Classic Replay: From Atheist to Catholic with Leah Libresco and Hemant Mehta

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this Classic Replay of Unbelievable? Podcast, we delve into the fascinating journey of Leah Libresco, once a prominent atheist blogger who made headlines by converting to Catholicism. Her story gained attention across both religious and secular spheres, including a feature on CNN. Leah sits down with Hemant Mehta, widely known as the Friendly Atheist, for a topical discussion about the moral arguments that played a pivotal role in her conversion journey. Hemant quizzes Leah on her decision to embrace Catholicism, providing listeners with an insightful exchange that explores the intricacies of faith, reason, and personal conviction. Listeners also get the chance to participate as Leah and Hemant field questions, offering deeper insights into Leah's faith journey and the broader dynamics of faith and atheism. For Leah Libresco visit: leahlibresco.com For Hemant Mehta visit: friendlyatheist.com This episode originally aired on: 23 June 2014 • Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.link/267142101 • More shows, free eBook & newsletter: https://premierunbelievable.com • For live events: http://www.unbelievable.live • For online learning: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/coures • Support us in the USA: http://www.premierinsight.org/unbelievableshow • Support us in the rest of the world: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/donate

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0:45.0	Hello and welcome to another unbelievable classic replay.
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0:54.3	archives. Let's jump in on today's discussion.
0:58.6	Well it's my great pleasure to welcome on to today's show, Leah,
1:02.8	Lebrasco and Hemant Meta.
1:04.7	Leah is the 80s blogger who converted to Catholicism recently.
1:09.0	She ran the blog unequally yoked
1:11.0	until June this year when she announced that she was converting to Catholicism.
1:14.7	Well she's still blogging but this time as a Catholic.
1:17.8	Why? Well she says because of the force of the moral argument for the existence of God and her announcement caused a lot of chatter
1:24.9	on the atheist and Christian bloggers fear. She's here to talk to us about that whole experience and
1:30.4	joining us also for this conversation still an atheist blogger
1:34.0	Hemant Meta also known as the friendly atheist with a blog of the same name
1:39.0	Hemant once spent a year attending churches after selling his soul to Christians on eBay. It didn't persuade him to change
1:45.6	his mind so he's going to be interacting with Leah to find out what exactly changed her mind.
1:51.2	So I hope you enjoy today's show and let me first of all say to you
1:54.9	Leah, thank you very much for joining me today. Well thanks so much for inviting me.
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