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Newsboys co-founder comes out as atheist – Jan. 21, 2015
This week marks the anniversary of when George Perdikis, who co-founded the contemporary Christian group the Newsboys in 1985, came out as atheist.
Although Perdikis had renounced Christianity in 2007, it wasn't until eight years later that he went public with his decision to leave the faith in a piece on Patheos.
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Perdikis credited his gradual departure from religious belief to reading books by writers like Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Carl Sagan and Lawrence Krauss.
In an op-ed piece for The Christian Post published soon after Perdikis’ announcement, Pastor Dan Delzell wrote that “Perdikis was ‘picked off’ by the enemy, at least temporarily.”
“If the philosophy of influential atheists wasn't intellectually seductive, no one would fall for it. But it is seductive. And it has entangled many victims. It's sad, really, to see how man wraps the philosophy of unbelief around his soul, and then convinces himself that his secular approach is superior to a life with Christ,” wrote Delzell.
“But God isn't through with George. So pray for him. And ask the Lord to touch his heart. You see, if George will once again turn his eyes upon Jesus, the Lord can clear up years of atheistic indoctrination.”
