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Stories of Atheists Turned Believers

Religious people sometimes use stories about atheists turned believers to prove there is a god. All it really proves is that a person decided to believe in god. It has no effect on atheism. Atheism is simply the lack of belief in god or gods. There's nothing else to it. Nothing scary or horrible. Nothing weird. It just means a person doesn't believe in the existence of god. Religions have a vested interest in keeping people as believers in god, so they worry when people don't join in. Believers follow their teachings, enact their agendas, make them powerful, give them money, keep them afloat. Atheism puts a big wrench in that whole system because it doesn't buy into religious dogma. When an atheist turns believer it just means that person decided to believe in god. There's no significance beyond it. It's not a win for anyone because atheists aren't in a competition with religion, they just don't believe in god.

What Would Convince an Atheist That There Is a God

What would convince an atheist that there is a god? Verifiable proof, which means tangible, measurable evidence, something like: Being able to see and see, touch, and talk to the god in front of a group of atheists and people who have no interest in proving its existence. Having science conclusively confirm there is a god, which means multiple studies, verifiable data, and the vast majority of scientists agreeing on the finding. We use our senses and scientific knowledge to prove everything we know about the universe yet, for some reason, religious people say we can't do that for a god? Why the exception? Why do we trust our senses and scientific knowledge for everything else but a god? If you have to make an exception to everything you know about the universe, on faith, without verifiable evidence, then perhaps that means that thing simply doesn't exist. As atheists, we are willing to believe in a god, when we're presented with sound proof, just like with eve...