By SECULAR STUDENT ALLIANCE
Added: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:00:00 UTC

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If you've been following the blogosphere lately, you've probably heard about Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort's latest attempt to reach out to college students. This November, they will "celebrate" the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species with their "Origin Into Schools" outreach program: distributing free copies of a special reprinted edition of Darwin's work, complete with an introduction by the staunch defender of creationism, Ray Comfort himself.

As strong supporters of Darwin's work and proponents of science and reason, we encourage our affiliates to stand up and speak out! We've gathered as much information as we can get our hands on, and found some of the best suggestions we can for our groups to get involved.

What's Going On?
Living Waters, the evangelical Christian ministry of Ray Comfort (Banana Man) and Kirk Cameron (sitcom star of Growing Pains), is on a mission to distribute 100,000 copies of a reprinted version of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, with an introduction by Comfort attempting to refute Darwin's theories. You can see Comfort's explanation of the project on their website. Or, you can download and read the Introduction in PDF form.

The highlights of the introduction, according to Kirk Cameron (who explains the project on YouTube), include "a timeline of Darwin's life, Adolf Hitler's undeniable connection with the theory, Dariwn's racism, his disdain for women and Darwin's thoughts on the existence of God." The introduction also "lists the theory's many hoaxes."

David Waters' column "Origin of the Specious" in the Washington Post, sums up the project quite nicely.

What Can My Group Do?
Several groups have asked us what we suggest for them to counter the Living Waters outreach. So we've compiled some of our best ideas as well as a few places to find and share more ideas.
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