Wesley Huff
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It's an interesting way of putting it. I mean, as much as you could at 12 years old.
Yeah, well, it definitely led to things like later in life, I got very involved in athletics and in track and field. And part of that was feeling a conviction that I knew what it was like to not be able to wake up and walk out of the room.
Yeah, well, it definitely led to things like later in life, I got very involved in athletics and in track and field. And part of that was feeling a conviction that I knew what it was like to not be able to wake up and walk out of the room.
Yeah, well, it definitely led to things like later in life, I got very involved in athletics and in track and field. And part of that was feeling a conviction that I knew what it was like to not be able to wake up and walk out of the room.
I felt like a motivation to be able to, okay, I don't want to waste this.
I felt like a motivation to be able to, okay, I don't want to waste this.
I felt like a motivation to be able to, okay, I don't want to waste this.
Yeah. And then later on, in terms of your original question, the difference in that was that I realized, okay, there's something out there. Something happened that I can't totally explain on naturalistic terms. But how do we go from that to saying, okay, well, then this worldview is correct. And so despite being raised in a Christian home, I felt like...
Yeah. And then later on, in terms of your original question, the difference in that was that I realized, okay, there's something out there. Something happened that I can't totally explain on naturalistic terms. But how do we go from that to saying, okay, well, then this worldview is correct. And so despite being raised in a Christian home, I felt like...
Yeah. And then later on, in terms of your original question, the difference in that was that I realized, okay, there's something out there. Something happened that I can't totally explain on naturalistic terms. But how do we go from that to saying, okay, well, then this worldview is correct. And so despite being raised in a Christian home, I felt like...
My parents telling me what was true is not the worst reason to believe it, but it's also not the best. And so as a teenager, I did a lot of kind of soul searching. And like I said, you know, I was able to do that to a certain level of degree because of the openness within my household where I did.
My parents telling me what was true is not the worst reason to believe it, but it's also not the best. And so as a teenager, I did a lot of kind of soul searching. And like I said, you know, I was able to do that to a certain level of degree because of the openness within my household where I did.
My parents telling me what was true is not the worst reason to believe it, but it's also not the best. And so as a teenager, I did a lot of kind of soul searching. And like I said, you know, I was able to do that to a certain level of degree because of the openness within my household where I did.
I pulled the Quran off the shelf and I read it, you know, front to back, just trying to figure out, OK, what's going on here? What's all this about? Right. And it was through that period of, like, searching, and it wasn't a crisis of faith. That would be an over-exaggerated term.
I pulled the Quran off the shelf and I read it, you know, front to back, just trying to figure out, OK, what's going on here? What's all this about? Right. And it was through that period of, like, searching, and it wasn't a crisis of faith. That would be an over-exaggerated term.
I pulled the Quran off the shelf and I read it, you know, front to back, just trying to figure out, OK, what's going on here? What's all this about? Right. And it was through that period of, like, searching, and it wasn't a crisis of faith. That would be an over-exaggerated term.
Maybe, yeah. Digging through, okay, well, what do these guys believe? Right. What does this perspective hold? Right. And that was about a period of about a year and a half. And at the end of that, I did truly feel that, okay, well, I think... in the ways that I in my limited ability as a teenager. to investigate these things.
Maybe, yeah. Digging through, okay, well, what do these guys believe? Right. What does this perspective hold? Right. And that was about a period of about a year and a half. And at the end of that, I did truly feel that, okay, well, I think... in the ways that I in my limited ability as a teenager. to investigate these things.
Maybe, yeah. Digging through, okay, well, what do these guys believe? Right. What does this perspective hold? Right. And that was about a period of about a year and a half. And at the end of that, I did truly feel that, okay, well, I think... in the ways that I in my limited ability as a teenager. to investigate these things.
I think that Christianity is true, but it wasn't until I went to university where I was engaging with people of other faith perspectives in Toronto at York University, where I was talking to Muslims and Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and atheists, you know, from the gamut. And I was having these conversations and I was expressing kind of my perspective on what I believed.