I don't think it's a con. So I have to go with the idea of stupid or just very zealous. According to his wiki page he became a minister in his 20s. Seems like a lot of work to con people. Stupid people exist and other stupid people like to nod half-wittedly at their ideas. I think eventually even Ray Comfort admitted that the whole banana video was dumb though.
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