'180': The movie that makes a skinhead reconsider

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It's gotten nearly a million views online already, and now Ray Comfort has confirmed plans to hand out another 200,000 copies of "180" the movie on 100 select college campus across the United States shortly.

The date and locations of the universities are being kept secret because of concerns about resistance from neo-Nazis and other hate groups, and how they will react to the revelations by Comfort that, first, many people simply are unaware of the diabolical evil imposed on the world by Adolf Hitler, and, second, they are largely unaware of the facts about abortion and its tremendous toll on life in the U.S.

Actor Kirk Cameron called the project, which you can get for yourself from the WND Superstore, "a powerful piece of media that leaves a lasting mark on your heart and mind."

Comfort, who is Jewish, had been working on research for his next book, "Hitler, God and the Bible, coming in February from WND Books.

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He was surprised to discover there are many who simply don't recognize Hitler and cannot say just exactly what it is he did.

The resulting intense discussions about societal attitudes about life and death – Comfort opens his project with 14 people who do not know the identity of Hitler – lead naturally to a discussion of abortion, which Comfort describes as a horror worse in numbers than the Holocaust.

Ray Comfort

Comfort suggests he was shocked by so many students who were ignorant of such a dark period in human history.

Cameron's endorsement of the "180" project was joined by Mark Hall, lead singer of "Casting Crowns," who said the movie "totally rocked my world."

It is in an effort to educate that young generation, officials said, that the 200,000 videos will be distributed free on 100 top U.S. college campuses.

Comfort reports he was half through work on a video to go with his Hitler book when he noticed the "180" that people were doing when confronted by the truth.

Reactions have been flooding in from around the country and the world.

"I watched this today – three times," wrote Sonya Shirk. "Each time I was overwhelmed with the power of truth. I have shared this everywhere I can think of. I can't begin to tell you how this video has changed my perspective."

Added another poignantly, and to the point: "Your film just led a 17-year-old girl away from abortion."

Comfort said one church placed an order for 16,000 copies. And, even though the initial order for "180" was 200,000 copies, supplies are short already and new orders for hundreds of thousands of additional copies of the DVD are set.

"Keep in mind that this isn't a one-minute humorous clip that doesn't bite into your day. This is a commitment of 33 minutes of intense film, giving the viewer a rollercoaster ride of emotions," he said.

Just online, viewers have spent a cumulative 20,800 days watching the project.

Wrote one viewer, "It's so powerful. And although I have thought about abortion and Hitler on a passing note, this really made me think and did change my mind about abortion. I am not Christian or even know if God exists but this really does make you think. Thank you, it could be life-changing."

The book project will expose Hitler's theology and abuse of religion as a means to seize political power and ultimately instigate World War II and genocide. It mines the depths of Hitler's beliefs and convincingly argues that without Hitler's misuse of Christianity, the Third Reich would not have had its terrible rise, resulting in the deaths of millions.

The DVD is also inspiring discussions across the nation on talk shows, chat rooms and on a new forum set up at WND.

"I realized that the same kind of moral apathy that permitted [the Holocaust] to take place is still present today when it comes to the matter of abortion," Comfort said. "While making the video I was amazed at how quickly people did a complete 180 after this connection was pointed out to them in a particularly effective way. They changed from being adamantly pro-abortion to being pro-life in a matter of seconds."

The name "180" came from just that observation.

"As we watched 'Steve' – a proud, Jew-hating, foul-mouthed, anti-black, 'I hate America' neo-Nazi atheist with a 14-inch blue Mohawk – do a complete 180 and almost become likeable, it suddenly dawned on us that the same thing happened to most of the people on the video. They were all doing a 180 … their worldviews radically changed," Comfort said.

The video follows Comfort's winning formula of colorful, fast paced street interviews popular in the award-winning "Way of the Master" television series.

The series, in its fifth season, is co-hosted by Cameron and is viewed in 70 countries on 42 networks.

"In '180' we have a nation changer," says Comfort.