A Rekindled and Born Again Christian Drills the former Zealot turned Advocatus Atheist!

Not more than a few months ago I had a very intriguing, not to mention revealing, discussion with a Christian friend of mine that I grew up with from childhood. In our younger days he was not overly devout, and in college he had a fall from grace (I don’t think he’d mind me phrasing it as such). Whereas I was over brimming with piety that, over the course of my education, receded and I grew profoundly skeptical. My how things change! Today my friend is a Bible thumping born again Christian, as I once was, and not only this, but actively supports Intelligent Design, denies Darwin’s Theory of Evolution outright, and holds some very peculiar views on morality and divine providence and has become an ardent apologist of the faith. I, on the other hand, have gone from what he embodies now and moved completely toward the other side of the spectrum and have entrenched myself in skepticism and atheistic reason of the highest caliber, and have become an advocate for atheism. We have s...