Today’s conversation is different than other conversations on this podcast. I typically have conversations on the show with Christians “about life and faith,” but today’s conversation is with my friend Brad Willett, who is not a Christian. In fact, Brad does not believe in God at all. He and I have been talking via email and social media for a couple of years and though we have a very different worldview and disagree with one another on fundamental questions, I am thankful to know him.

In this conversation, Brad and I discussed how he became an atheist and some of his interactions with Christians since he stopped believing in God. We also discussed some of the myths Christians believe about atheists and how Christians can do a better job having conversations with their atheist, agnostic, and skeptical neighbors. I hope this conversation is beneficial to everyone who hears it.

         

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Wes McAdams 0:03

Wouldn’t it be great if Christians could talk about the Bible and various issues without fighting or arguing or name-calling? Imagine if we could just sit down, have a cup of coffee discuss and even if we disagree, treat each other with respect. That’s what this podcast is all about kind, loving Christian conversations. It’s not a sermon or Bible class. It’s just followers of Jesus talking about life and faith, and hope this show encourages you to have conversations like this with people in your life. I’m Wes McAdams, and I want to welcome you to the CrossTalk Podcast.

Most of us have probably had conversations about atheists, agnostics and skeptics. But have we ever just sat down and talked with our unbelieving neighbors? Have we listened to them? Have we loved them? today’s conversation is a bit different from the typical conversation on this podcast. This is a conversation that I had with my friend Brad Willett, who does not believe in God, I think you’ll find this conversation insightful.

Would you classify yourself as (I don’t guess I’ve ever asked you this question) but atheist, agnostic, something else? And then why?

Brad Willett 1:10

Oh, yeah. So this is a not as simple question, right? Yeah. People think, right, because so atheists and agnostics need to be defined, right? So atheists essentially is essentially the negation of the theists’ position. So a theist has a belief in a deity and an atheist is the negation of that, so no deity. A “gnostic” position kind of connotates knowing, right. So an agnostic would be not knowing. So they’re, they’re not necessarily mutually exclusive. So for me, I guess how to classify myself as both. So an “agnostic atheist.”

I don’t, I don’t believe in a God. But I’m also not to the point where I’m just so certain that I can say there is no God, I’m just not convinced that there is one.