Lee Strobel

Yeah, it kind of came in stages. So the first step was when I was in middle school. And I started asking all those questions that middle schoolers like to ask. Like, well, if there's a God, how can there be suffering in the world? Or if there's a God, why would he send people to hell? And nobody wanted to talk about it. And I thought, oh, I get it.

Yeah, it kind of came in stages. So the first step was when I was in middle school. And I started asking all those questions that middle schoolers like to ask. Like, well, if there's a God, how can there be suffering in the world? Or if there's a God, why would he send people to hell? And nobody wanted to talk about it. And I thought, oh, I get it.

They don't want to talk about this because there are no good answers. That was my first step. Second step in atheism was in high school when I took biology and I was taught that neo-Darwinism explains the origin and diversity of life. So God's out of a job. You don't need God to be a creator. Science explains it away.

They don't want to talk about this because there are no good answers. That was my first step. Second step in atheism was in high school when I took biology and I was taught that neo-Darwinism explains the origin and diversity of life. So God's out of a job. You don't need God to be a creator. Science explains it away.

They don't want to talk about this because there are no good answers. That was my first step. Second step in atheism was in high school when I took biology and I was taught that neo-Darwinism explains the origin and diversity of life. So God's out of a job. You don't need God to be a creator. Science explains it away.

And then third and final step in atheism happened in college when I took a course on the historical Jesus from a skeptic. And he taught me, you can't trust anything that the Bible tells you about Jesus. It's all fairytale, make-believe, wishful thinking. And that kind of was the final nail in the coffin that convinced me that, yeah, God doesn't exist. I tend to be a skeptical person.

And then third and final step in atheism happened in college when I took a course on the historical Jesus from a skeptic. And he taught me, you can't trust anything that the Bible tells you about Jesus. It's all fairytale, make-believe, wishful thinking. And that kind of was the final nail in the coffin that convinced me that, yeah, God doesn't exist. I tend to be a skeptical person.

And then third and final step in atheism happened in college when I took a course on the historical Jesus from a skeptic. And he taught me, you can't trust anything that the Bible tells you about Jesus. It's all fairytale, make-believe, wishful thinking. And that kind of was the final nail in the coffin that convinced me that, yeah, God doesn't exist. I tend to be a skeptical person.

That's who I am. My background's in journalism and law. So you put those together, you know, you get kind of a jerk and kind of a skeptic. And that's who I was. So I just thought the mere concept of an all-loving, all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the universe, come on, it's crazy. Wasn't even worth my time exploring. So it is actually a belief system. It is. Oh, definitely, definitely.

That's who I am. My background's in journalism and law. So you put those together, you know, you get kind of a jerk and kind of a skeptic. And that's who I was. So I just thought the mere concept of an all-loving, all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the universe, come on, it's crazy. Wasn't even worth my time exploring. So it is actually a belief system. It is. Oh, definitely, definitely.

That's who I am. My background's in journalism and law. So you put those together, you know, you get kind of a jerk and kind of a skeptic. And that's who I was. So I just thought the mere concept of an all-loving, all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the universe, come on, it's crazy. Wasn't even worth my time exploring. So it is actually a belief system. It is. Oh, definitely, definitely.

I believe there is faith involved. that you have to have a certain amount of faith, not in God, but in your own intellect, in your own ability to discern and figure out that there is no God behind all this stuff. So I think there's faith involved.

I believe there is faith involved. that you have to have a certain amount of faith, not in God, but in your own intellect, in your own ability to discern and figure out that there is no God behind all this stuff. So I think there's faith involved.

I believe there is faith involved. that you have to have a certain amount of faith, not in God, but in your own intellect, in your own ability to discern and figure out that there is no God behind all this stuff. So I think there's faith involved.

faith means trust, you're putting your trust in yourself, that I'm smarter than everybody else, I know that there is no God, and I'm gonna live a life consistent with that, and that's what I did. I lived a life consistent with my atheism. Interesting.

faith means trust, you're putting your trust in yourself, that I'm smarter than everybody else, I know that there is no God, and I'm gonna live a life consistent with that, and that's what I did. I lived a life consistent with my atheism. Interesting.

faith means trust, you're putting your trust in yourself, that I'm smarter than everybody else, I know that there is no God, and I'm gonna live a life consistent with that, and that's what I did. I lived a life consistent with my atheism. Interesting.

Yeah, I would scoff, I would mock. I didn't spend a lot of time trying to deconstruct their faith, but I certainly didn't buy it and would make fun of it and make light of it. Because my attitude was, okay, if there is no God, if there is no heaven, if there is no hell, if there is no judgment, if there is no ultimate accountability,

Yeah, I would scoff, I would mock. I didn't spend a lot of time trying to deconstruct their faith, but I certainly didn't buy it and would make fun of it and make light of it. Because my attitude was, okay, if there is no God, if there is no heaven, if there is no hell, if there is no judgment, if there is no ultimate accountability,

Yeah, I would scoff, I would mock. I didn't spend a lot of time trying to deconstruct their faith, but I certainly didn't buy it and would make fun of it and make light of it. Because my attitude was, okay, if there is no God, if there is no heaven, if there is no hell, if there is no judgment, if there is no ultimate accountability,