Matt Dillahunty

Matthew Wade Dillahunty (born March 31, 1969) is an American public speaker, skeptic, and prominent atheist activist. Raised as a fundamentalist Southern Baptist who initially spent years studying to enter the ministry, his deep examination of Christian scriptures ultimately led him to renounce his faith and embrace skepticism and atheism. Following eight years of service in the U.S. Navy and a career in software design, he gained wide recognition as a host on the long-running live call-in webcast The Atheist Experience (2005–2022) and as a former president of the Atheist Community of Austin. A prolific live debater, he frequently engages religious scholars and apologists on ethics, the burden of proof, and secular morality, advocating for an epistemology centered on believing as many true things and as few false things as possible.