Atheists who have converted to theism?

[God of Mr. Hanky]

God of Mr. HankyOn death, it happens to all no matter what they believe. On the nothingness which follows, nothing is something which you should know cannot hurt you - not when there is no neural activity by which one could feel it.

Well stated.  It does not matter what one believes; I, for one, can believe, passionately, that the South won the Civil War.  In any case, I think that the point you're making needs to be emphasized by the atheistic community more.

The problem is the relation between religious faith and the meddling with / taking of lives for said religious causes. Wars are started over religious ideals, as well as by secular idealists. Don't confuse the idealist with the person who does not believe in a god, and would not be first to jump on the war wagon for the next Stalin without thoroughly examining reasons why he should do so first, including whether it would make this world any better.