Reginald Vaughn Finley, Sr.

Infobox musical artist 2
Name = The Infidel Guy


Img_capt = Reginald V. Finley Sr. Age 32
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genre = Controversial
Years_active = 1998—present
URL = http://www.infidelguy.com

Reginald Vaughn Finley, Sr., (born in 1974), is an Internet radio host and Podcaster in Atlanta, GA. He is the creator of [http://www.infidelguy.com The Infidel Guy Show] , [http://www.atheistforums.com atheistforums.com] , and [http://www.thesecrethatesamputees.com The Secret Hates Amputees] He is also the co-founder of the [http://www.atheistnetwork.com Atheist Network] . Reginald is better known as "The Infidel Guy" and has been conducting his show for over 9 years.

IG is considered a pioneer in the internet radio field in that he is the first individual, a non-corporate entity, to earn a living conducting internet radio shows. The Infidel Guy Show is 100% listener supported.

Biography

He is a former member of the group Forte' now called 112. He discusses the little known [http://www.infidelguy.com/archives/87-I-used-to-Sing-with-the-guys-in-112.html early history of 112] on his blog site.

His show features a wide-range of personalities from across the philosophical spectrum. Previous guests have been famous scientists Michio Kaku and Richard Dawkins, lawyer Michael Newdow, creationist Kent Hovind, Ali Sina of Faith Freedom International and Reverend Fred Phelps' son Tim Phelps.

As of November 2006 Finley is in the process of changing the format of his radio show and website to be more inclusive and cover a wider range of topics beyond atheism and freethought.

Finley attended Methodist and Baptist churches in his teens and is a former Federal Correctional Officer and U.S. Army veteran. In college, he discovered religious history and philosophy courses. After his studies led him to a course about atheism at St. Leo College at Fort McPherson, Georgia, Finley announced that he was an atheist.Quotation
If people need their God belief to get through their pain, so be it. The biggest difficulty I have is when people in the political arena who have fundamentalist beliefs try to change laws to suit their fundamentalist belief systems. We can look at Afghanistan and see that doesn't work.
Reginald Finley
"Atlanta Journal Constitution"Finley has participated in a number of traditional and Internet radio discussions with evangelists, advocating atheism and the rights of atheists.

His family appeared on ABC's reality show Wife Swap on November 28, 2005. [cite news | url=http://abc.go.com/primetime/wifeswap/episode/122/bio.html | title=Wifeswap Episode 122| publisher=ABC TV |date= 2007-11-28 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-05-11] [ [http://infidelguy.snowbank.ca/infidelguy.com_inside_the_finleys.mp3 MP3 audio] ]

The Origins of "The Infidel Guy"

Finley, on his site, states that, "An infidel is, One who doubts or rejects a particular doctrine, system, or principle...therefore, 'We are ALL Infidels!'"

References

* White, Gayle (October 20, 2001). "Secular America: Atheists uncomfortable as wounded nation turns more to religion". "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution", p. 1B.

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.infidelguy.com The Infidel Guy:: Official Site] Official site
* [http://www.atheistforums.com Atheist Forums:: Community website for freethinkers, atheists, agnostics and believers]
* [http://www.atheistnetwork.com The Atheist Network]
* [http://www.thesecrethatesamputees.com.com The Secret Hates Amputees]