Day 35: My first encounter with an Atheist Influencer

Hemant Mehta's Website

It was around 2007 when I gave a copy of Hemant Mehta's book to my Pentecostal pastor -   "I sold my soul on Ebay".  It was my first serious connection to an atheist voice.  Maybe over the years I bumped into atheists, but conversations never revealed any identities that made me interested enough to invite their voice into my space.  Not until I got my hands on Hemant's book, did I allow any atheist voice to grab my interest.  

I remember giving the book to my pastor and feeling like it was an invitation to listen to a voice I had long been discouraged to ignore.  Hemant's book came across my reading list again two years ago.  I was a different person and the book gave me an insight that I didn't have in 2007.  

Rereading and rediscovering the heart behind "I SOLD MY SOUL ON BAY" by Hemant Mehta

Hemant posted some short and fun videos on The Atheist Voice Youtube Channel.  I found them easier to chew on than a long dissertation.  Sometimes... we just our wisdom fed to us in point form.  

The first three videos I found were about communication between Christians and Atheists.  

"15 Things Christians say to Atheists (And Shouldn't)"

"6 Things Never to Say to Christians" 

"9 Things Atheists Should Stop Saying" 

The last two videos I picked were very entertaining.  Hemant encourages the listeners to think about things they were never ask to think about before deconversion.  "What's up with Heaven?"  and "Let's talk logistics, Noah."

"43 Questions about Heaven" 

"39 Problems with Noah's Ark Story" 

Hemant is the only speaker that will be attending both the BAHACON conference in Sarnia and the Western Canadian Reason Conference in Calgary.  I wish I could go. 

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