The co-founder of Wikipedia has become a Christian. Here’s what convinced him

Decades of his own in-depth study combined with the testimony of “intelligent Christians” helped moved Larry Sanger from agnostic to Christian. In a lengthy blog post published this week, the Wikipedia co-founder revealed what changed his mind on God’s existence. Here’s what you need to know 

Larry Sanger has made it his life’s mission to seek truth.

The American co-founded Wikipedia, the epic online encyclopedia, in 2001. It is considered the largest and most-read collection of factual information in history. This vast platform of inter-connected references gives you an insight into how Larry’s mind works, and may explain why he has approached belief in God, or rather, his journey of skepticism, with such comprehensiveness.

Calling himself a ‘Skeptical Philosopher’ in his new blog about his 35 year-long conversion process, Larry’s philosophy in life, called ‘methodical skepticism’, was to firmly rule out any belief that he did not know “with certainty” to be true. But he essentially ran out of reasons and arguments why God does not exist, and his failure to hold on to his agnosticism led him to faith. 

After a winding journey of deeply examining the best that atheism and skepticism had to offer, Larry was eventually converted to Christianity, and is now writing a 200,000 word (and counting) defence of the Christian faith, simply called God exists. 

Interrogating agnosticism 

Growing up with Christian parents and confirmed in the Lutheran Church aged 12, Larry could remember…