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Pastor Blows Doors Off Debate with Atheist Over God’s Existence

By Shane Idleman Published on February 20, 2025

A few years ago, Pastor Shane Idleman of California’s Westside Christian Fellowship debated an atheist at a local college. His closing remarks were so impactful that members of the Satanic Church walked out (you’ll hear the crowd react to that midway through this eight-minute clip), and the atheist group petitioned Idleman to apologize for afterward. As you watch this, consider the words of Puritan Richard Baxter, “I preach as a dying man to dying men.”