensive response to the invasion of Islam where Christian were killed and forces to convert by the sword as well as converting Churches into Mosque that still exist today.

Maybe Ray Comfort should have watched his friend Todd Friel interviewing Peter Hammond on the real history of the crusades.

Now both Ray Comfort and Todd Friel do not believe that Catholics are Christians, that is not shocking news, but my point is that Ray Comfort misrepresents history and uses that to make a point that Catholics and their Church are not Christian and his very premise or tactic is contradicted by the video his ministry just put forth. by Dean Sampson

Many Protestants mistaking claim that the Catholic Church teaches that one can receive an Indulgence for the remission of sins.

The definition of indulgences presupposes that forgiveness has already taken place; they deal only with punishments left after sins have been forgiven.

CCC 1471 An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints.

To acquire a plenary indulgence, it is necessary to perform the work to which the indulgence is attached and to fulfill three conditions: sacramental confession, Eucharistic Communion, and prayer for the intentions of the supreme pontiff. It is further required that all attachment to sin, even to venial sin, be absent. If this disposition is in any way less than complete, or if the prescribed three conditions are not fulfilled, the indulgence will be only partial. (Paul VI, apostolic constitution, Indulgentiarum doctrina )

The Catholic Church made it illegal to read the bible in English

It is often said that the Catholic Church made it illegal to read the bible in the vernacular. The council of Oxford is cited as proof that reading the bible in English was against the law in England. Actually in 1408 the third synod of Oxford, England, after the many errors found in Wycliffe’s English bible, BANNED UNAUTHORIZED English translations of the Bible and decreed that possession of English translation's had to be approved by diocesan authorities first before being used in Church or personnel devotion. This shows that the Catholic Church took seriously its role in protecting and preserving scripture. 


The Oxford council declared: "It is dangerous, as St. Jerome declares, to translate the text of Holy Scriptures out of one idiom into another, since it is not easy in translations to preserve exactly the same meaning in all things. We therefore command and ordain that henceforth no one translate the text of Holy Scripture into English or any other language as a book, booklet, or tract, of this kind lately made in the time of the said John Wyclif or since, or that hereafter may be made, either in part or wholly, either publicly or privately, under pain of excommunication, until such translation shall have been approved and allowed by the Provincial Council. He who shall act otherwise let him be punished as an abettor of heresy and error."

Was the Catholic Church against people hearing God's word in the vernacular? No, because the Catholic Church had already translated the bible into French, Dutch, Polish, Italian and Spanish in the 12th and 13th century. The approved English bible (Douay Rheims) started with the NT in 1578 and was finished by 1582 with the completion of the OT in 1609.

Pre-Wyclif English Translation:

Besides these versions of particular books of Holy Scripture, there existed numerous renderings of the Our Father, the Ten Commandments, the Life, Passion, and Resurrection of Christ, and of the parts read on... Sundays and Feastdays in the Mass. In general, if we may believe the testimony of Archbishop Cranmer, Sir Thomas More, Foxe the martyrologist, and the authors of the Preface to the Reims Testament, the whole Bible was to be found in the mother tongue long before John Wyclif was born (cf. "American Ecclesiastical Review", XXXII, Philadelphia, June, 1905, 594).

Mary was reassured but Zachariah was punished

Why is it that Mary and Zachariah were treated differently by the angel Gabriel in the gospel of Luke?

Why is it that Mary was reassured after her question but Zachariah is punished after asking a similar question?

Lk 1:34-37 But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?" And the angel said to her in reply, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren; for nothing will be impossible for God."

Lk 1:18-20 Then Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years." And the angel said to him in reply, "I am Gabriel, who stand before God. I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news. But now you will be speechless and unable to talk until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time."

Mary who is “Full of Grace” (Lk 1:28) and is blessed (Lk 1:48) is reassured and Zachariah, an elderly priest who is worthy of double honor (1 Tim 5:17) is punished.

The Catholic Church teaches that scripture is sufficient.

The Catholic Church teaches that scripture is sufficient. But Protestants and Catholic will defer on what they mean by sufficiency of scripture. A Protestant would say that scripture is “formally sufficient” while a Catholic would say that scripture is “materially sufficient”.

 Let me define these two terms:

1. Materially Sufficient- scripture contains or implies all that is needed for salvation.
2. Formally Sufficient – scripture contains all the data of material sufficiency, but scripture is so clear that it does not need any outside information to interpret it.

So sola scriptura, as argued during the reformation, is that scripture is formally sufficient for deciding all matters of Christian doctrine and practice.

Therefore,formal sufficiency must be proven from scripture alone that is that scripture is so clear that no outside information or authority is needed in order to correctly interpret scripture and an inspired interpretive grid must be provided from within the pages of scripture.
From The Catholic Catechism:


73 God has revealed himself fully by sending his own Son, in whom he has established his covenant forever. The Son is his Father's definitive Word; so there will be no further Revelation after him.

76 In keeping with the Lord's command, the Gospel was handed on in two ways: - orally "by the apostles who handed on, by the spoken word of their preaching, by the example they gave, by the institutions they established, what they themselves had received - whether from the lips of Christ, from his way of life and his works, or whether they had learned it at the prompting of the Holy Spirit"; - in writing "by those apostles and other men associated with the apostles who, under the inspiration of the same Holy Spirit, committed the message of salvation to writing".

107 The inspired books teach the truth. "Since therefore all that the inspired authors or sacred writers affirm should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures." inspired books teach the truth. should be regarded as affirmed by the Holy Spirit, we must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures.

The Catholic Church does not teach that scripture is sufficient

It is common to hear that the Catholic Church does not teach that scripture is sufficient. But the Church actually teaches that scripture contains or implies all that is needed for salvation.

Dei Verbum Chp 3 “Therefore, since everything asserted by the inspired authors or sacred writers must be held to be asserted by the Holy Spirit, it follows that the books of Scripture must be acknowledged as teaching solidly, faithfully and without error that truth which God wanted put into sacred writings for the SAKE OF SALVATION.”

The Catholic Church teaches that God’s Word was handed down in two modes, written and orally, and both modes work in unison to give us a complete and full understanding of God’s Word. The proper interpretation of scripture is further explained in Dei Verbum 12.

76 In keeping with the Lord's command, the Gospel was handed on in two ways: - orally "by the apostles who handed on, by the spoken word of their preaching, by the example they gave, by the institutions they established, what they themselves had received - whether from the lips of Christ, from his way of life and his works, or whether they had learned it at the prompting of the Holy Spirit"; - in writing "by those apostles and other men associated with the apostles who, under the inspiration of the same Holy Spirit, committed the message of salvation to writing".

Dei Verbum, 12. Holy Scripture must be read and interpreted in the sacred spirit in which it was written, no less serious attention must be given to the content and unity of the whole of Scripture if the meaning of the sacred texts is to be correctly worked out. The living tradition of the whole Church must be taken into account along with the harmony which exists between elements of the faith. It is the task of exegetes to work according to these rules toward a better understanding and explanation of the meaning of Sacred Scripture, so that through preparatory study the judgment of the Church may mature. For all of what has been said about the way of interpreting Scripture is subject finally to the judgment of the Church, which carries out the divine commission and ministry of guarding and interpreting the word of God.

Much is made about the title “Co-Mediatrix”

Much is made about the title “Co-Mediatrix” in reference to the Blessed Virgin. I agree that the prefix ‘co’ in English suggest equality, so it is a naturally misleading term in English but the Catholic Church defines its doctrine in Latin and not English. Latin for the English prefix is “cum” which means “with” and Mediatrix is the feminine noun for mediator. A better English translation is “a woman who cooperated with the Mediator”

Lumen Gentium 62…… Therefore the Blessed Virgin is invoked by the Church under the titles of Advocate, Auxiliatrix, Adjutrix, and Mediatrix. This, however, is to be so understood that it neither takes away from nor adds anything to the dignity and efficaciousness of Christ the one Mediator….. For no creature could ever be counted as equal with the Incarnate Word and Redeemer……. The Church does not hesitate to profess this subordinate role of Mary