eX-skeptic

“Tell me about your background, where you grew up, and if faith was part of your home life.”

This is one of her first questions, used to establish the guest's starting point and the environment that shaped their initial worldview.

“Can you tell us about you, your work, and what you're doing now?”

Asked at the beginning to introduce the guest to the audience and establish their professional context before exploring their past.

“Did you have any other religious influences outside your home, like at school?”

This question explores external factors that may have contributed to, or challenged, their early disbelief.

“Would you have considered yourself an atheist at that time?”

She asks this to clarify the specific nature of the guest's non-belief, moving beyond general skepticism.

“What was your life like at that point when you [made a major life change]?”

Harmon uses this to zoom in on specific, transitional periods in the guest's life mentioned in their story.

“Was that [pivotal experience] convincing enough to make you wonder or question your beliefs?”

This question pinpoints the specific catalyst or turning point that began to unravel the guest's skepticism.

“Do you remember the specifics of that [key moment], like what was said or prayed?”

Harmon uses this to elicit vivid details about a critical event in the guest's conversion story.

“How do you reconcile a good and loving God with the suffering in your life?”

She directly addresses the problem of evil, a key intellectual barrier for many skeptics, from the guest's new perspective.

“When you spent time with [influential person], would they talk about spiritual things?”

This explores the nature of the key relationships that often play a role in a person's conversion.