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Have you known any atheists which got converted?

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Have you known any atheists which got converted?
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Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 10:37 am
Who are they and how did they got converted?
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RE: Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 11:05 am
They are around, just follow the turds.
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RE: Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 11:36 am
I was told that a priest in the town we used to live in was an atheist before becoming Catholic, but I don't know if he was a dedicated "I don't believe because there's no evidence" atheist or an "I just don't feel like going to church" apathetic theist who after converting calls themselves an ex-atheist.
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RE: Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 11:39 am
(March 18, 2014 at 11:36 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: I was told that a priest in the town we used to live in was an atheist before becoming Catholic, but I don't know if he was a dedicated "I don't believe because there's no evidence" atheist or an "I just don't feel like going to church" apathetic theist who after converting calls themselves an ex-atheist.

I read about Allan Sandage recently who discovered Quasar. I wonder why did he convert.
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RE: Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 11:58 am
I've only known two with 'atheist cred' who converted. Both had a religious SO and could only give emotional explanations for their change of heart. A little disappointing, we hope for something more tangible as a reason, don't we?
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RE: Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 11:59 am
(March 18, 2014 at 11:58 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I've only known two with 'atheist cred' who converted. Both had a religious SO and could only give emotional explanations for their change of heart. A little disappointing, we hope for something more tangible as a reason, don't we?

Were they actual atheists? What happened to them?
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RE: Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 12:06 pm
I really don't mind an atheist converts. If only he could demonstrate their beliefs.
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RE: Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 12:08 pm
Any theist. We are all atheists until someone imposes their own beliefs upon us.
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RE: Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 12:15 pm
I only know two other atheists IRL, one of which I didn't even know was an atheist before he moved away, so I only regularly interact with one other atheist - who is engaged to an apathetic Catholic.
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RE: Have you known any atheists which got converted?
March 18, 2014 at 12:16 pm
No sorry, not personally.
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