A French atheist-turned-theologian discusses his conversion

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🗓️ 12 July 2014

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Guillaume Bignon was a French man living a happy and godless life until recently when a series of events led him on an intellectual journey towards Christianity. Today he is a theologian. He discusses his story with Wade Padgett, who went in the other direction, becoming an atheist after years as a Christian. What role does evidence and experience play in conversion, and is belief in God 'properly basic' as Guillaume claims? For Guillaume Bignon: www.theologui.blogspot.co.uk For Wade Padgett: www.facebook.com/wadeabarr For more faith debates visit http://www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://www.kaltura.com/api_v3/getFeed.php?partnerId=618072&feedId=1_jlj47tkv or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 25 Aug 2007 - God Delusion debate - Andrew Wilson & Gordon Livesey Unbelievable? 12 Sep 2009 - Richard Morgan - from Atheism to Faith via richardawkins.net

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0:31.1	Welcome along to Unbelievable. I'm Justin Briley. This is the show that brings Christians and non-Christians together every Saturday afternoon here on Premier Christian radio, part of Faith Explored and a really interesting discussion for you today on conversion and
0:46.2	de-conversion, more on that in a moment's time, perhaps though if you're a regular listener
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