Dr. Monica Larson: You were talking about how you had a lot of atheist friends and you intentionally tripped up Christians and terrorized them, were your words. It kind of reminded me of Paul in the scriptures a little.Warrior Richardson: That’s what everybody says.Dr. Monica Larson: Yeah, It did remind me of that and, so, did you feel any tugging at your heart prior to your conversion or did you feel anything or were you just still...Warrior Richardson: There was an unforgettable moment…I remember when I told my mother I was an atheist. That just broke her heart. I felt bad but I was. I didn’t believe. But she felt really bad. And then I was at Howard University, and I was in the jazz ensemble and I was in the practice room and I was playing the piano and I starting playing this Gospel tune and I could feel the spirit of God come coming over me. I was an atheist although technically, I don’t believe there is such a thing as an atheist. But I was an atheist at the time, and I just felt the spirit of the Lord coming over me at that time and I was like “whoa!” I was thinking to myself, “Now I know there really is a God.” And then "no no no" I just pushed those thoughts aside. I just refused to yield to that. I just was "no I just wasn’t having it." But still I called my mother and told her about that experience, and I told her, “Now I know there really is a God.” And when I got off the phone I thought, "What was I doing writing a crazy letter like that" and my brother called up and said that just made her day. I went right back to my atheist ways after that. It was just a phase It just happened. It’s over with. I fought it with all my strength because I didn’t want it.Dr. Monica Larson: So, you were playing a Gospel tune and you felt the Spirit of the Lord…Warrior Richardson: Amazing Grace.Dr. Monica Larson: What made you play that song?Warrior Richardson: Oh. It’s a jazz standard. A lot of jazz musicians play Amazing Grace. Well, it’s not a jazz standard; but a lot of jazz musicians play Amazing Grace. It’s just a tune that we play.

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