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[Girlysprite]

I see your point G-sprite, but I somewhat disagree. The Reformed position is that all that are truly saved persevere to the end. So it logically follows that those who fall away were never truly saved.

Do you have any examples you can give where Christians lied about being atheists prior to their conversion?

There is a difference between the person being sincere and 'being saved'. What I tried to say is that when someone (de)converts others might say 'well I guess he was always just faking a bit anyways'. I person can sincerely be a Christian, but still change their minds later. A person can also sincerely be an atheist and change their minds later on. See my point?

As for examples of 'atheists becoming believers', I can't give a 'famous person' example out of the top of my head. But I have seen Christians on forums like these before proclaiming they had been atheist until they saw the light. Upon further questioning they'd reveal that they had spent a period of their life hating god and blaming him. That is not atheism - if you're hating god and blaming him (as opposed of disliking religion itself) you are still believing in him. That is the point where they misunderstood atheism.