Dan Barker
Submitted by august on Sat, 2005-12-31 02:58.
Madison, WI
* Former evangelical minister * Staff member of Freedom From Religion Foundation * Author of Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist * Author of Godless: How An Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists (with a foreword by Richard Dawkins) * Dynamic Speaker and Debater (and singer!) * Frequent media appearances including the Phil Donahue show, Maury Povich, Hannity & Colmes, and Oprah Winfrey
Mr. Barker became a teenage evangelist at age 15. He maintained a touring musical ministry for 17 years, including eight years of full-time, cross-country evangelism. Following five years of reading, Mr. Barker gradually outgrew his religious beliefs. “If I had limited myself to Christian authors, I’d still be a Christian today” He announced his atheism publicly in January, 1984. He has been a staff member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation since 1987.
Dan is also the co-host of the weekly podcast Freethought Radio with wife Annie Laurie Gaylor.
Dan is available to discuss such topics as: -"Losing Faith in Faith," his story of de-conversion from preacher to atheist -How to be good without a god -The importance of state/church separation -Did Jesus rise from the dead? -Did Jesus exist? -Debating the existance of a god -Debating morality -Debating evolution -Debating the separation of church and state
Dan is also an accomplished pianist and vocalist, offering concerts of freethought tunes.
| Dan debates the existence of God with Dr. Phil Fernandes,
President of the Institute of Biblical Defense.
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