Atheist convert to Catholicism Leah Libresco & Hemant Mehta - Unbelievable?

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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When Leah Libresco recently became a Catholic her story was featured on CNN. Why? Because up to that point she had been an atheist blogger. Her story was soon being shared on Christian and atheist blogs. She talks to atheist blogger Hemant Mehta (aka The Friendly Atheist) about why the moral argument helped her in the journey and he quizzes her over why she chose Catholicism. Listener questions are also included. Leah's blog post on becoming a Christian http://bit.ly/LVz2SN Hemant Mehta's blog post on Leah http://bit.ly/MPKH6m Unbelievable? The Conference 2012 DVD http://www.premier.org.uk/dvd For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 24 Nov 2007 - The atheist who sold his soul on ebay "I Sold My Soul on eBay" - HEmant Mehta & Tom Price Unbelievable? 12 Sep 2009 - Richard Morgan - from Atheism to Faith via richarddawkins.net - Christians Richard Morgan, David Robertson and Atheist Ed Turner Join the conversation: http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

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1:00.3	Well good afternoon and welcome along to the program. I'm Justin Briley your
1:04.4	host for the next hour and a half for unbelievable. It's the program that aims to
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