Evangelist Ray Comfort set to feed at least 5,000 atheists

Christian evangelist, best-selling author, and co-host of the TV show "The Way of the Master" Ray Comfort will be giving away $25,000 worth of Subway gift cards along with 5,000 copies of his book "Why Pigs Will Fly Before America Has an Atheist President" to those who will be attending this year's Washington's Reason Rally.

The evangelist aims to reach out to those he feels are lost — something that his Living Waters ministry has been well-known for. He said about the upcoming event, according to Christian Newswire, "The $25,000 worth of gift cards are a little something for them to chew on (we are hoping to feed 5,000 — it's been done before)." Comfort also added, albeit jokingly, "This is a small token of our love for atheists, and when we run out of books and gift cards we will give them millions of dollars."

Comfort released a video on his ministry's official website calling out to everyone who wants to join them at an open-air preaching that will be included in a Season Five episode for his TV program. He said, "We will be at the other end of the Mall, filming open-air preaching — where we're sure that we will get a few colorful hecklers." This will be held on June 4 at the Washington DC at the other end of the Lincoln Memorial which makes the date and venue a deliberate choice as Comfort intends to film his open-air preaching simultaneously with the Washington Reason Rally.

Reason Rally 2016 is a gathering of about 20,000 atheists or at least of nonreligious individuals who believe that they don't need to recognize a god to become a good person; that public policies should be shaped by science or logic and not by religious tenets; and that there should be a separation between the state and the church. This year's notable speakers will be none other than Hollywood A-lister Johnny Depp, comedian Bill Nye, and planetary scientist Carolyn Porco.