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Apple Fritter

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3. I've heard of people "finding god".

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Thu May 16, 2019, 10:55 AM

May 2019

Like I don't know specifically if people were atheists or not but there are plenty of people who get into religion as a purposeful self-changing image or to repent. Wish we could,I don't know, visit a dog shelter instead of a church.

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For Every Adult Atheist Who Becomes a Christian, How Many [View all] MineralMan May 2019 OP

Atheist to Christian is like putting the banana back in the peel. Croney May 2019 #1

i guess it depends on how indoctrinated the child was in religion..how guilty they were made to feel samnsara May 2019 #2

I've heard of people "finding god". Apple Fritter May 2019 #3

I don't know the breakdown TlalocW May 2019 #4

Yes, the decline in active participation in religion sure looks that way. MineralMan May 2019 #6

If someone used an atheist becoming a Christian to "prove" something TlalocW May 2019 #8

That's a very interesting website. I've enjoyed reading some of the MineralMan May 2019 #9

I know of ONE (friend of a friend) Runningdawg May 2019 #5

Thanks. That's one, then. MineralMan May 2019 #7

Two good friends in college TlalocW May 2019 #10

Liberal Christians, conservative Christians... Act_of_Reparation May 2019 #11

There's not much hard data on the subject Major Nikon May 2019 #12

PEW Research tracks these metrics. AtheistCrusader May 2019 #13

That's a terrific chart! MineralMan May 2019 #14