Are there any converts on this forum? (Share your stories!)?

Question

I recently read on this forum some stories of people who used to believe in a religion and later in life became an atheist. I was just wondering if there is anyone here who has had a conversion experience from atheism to any religion, or from one religion to another (Jew to Christian, for example) It would be interesting to hear your stories and your experiences of how you were lead to your particular religion. Thank you.

Answer 1

Raised in strict catholic family. Catholic grammer school and catholic high-school. At 18 I married a drug-addicted womanizer who was 16 years older than me and had a son. Catholic family stops speaking to me over this. Husband leaves me for a go-go dancer. I raise son alone with no religion. Then went to a born-again christian church for about two years (that was 8 years ago) and even got baptized there. Started to feel alone in that church and depressed so I left. Spent years battling eating disorder and partying and dating Hells Angels types of men and had an abortion that now haunts me. Got re-married 3 years ago to a non-believer and had another son this year. Am now trying to dedicate my life back to Christ and struggling with it. Husband does not want me to go back to a born-again christian church but I really want to.

Answer 2

I have posted answers as an Atheist which I considered myself to be a couple of weeks ago. After reading some both here and elsewhere on-line I am now a Muslim. I have read the bible many times and have considered myself a Christian in the past...however I was never satisfied with Christianity. So I became an Atheist mostly when I attended college and every since. I started to explore Islam out of curiosity because of all the attacks of it here and discovered the real truth. I have known in my heart that there is a God all along though.

Answer 3

I was born and raised as a Jew. My family was not practicing though and even today my Dad doesn't believe in the God of the bible. At age 42, through a series of events, I became a follower of Christ. Jesus tells us that, "I am the truth and the way and the life. No one comes to the father except through me." The thing is this, as a Jew, when I prayed I felt like I was talking to the wall. When I prayed to Jesus - the very first time - I felt the mighty presence of God. I have been a devout follower of Jesus ever since then. In fact, now at age 45, I have become a missionary and have traveled to India, Peru and Venezuela to share the gospel with the lost. All for the glory of God.

Answer 4

The more I read questions and answers, I move further away from religion and the more solid my belief becomes that God (or whatever you want to call it) is no more than a spirit within each of us. It has no powers or strengths or ability ot perform miracles. I also find that religious people are the biggest hypocrites. They don't practice what they preach and have no original thought and they quote from some outdated religious text and call it the word of God. God had nothing to do with all this nonsense that is being spouted.

Answer 5

You don`t convert to Atheism . It is not an organized ,money making ,guild ridden scam .
Atheism is a free and opened mind that doesn`t have to pretend in the fictional story of a God .
They aren`t bad people ,they just can`t bring themselves to go along with the majority ,who were guilted into or forced to believe.
I personally know that the KKK and the American Nazi party are heavy into Christianity .
What an oxymoron.

Answer 6

I went from a belief in God and Christ but had no religion. To Mormon. I had a very spiritual experience to convert me, one that I knew was from God as it was so great.

Answer 7

Atheist --> Christian

I used to be an atheist. Over a period of time however, I grew convinced of the existence of the Christian God, and ultimately committed my life to Christ (e.g., see http://www.godsci.org/gs/chri/testimony/seek.html ).

For scientific and intellectual evidence for the existence of God, see http://www.godsci.org/gs/godsci/evidence.htm

Cordially,
John

Answer 8

My relations became shifting from Dallas, TX to the Bay section in CA. on the way, we stopped in Salt Lake to visit relations and flow see Temple sq.. i became 9 and it became my first time (that I remembered) being there or at any of our temples. As we were strolling by ability of temple sq., a great peace got here to visit me, "filled me" (it truly is what it felt like), and that i knew that it became all authentic, that Jesus and Heavenly Father were genuine, that the temple became their abode, and that i turned right into a member of their Church. Up till that element my faith became in my father and mom. I depended on them and believed they were telling me the reality; yet after that journey, I knew for myself that God and Jesus Christ were genuine and that the LDS Church particularly became Christ's Church. My testimony of those truths has grown considering then and higher to different concepts, yet that became the start...after I first felt fairly switched over.

Answer 9

i was raised catholic, but always felt there was something lacking. several years ago, i met several Native American people. i noticed that they seemed to be at peace with themselves, and the world in which they live. while i am anglo, i try to follow their way of life. while not a 'religion', it is a manner of living that brings me great peace, spirituality, and understanding.

Answer 10

yes I used to be a stongly religious person, but then when I was out in the field the goat she was a looking at me with love in the eyes and I felt so good to the look and one thing lead to another and now we are a married, I tried to do it in the church but they would have nothing to do with it so I went to a nice hills man who is in touch with the gods and he proclaimed us together I am so happy now and life it good you should love the goat too its nice