Dillahunty Vs. God

I wouldn't call Matt Dillahunty a hero as I find it odd to refer to living people as heroes.

It's almost like the larger-than-life image you have of them is neutered by the fact that they're still human at the moment, with human foibles.

But I don't want Matt do die. Let's label him as a 'role-model,' though he is probably a poor one.

Matt was raised a fundamentalist Christian, but began to fall away from his faith during his time in the navy. With a devout family, he was encouraged to return to the fold and sought to join the ministry.

He wanted to show the atheists how they were wrong and take them back into the flock, so as part of his preparation he studied various atheist arguments and the counter-apologetics to refute them.

But they didn't quite satisfy them.

He began to ask more questions and eventually found himself coming to the realisation that he didn't believe in God. He hid this from his parents, who would be appalled and went 'in the closet' as he was living in fundamentalist Texas.

Until he saw an episode of the atheist experience.
He began watching and rung in.
Within 41 days he was co-hosting.
By the end of the year he was the host.
Soon he was president of the Atheist Community of Austin.
Now he is a legend (link contains God being sliced up with a big sword)

He continues to host the Atheist Experience and Non-Prophets, both of which I am huge fans of.