In my long life, I've had many long conversations with

[MineralMan]

7. Here the beginning of a typical conversation as I described above:

Me: In which church are you the pastor (priest)?

Pastor: St. Mary's. I've been there for 15 years.

Me: There's a very nice pipe organ in that church. I've enjoyed hearing it.

Pastor: Are you a member?

Me: No. I've just visited to hear the organ.

Pastor: Which church do you attend?

Me: None. I'm an atheist.

Pastor: Ah. That's interesting. What led to your atheism?

Me: {short summary of my path}

Pastor: I see. A fellow pastor I worked with had a similar loss of faith.

Me: I suppose that happens for some.

Pastor: Yes. It's not uncommon for people to question their faith at some point.

Me: Have you had that experience?

Pastor: Yes, once. That was many years ago. {short summary of story}

...and so on....