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INSIDE THE MIND OF A CHURCH-RAISED, BORDERLINE ATHEIST IN COLLEGE

May 22, 2013 in Interviews

INTERVIEW #40: JONATHAN (19, NEWARK, DE)

1.  What is your religious background?
I was raised in the church, so I’ve been to church for a good part of my life with various [Christian] denominations.

2.  Do you currently practice a religious faith?
I don’t practice any religion actively. I have nothing against religion but I dislike a lot of what religions do to people. I feel like it’s a way of closing my mind off…by saying there’s only one religion I believe in or only one God. So because of that, I don’t subscribe to any religion. I lean toward atheism, but I’m not completely against God.

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INSIDE THE MIND OF A CATHOLIC COLLEGE STUDENT

April 22, 2013 in Interviews

INTERVIEW #39, MICHAEL (19, STATEN ISLAND, NY)
 
1.  What is your religious background?
I’m a Catholic.  Both of my parents are Catholic.  Grandparents too.  Not all of them went to church regularly, but on my mother’s side, definitely more so.  When my dad married my mother, he started going back to church.  When we were little kids, they made sure we went every Sunday.  It was a big deal if you didn’t.

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INSIDE THE MIND OF A FOURTH GENERATION ATHEIST TURNED AGNOSTIC

March 26, 2013 in Interviews

INTERVIEW #38, PIETER (20, MOUNT LAUREL, NJ)
 
1.  What is your religious background?
I grew up in an atheist household.  Both my parents are atheists.  My dad, he grew up in one too, so he just never knew anything [otherwise].  My mom, same thing, but she actually went out of her way to study different religions and looked at a lot of different things to see if anything matched her viewpoints.  Nothing.  {laugh}  So they’re atheists by choice.

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INTERVIEW #37, SHANNON (20, GEORGETOWN, DE)

March 14, 2013 in Interviews

A CHURCH-RAISED COLLEGE STUDENT STILL SEARCHING FOR GOD.
 
1.  What is your religious background?
I was raised Catholic till I was about ten.  We went to church and Sunday school every week.  At ten, my mom and dad got a divorce.  We went to a Methodist church after that because she was raised Methodist.  My dad was raised Catholic.  Even though he never went to church we always went to a Catholic church.

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INSIDE THE MIND OF A MUSLIM PHYSICS PROFESSOR

February 22, 2013 in Interviews

INTERVIEW #36 – ISMAT (58, PAKISTAN) 
1.  What is your religious background?
I’m a Muslim.  I was born in Karachi, Pakistan.  We migrated in 1947.  The subcontinent of India separated into two countries.  India and Pakistan.  So my parents were from what is now India.  They were in one of the richest states in the whole Indian subcontinent.  Pakistan formed on the basis of being a place where they can practice their own religion.  So my father decided to move.
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WHY I SPENT ONE YEAR WRITTING 8,000 BIBLE QUESTIONS

December 7, 2012 in Interviews

Want to know the story behind my new book, Question Everything?

Here’s 1 of 5 questions I was asked in an interview by pastor and author, Daniel Darling.  To read the rest of the interview, just follow the link I’ve included below.

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1)  This is a very unique concept – providing a question for every verse of the New Testament – what spurred the idea? 

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INTERVIEW #35 – RYAN (25, MECHANICSBURG, PA)

November 9, 2012 in Interviews

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS: A SEEKER IN GRAD SCHOOL

1.  What is your religious background?
Presbyterian.  My parents were Presbyterian.  I’m not sure about my grandparents.  Maybe they were non-denominational.  I went to church as a kid.

2.  Do you currently practice a religious faith?
I don’t consider myself to be a Christian at this point.  I’m still seeking.
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INTERVIEW #34 – ED (36, PITTSBURGH, PA)

October 26, 2012 in Interviews

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS: AGNOSTIC PHYSICS PROFESSOR

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1.  What is your religious background?
None.  My mom was raised Catholic.  My dad was raised Baptist until he was about ten, but he didn’t really like it.  He wanted to go fishing on Sunday.  He rebelled when he was ten or twelve, or something like that.  We never attended church except for weddings and funerals.  I went to Catholic church once with my mom.  I have a vague recollection.  I was six or seven.
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INSIDE THE HEART OF A PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST

October 18, 2012 in Interviews

An Interview with Bud Shaver

TYLER: What is it that you do?

BUD: In the past five years, I’ve lived out my faith in the public square to restore justice to the oppressed and minister to people who have nowhere else to turn but to God.  I’ve toured the country, visiting over 180 colleges and high schools.  Currently, I’m out on the street 4-5 days a week at abortion clinics in Albuquerque, NM.  I’m an activist…a pro-life activist.

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INTERVIEW #33 – MARY (18, GEORGETOWN, DE)

October 11, 2012 in Interviews

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS: A COLLEGE FRESHMAN LOOKING FOR GOD

1.  What is your religious background?
I was baptized Catholic when I was a baby, and then for a while we went to this Catholic church, [but] when I was like eight or so we started going to this Methodist church.  That’s what I’ve been going to since I move [to college].
My dad was Catholic.  That’s why we were Catholic at first.  But then we weren’t.  {laugh}  I don’t talk to my dad, so that’s why we don’t go to the Catholic church anymore.  But my mom plays piano for the church we go to down state, but she’s not really…I don’t know…I wouldn’t say that she’s really religious, but she goes to church every Sunday.
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