Atheists who have converted to theism?

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I just realized what was bothering me about this thread's title. Atheists don't "convert" to theism. Atheism doesn't occupy the same place in a person's life as theism. Theism, assuming that means practicing one religion or another, involves particular expectations and rituals. Atheism is nothing like that. Atheism is just people getting on with their lives absent a belief in gods. So an atheist doesn't convert to theism, he merely takes it up rather than dismissing it.

I would say that you can convert to a religion, but if you just start believing in God, that's not a conversion. I suppose "convert" implies some sort of conscious decision, which atheism/theism is not.