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Atheists Fume at Creationists, New Darwin Million Book Giveaway
November 24, 2009As atheists celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species TODAY, thousands are still livid at best selling author and Creationist Ray Comfort and 1200 Christians for handing out 170,000 copies of a special edition at 100 of the top U.S. universities on Nov 18. Now Comfort says he plans to giveaway 1 Million more copies at universities worldwide. Comfort's special edition of The Origin of Species contains a controversial Introduction that presents the case for Intelligent Design. Despite threats of "unilateral resistance," book burnings, and prominent atheist Richard Dawkins' public encouragement to students to rip out the Introduction, Comfort says his group has decided to continue giving away books. "It's our aim to get this edition into the hands of students in every university in the United States, then Europe, and then the rest of the world," Comfort said. "We have the manpower to do it because of our television program that is aired in 70 countries." Full release.