i think that all four will be at a serious disadvantage in this show. in my experience, most believers haven't thought about what actual atheists believe nearly as much as atheists have thought about what believers believe.
as an atheist who has sometimes solicited a conversion pitch for fun, my impression is that most proselytizing religious people have little contact with living breathing atheists and thus have little idea with what real atheists think about the world. but no matter how ignorant they are of how real atheists think, proselytizers think they know, often relying upon some crude (and sometimes funny) stereotype. atheists, on the other hand, live in a world of believers, and cannot help but be familiar with how believers think. at the very least, they are familiar with the dominant religion in their society and/or the religion of their family.
this puts the believers at a severe handicap in the game show, which means that it's likely that no one will win in most cases. if the people who run it are hoping for some dramatic on-camera conversion, they need to either lower their expectations or cheat and hire actors to make one happen.
i wouldn't totally rule out the latter.
(via b2)
