Which is harder: To convert an atheist or a non-Christian to Christianity?

Question

In other words, is it easier to change a person's opinion on the NATURE of God or to change a person's opinion on the EXISTANCE of God?

Answer 1

Actually, it would be really easy to change the mind of an atheist. If some deity just came down and proved it, we'd all say "yep, there's a god" ... but since that's never gonna happen ...

Answer 2

I go to church, and they tell us that it's easier to convert someone who believes in ANYTHING rather than a complete atheist, because they have never searched, don't have the desire for the spiritual, and have pretty closed minds to it.

Belief in God, or belief in another God or religion, is a great place to start.

Studies have confirmed this (as far as I have read anyway), and so has my personal experience. Every convert I know believed in something spiritual right before they found Jesus

Answer 3

personally i would say its easier to change someones opinion on the nature of god with existence wouldnt you have to prove that hes real before they would change there opinion of gods existence

Answer 4

It would depend entirely on the methods employed.

If you somehow summoned a god from the heavens before me I wouldn't be an atheist anymore. Then again I wouldn't jump into Christianity just because of that so I suppose you'd have to be specific on what you summon before me.

Answer 5

Well, there is no proof for the existance of God, so you have a better shot of converting those who blindly believe it.

Honestly your best chance is to get kids under 5. You can toss in the god stuff along with Santa, tooth fairy and easter bunny. All bringers of good.

Answer 6

I'm an atheist and most atheists I know are a little to logical to believe in things that no one will ever find out whether they exist. Therefore, I think it is harder to convert people to believe in the existence.

Answer 7

They're both hard to convert.

Seeing that people don't like when their opinions on life are trying to be forcefully replaced by another...just angers them...That's why the American Government just throws money at certain ethnic groups to repent for what they have done such as the Native Americans and Samoan decendants.

Answer 8

I would say to change on the nature of God. If someone believes in one form or another, they could see other points of view. BUT to not believe at all, then it's not as easy to convince someone.

Answer 9

I think this depends more on the individual and where they stand on the subject. Most Pagans I know, just like Atheists, have already seen Christianity enough to know what is there, how Christians perceive it, etc...

Answer 10

Ex Aethists make good Christians. I am one of the examples. The reason is that Aethists already have lots and lots of "faith". It takes a whole lot of faith to believe that we evolved from globs of protein in the ocean when that has never been repeated in the laboratory. Not even a single cell has ever evolved from dead stuff. Not ONE cell, much less an entire living, breathing man. The chances of it happening are trillions to one against it, that is, without supreme intervention. There have only been 2 confirmed cases of dead stuff coming alive. Jesus, and Lazerus, and both of them required supreme intervention. You can put your faith is scientists, who, sometimes have selfish motives for their scientific "data" and explanations, or, in God, who has our best interest at heart. You choose. I chose science at first, but then when I realized there were many, many, many unexplained controversies in evolution, I chose the more logical choice.