(November 21, 2015 at 11:39 pm)Heat Wrote: It boggles my mind that a person who has become Atheist because of gaining knowledge, like not that they don't know the lack of evidence, but are atheist BECAUSE they know the lack of evidence, can in some instances convert back to being religious.
How can this happen?
It's not like any new evidence for God has been brought up recently, or will any time soon, yet there are plenty of new-age atheist arguments coming in every day.
Well there is not some magic recipe or anything as each persons situation and experiences are unique to them. For some, it is really tied to emotion. Perhaps the lost of a loved one triggered something in them that longs for life after death and religion provides answers that meet those needs. There are other stories like Lee Strobel and the like, who took a more intellectual approach and came to their own conclusion, while others who took that same path reached a different conclusion.
What boggles me, is why those that have an atheist perspective are bothered by this? Should it not be to each his own? So long as they are not shoving their personal view down yours or others throats, does it matter to you? If you hold that each person finds their own meaning, and someone finds their meaning in religion, then they are meeting the existential test you espouse.
We are not made happy by what we acquire but by what we appreciate.
