No. 45 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Atheist activist and debater
Matt Dillahunty is an atheist activist who hosted the call-in webcast The Atheist Experience for seventeen years.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Matt Dillahunty's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Has debated Christian apologists in public for years, and is a regular debate participant for university and secular groups.
Dillahunty was president of the Atheist Community of Austin from 2006 to 2013 and hosted The Atheist Experience from 2005 to 2022.
He founded the counter-apologetics project Iron Chariots and has toured with Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss.
On the record
2022
2022
Formal debate
Against Jordan Peterson · Public debate
A discussion with the psychologist that turned into a debate over whether the mind points toward God.
2021
2021
Formal debate
Against Trent Horn · Public debate
A formal debate with the Catholic apologist on whether it is reasonable to believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus.
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