# Former Atheists Who Are Now Theists: What Changed You?

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**Created:** [May 8, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-atheists-who-are-now-theists-what-changed-you/581206 "2011-05-08T23:25:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-atheists-who-are-now-theists-what-changed-you/581206/181 "2011-05-20T13:20:55Z")

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> [@as\_u\_wish](#):
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> I’ve tried to be open about this in response to the OPs question about what moved a person raised atheist into theism–it was absolutely not a logical, reasoned out decision.
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> I would certainly not expect what I consider evidence to be necessarily convincing (or even relevant) to others–it would not have been convincing to me until I was predisposed to look for it.

This has been a fascinating thread. **as-u-wish** , I appreciate your candor.

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