| Matt Dillahunty | |
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Matt Dillahunty on The Atheist Experience TV show, 25th July 2006. |
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| Born | March 31, 1969 |
| Nationality | USA |
| Known for | Atheist activism |
Matt Dillahunty is the president of the Atheist Community of Austin, and is also a host of the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin Public-access television cable TV show "The Atheist Experience.[1]
The show of which he is one of the hosts, "The Atheist Experience", has become popular on YouTube and is consistently on the top discussed and top rated pages.[2] He is also the founder and contributor of a counter-apologetics encyclopedia at Iron Chariots and its subsidiary sites.[3]
Matt was raised as a fundamentalist Baptist Christian, and sought to become a Baptist minister.[4] His religious studies, instead of bolstering his faith as he intended, led to a complete rejection of Christianity. He now continues to study philosophy, religion, science, and history, while educating people about atheism and religion, and "to prevent others from wasting another day on irrational beliefs".[5]
Dillahunty served on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier during the Gulf War and in Haiti during the early 1990s.
Dillahunty married Beth Presswood, a microbiologist, on October 30th 2011.[6]