Unbelievable: A French atheist-turned-theologian discusses his conversion

2014-07-12T00:00:00+01:00

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?

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