Matt Dillahunty

Matt Dillahunty
Dillahunty speaking at the University of Missouri in 2014
Born
Matthew Wade Dillahunty

(1969-03-31) March 31, 1969 (age 55)
Known forAtheism and secularism
Spouse
Beth Presswood
(m. 2011; div. 2018)
Military career
Service/branchUnited States Navy[1]
Years of service1987–1995[2]

Matthew Wade Dillahunty (born March 31, 1969) is an American atheist activist and former president of the Atheist Community of Austin, a position he held from 2006 to 2013.[3][4][5][6] Between 2005 and October 2022, Dillahunty was host of the televised webcast The Atheist Experience.[7][8][9]

He formerly hosted the live Internet radio show Non-Prophets Radio[10][11] and founded the counter-apologetics project Iron Chariots.[12]

Dillahunty is a regularly invited speaker, or debate participant, for local secular organizations and university groups as part of the Secular Student Alliance Speakers Bureau.[13] In the summer of 2017, Dillahunty joined a speaking tour promoted by Pangburn Philosophy, where he shared the stage with fellow atheists Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Lawrence Krauss.

  1. ^ Doehring, Thoralf. "USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)". Unofficial U.S. Navy Site. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference flynn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Atheist Community of Austin - Board of Directors
  4. ^ ACA Lecture Series: Our Speakers, Atheist Community of Austin, May 12, 2013, archived from the original on January 17, 2013, retrieved May 17, 2013, Matt has been the President of ACA for many years and is stepping down.
  5. ^ "MattDillahunty - Twitch". Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Matt Dillahunty". Texas Secular Convention. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  7. ^ Mike Rosen-Molina (December 17, 2008), Public-Access TV Fights for Relevance in the YouTube Age, PBS
  8. ^ Salazar, John (May 18, 2015), "Research Shows Christian Population in Decline", Time Warner Cable News (television newscast), San Antonio, Texas, archived from the original on May 21, 2015, retrieved May 20, 2015
  9. ^ "Matt Dillahunty Steps Down as Host". Official site. The Atheist Community of Austin. October 2, 2022. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  10. ^ Lyz (February 22, 2010). "Matt Dillahunty". Secular Student Alliance. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
  11. ^ Miller, Lloyd (2012). "On Atheism" (PDF). The Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges. 18 (1): 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  12. ^ Matt Dillahunty (username Sans Deity), User:Sans Deity, Iron Chariots - the counter-apologetics wiki., archived from the original on September 22, 2018, retrieved September 24, 2013
  13. ^ 2012 Conference Speakers!, Secular Student Alliance, Retrieved 2012-07-12

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