Any former atheists that converted to Christianity?

Question

How did it happen? Did someone lead you to Him? I would love to hear your stories.


Also, anyone here that converted because of Yahoo Answers?

Answer 1

i was agnostic to the age of 27. whenever asked about the christian religion (or any other religion), i would sputter off the same mindless mantra that many on this forum recite on a daily basis; ''it's a fairy tale/ crutch for the weak/ means of control/ etc, etc.'' i knew what christianity was about, but i never bought any of it. one day about a year ago, some bad things happened between myself and my family and girlfriend. my dad and i got into a fight over some stuff (he jipped me out of some land i was buying from him, and got me for a hell of a lot of money), and we ended up saying some less than friendly words to each other. he's always been a little bit resentful of me. i was born three days after my parents got married, and while i was growing up, he never forgot to mention to me that i was a mistake, that he wished i had never been born, yadda yadda yadda. anyway, after this particular fight, he ended up telling me that he wished i was dead. the same week, i found out my girlfriend was cheating on me with some guy i worked with. then there were some more money issues, and all kinds of other really stressful things were going on. so i was at an all-time low. i was angrier than ever before. i was depressed and suicidal. i started having nightmares, and some of the things from my dreams started manifesting themselves in my waking life. things got really bad at my house. strange things started happening that i couldn't explain (and i really don't want to get into it, because unless you've been through the same thing, you'll write me off as being crazy). so i finally called a very close friend of mine, mike, because i sincerely and honestly thought i was going crazy. i told him about some of the things that i was seeing and experiencing in my house, and he explained some things to me about the supernatural. i never knew it, but mike had been involved with a prison ministry some years before i knew him. anyway, long story short, i got the house blessed, had a true conversion/ born-again experience, and i haven't had any real problems since. i could go on and on and on about my experiences. i could go into great detail, and most people would say i'm crazy, and i don't blame them, but that's how it happened for me. so yeah. i was attacked for more than a month and got tired of getting thirty minutes of sleep per night and living in constant fear everywhere i went. i found out what worked and i stuck with it. i'm now a very very very strong believer in Christ, but if all this stuff wouldn't have happened to me, i doubt i would be. thank God it did.

Answer 2

I was a skeptic my whole life until a little less than a year ago. Even though a couple years prior to that, I had STARTED to believe, I still had a lot of unresolved questions.

What finally did it for me? Jesus. He convinced me so completely. It wasn't the books I read (though there were many), it wasn't the HOURS upon HOURS I spent in contemplation, and it wasn't even the miracles I saw. It was Jesus. He gave me enough evidence so that I understood that God exists, and He loves us. And that's exactly what I had been searching for all my life, even if I didn't know it.

I wasn't really an "atheist" my whole life (just part of it), but I was very much a skeptic.

Answer 3

I bounced back and forth a couple times. I finally decided that I'm atheist, though.

When I was about thirteen, my dad and I had a talk. When I told him that I didn't believe in God, he was really hurt. He forced me to go to church along with him for a few Sundays. When he felt that I was religious again, he stopped going. That was probably the final nail in the coffin for my faith.

As for the last question, I'm absolutely sure more than a few have been converted in some way or another.

Answer 4

My brother is convinced that Jehovah's Witness is for him -- he bounced around with various Christian churches, etc. I did warn him that JW do have a particularly well machined recruiting programme which they adhere to - which is why it is regarded as a 'cult' by the mainstream churches - because 'they' don't recruit that way..
Anyway all religions are still basically 'cults' - who feed dogma and rhetoric to it's members and believers, etc - which common sense says it cannot be true. After all, the number of unbelievers and not convinced have always vastly outnumbered the believers - all throughout history.
In earlier times - it was the case - and if you don't believe - we (the church, etc) will kill you... Not surprisingly many would convert instantly, on the spot.

True spiritual teachings was suppose to be about - connecting with your own inner spirit. This is the original teachings of "Jesus". When people say - Oh, I talk to Jesus Christ everyday... and I get answers, etc --- is either indulging in one's imagination, or mistakingly assuming your own spirit, is that of God, Jesus, etc.

The world religions do have to change - or else the people will not believe in them anymore... See the references listed.

Answer 5

i'm a former Atheist and switched over to God. which skill i do no longer purchase all the non-experience which the bible contains yet I do have faith in God the writer of all issues. As an Atheist i did no longer have faith became logically obtainable in step with danger it became basically reliable denial or something yet by some skill my hikes interior the woods have led me to alter my opinion. good luck to you on your existence shifting forward!

Answer 6

Anyone who currently practices Christianity would fit into that category. We aren't born with belief in the supernatural :O

Though to your second question, as an atheist, this forum has only furthered my sense of how many Christians, primarily fundamentalists, will lie about facts or occurrences without a blink of an eye to further their cause.

Answer 7

I was an athiest many years back. I was dating this gal (about as pretty as a rattlesnake) whom I was considering marrying and she broke it off because of an addiction to drugs. It broke my heart. For the first time in my life I prayed and really meant it... for her that she could get over it, and if God really existed I really wanted to know. It wasn't long after this I met another woman and she dragged me to her church and I became converted. The timing couldn't have been more perfect, it was a time in my life I really was searching. I have since changed churches twice and have witnessed several mighty miracles.

I think any atheist, who prays to God with real intent, really wanting to know He exists, will find out. This is not praying for a sign to happen right then and there, but God can arrainge situations where you will discover the truth. If atheists could just quit hating God (for things He never did or caused) and just search with real intent, they will find. I was a hard core atheist too, I had such a miserable childhood that I cursed God and hated anything to do with Him or the concept of Him.

Answer 8

C. S. Lewis. Author of Mere Christianity and other best selling books. Google his life story.

Answer 9

I have never met a true Atheist who ever converted to any religion.

Answer 10

I converted at the age of 15 when I tried to kill myself.
There is just something about seeing "the light" and then being revived to life that lets me doubt in any way whether there is a God. There is no way I would have made it without a little extra push.