Jan 17, 2018
In this week's episode, Ryan Bell shares his compelling story of
deconversion. Ryan also talks about what he's been up to since
joining the Secular Student Alliance as National Organizer
Manager.
I've been looking forward to meeting Ryan for a while, so it was
wonderful to finally speak with him. Although I'm familiar with
Ryan's story, I learned some fascinating new details during our
conversation.
He explains what convinced him to stop pursuing Pre-Med in college
and become a pastor. He also shares what motivated him to live in
Nicaragua for 6 weeks. Finally, it was fun to hear the story of how
his "Year Without God" blog went viral, resulting in breakfast with
Penn Jillette.
Ryan spent nearly 20 years in congregational pastoral ministry. His
very public deconversion in 2014 is documented in his blog, “Year
Without God”. Since that time, Ryan has been a writer and speaker
on the subjects of religion, humanism and justice. In 2015, he
founded the Life After God community and is the host of the Life
After God podcast. His writing can be found at The Humanist, CNN,
and The Guardian.
ryan.bell@secularstudents.org
http://www.lifeaftergod.org
https://www.facebook.com/ourlifeaftergod/
https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/life-after-god
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/yearwithoutgod/