Keith Hess grew up in a Christian family but began to question whether or not what he believed was real... more

Former skeptic Carrie Sheffield suffered abuse at the hand of her religious father and developed a skewed view of God.... more

Chemist and former atheist Dr. Kirk Shanahan began to see science's inability to answer big questions of life and the... more

Former atheist Dave Rankin's difficult life experiences proved to him that God could not exist.  Through his years of atheism,... more

As a Christian, Adam Terry experienced an intellectual crisis of faith. His doubts and questions prompted an investigation to determine... more

From a secular Jewish home, scientific scholar and former skeptic Dr. James Tour encountered the love and reality of Jesus,... more

Former atheist Al Gascon rejected God in light of his life struggles. His study of science further convinced him intellectually... more

Former atheist Stephen McWhirter rejected God because of Christian hypocrisy and abuse. Looking for comfort, he plunged into drug addiction.... more

Liam Back, a deeply entrenched skeptic, had a vendetta against God fueled by personal loss. His quest to “make God... more

Former atheist Mark McGee left his childhood Christian faith to search for truth in Eastern world religions, but it eventually... more

Former atheist Matthew Sabatine journeyed back and forth between faith and disbelief until he finally landed on a view of... more

Former atheist Chris Adam experienced a difficult, chaotic childhood and was drawn to witchcraft and demonology to gain control over... more

Former atheist Renee Leonard Kennedy left the God of her youth behind for what she thought was a more enticing... more

Former skeptic Anna Gray Smith questioned her childhood faith and sought other avenues of belief to find identity, meaning, and... more

Former atheist Jon Wilke had no desire for God and wanted to go his own way. After years of living... more

Former atheist Lee Strobel investigated Christianity in order to disprove it, but surprisingly came to believe it was true based... more

Side B Stories is celebrating three years of stories and honest conversations with former atheists and skeptics who are now... more

Former skeptic Dave Glander grew up in difficult circumstances, pushing him away from God.  After years of self-destruction and militant... more

Philosopher and former atheist Pat Flynn assumed belief in the naturalistic story of reality but eventually found it lacking. Through... more

Former skeptic Susan Leonard was a secular humanist and worked as a successful professional on Capitol Hill. She saw no... more

Former atheist Dr. Alister McGrath dismissed Christianity and embraced science as the only way to understand the world until he... more

Former skeptic Loren Weisman rejected the Jewish beliefs of his youth to embrace atheism.  Although he encountered bad examples of... more

A Princeton and Oxford graduate, former skeptic Dr. Vince Vitale valued autonomy and pursued high achievement as the greatest good... more

Archeologist, world traveler, and former skeptic Dr. Josephine Thomas once thought all religions were fictional stories until she finally encountered... more

English gentleman, actor, and former atheist Nigel Goodwin was raised within a Marxist worldview.  He saw church as fabricated theatre... more

Former skeptic Neil Placer was apathetic about the question of God until his own dissatisfaction in life led him to... more

Former atheist Stefani Ruper was intellectually convinced of secular atheism, but found that it lacked substantive answers for her life.... more

Negative life experiences caused former atheist Matt Bagwell to reject God and Christianity.  Change in life circumstances allowed him to... more

Former skeptic Joshua Rasmussen left Christianity to pursue truth through reason and philosophy. Over time, his intellectual pursuit led him... more

Former skeptic Chris Waghorn left his belief in the Christian God behind to embrace an Eastern, universal view of god.... more

Former atheist Mason Jones thought Christian belief was an overly simplistic view of life and reality until he began to... more

Former atheist Stu Fuhlendorf felt no need for God, achieving high level of success and power in the business world. ... more

Former atheist Will Witt presumed atheism was true until his beliefs began to fall apart under the weight of scrutiny... more

Former atheist Pedro Garcia grew up in a secular culture, making it easy to leave his nominal religion behind.  After... more

Former atheist Malia grew up in a religious home but she never personally believed in God.  When she followed atheism’s... more

Former atheist Ben Clifton thought religious belief was for the weak-minded, for those who didn’t believe in science.  His caricatures... more

Former atheist Nico Tarquinio rejected a religion he thought was not worthy of belief.  As a lawyer, he considered both... more

Former skeptic Ken Boa put aside his childhood faith and became a secular humanist who tested his philosophy through psychedelic... more

Everyone in his town knew Roger Sherrer as “the community atheist.” He thought belief in God was not only childish... more

Through a serious study of philosophy, Dr. John Wise began to doubt his Christian beliefs.  After 25 years of atheism,... more

Former atheist Mark Goodnight rejected God because of tragic life circumstances. After years of self-destructive living, he became convinced God... more

Former atheist Kim Endraske believed in science and her own morality instead of God, yet she lived with a constant... more

Claire Dooley left the God of the Jehovah’s Witness religion behind and became an atheist.  After encountering the overwhelming love... more

For two years, we’ve been sharing stories of atheist and skeptics’ journeys from disbelief to belief in God and Christianity.... more

Former atheist Dr. Hugh Ross, an astrophysicist, began an intensive search to discover the cause of the universe, and it... more

Former skeptic Dr. Fazale Rana, a biochemist, began to question whether evolution could explain the origin of life. He began... more

Dr. Sy Garte, a biochemist, was raised as a communist and militant atheist. He began to question his naturalistic worldview... more

Psychiatrist Andrew Parker’s pursuit of the true and beautiful led him to consider the possibility of God, but his personal... more

Professor Craig Keener became a convinced atheist at an early age. When philosophy left him without solid answers, his intellectual... more