Ray Comfort declares 'Hell is a very real place' ahead of 'The Atheist Delusion' film premiere

Pastor Ray Comfort insisted that Hell surely exists as he promotes his latest apologetic film, "The Atheist Delusion," scheduled for release Friday.

The founder and CEO of Living Waters sat down for an interview with atheist blogger Hemant Mehta of "The Friendly Atheist" to answer a number of atheist questions about his upcoming film.

The film's trailer showed Comfort talking with several atheists and appeared to have shaken the atheists' convictions about God's non-existence at the end.

Mehta asked Comfort whether he thought his film "The Atheist Delusion" would be successful, to which Comfort answered by asking Mehta to momentarily consider the Christian leader's position.

"I believe with every ounce of my being that Hell is a very real place," said Comfort. "I know that is offensive and that it almost always brings scorn with it. It was Penn Jillette who asked how much we would have to hate someone if we believed that Hell was real and didn't warn him."

He then added an analogy to present his explanation more simply.

Comfort said, "I'm not sure that I can adequately answer that. If you were a firefighter trying to save 10 people from death and managed to save two, is that a success?"

The Christian filmmaker and TV co-host of "The Way of the Master" also claimed that he doesn't mind atheists hate-watching his movies and videos and picking them apart. His experience of preaching for more than 40 years in the open air and being mocked at, Comfort said, constitutes to the cross he has to carry for being a Christian.

The 66-year-old New Zealand-born minister also took the opportunity to inform concerned atheists that he already gave away $18,000 worth of Subway cards to the Los Angeles Union Rescue Mission. Comfort originally intended to give away $25,000 worth of gift cards to the atheists for last month's Reason Rally at the Lincoln Memorial. However, he had to cancel after the D.C. police prohibited the gathering of Christians at the other end of the National Mall in a simultaneous event with the Rally.