Do ex-atheist exist?

Question

do former atheist exist?

Answer 1

Yes. My brother-in-law always professed to being an atheist but when he was having a major heart attack and was in horrible pain, it was God that he called on for help.

Answer 2

You know, the only way to believe in a god is to believe that such a thing is likely to exist. People like the one you mention aren't very keen on critical thinking, and therefore don't realize that you can't be mad at something that doesn't exist. They don't realize that pretending to be an atheist because they're mad at god is the equivalent of being mad at their sibling and not talking to them (not that their god is real, but that the behavior is childish and only means that they're "pretending" that the god they believe in "doesn't exist," even though they really do believe that it does). Because they believe that everyone must think and behave as they do, they cast everyone else into their own image, meaning that they believe that since they "used to be an atheist" but are now believers, they believe that everyone else is working from the same knowledge base and experience that they are. They never stop to think that others could have learned more then they have, dove deeper into the subject, or rationalized the concept and came to a different conclusion than they have. I say, let's take advantage of these people. We already know their weaknesses and their utter disdain of searching for the most credible evidence, so why not abuse them the same way their pastors do? Over 80% of the U.S. follows a non-credible deity and refuses to do the proper research to find out if it is even consistent with the religion from which it claims its roots. They're willing to take vague statements from random verses of another religions holy book and use it as proof of the validity of their own, why shouldn't we, who know better, take advantage of them? If they want a theocracy, let's give them a theocracy. We know the stuff better than they do and know that we can justify anything we want to using their beloved scripture, why not use it to make them make us rich, as the early church did?

Answer 3

Yes

Answer 4

My dad was an atheist for most of his life. Then he remarried a born-again Christian woman and converted to a new-age religion where they play guitar at church and have pizza parties. It makes him happy, so I keep my mouth shut, but I won't lie and say it doesn't make me uncomfortable.

Answer 5

an atheist is someone that doesnt believe in a supreme being, if they then begin to believe thay become an ex-atheist. everyone is entitled to alter their beliefs as they become older, wiser, more educated, more enlightened, whatever

Answer 6

heck - how do you go from seeing the light back into the murky waters of superstition?? I guess if you got hit in the head really hard - that might do it..

Answer 7

Indeed they do, sir, and there are plenty of them.

Alister McGrath is one great example:
http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/cis/mcgrath/lecture.html

Answer 8

Yes all atheists start begging God to forgive them when they think they are dying.

Answer 9

Sure

Answer 10

yes but they are rare