RE: How can someone convert from Atheist to Religious
November 23, 2015 at 8:33 pm
(This post was last modified: November 23, 2015 at 9:17 pm by Simon Moon.)
(November 23, 2015 at 8:19 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(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.
If you're curious, just do a google search. There are plenty of former atheists out there who write about how/why/what led them to the faith.
(Or better yet, ask Kingpin about his own journey)
Yeah, usually they are bad reasons.
Better yet, google "the clergy project". Over 700, and growing, members of clergy or former members, who no longer believe, and are stuck in their positions, with no skills to leave.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
