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An atheist goes on a Christian pilgrimage. Whats the point?

Published: July 6, 2018, 4:18 p.m.

The young atheist writer Guy Stagg threw in his job a few years ago to undertake a pilgrimage to Jerusalem via Rome - choosing a hazardous medieval route across the Alps. It nearly killed him: at one stage, trying to cross a broken bridge in Switzerland, he ended up partially submerged in the water, held up only by his rucksack.\xa0

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On this week\u2019s Holy Smoke podcast, Guy explains why his journey was a pilgrimage, not just travels. And Damian talks to Harry Mount, editor of The Oldie, why he\u2019s irresistibly drawn to church buildings while remaining an unbeliever - albeit an agnostic rather than an atheist.

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Presented by Damian Thompson.

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Produced by Connor O'Hara and Cindy Yu.