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References

  1. ^ Grand Forks Herald
  2. ^ Free Inquiry
  3. ^ Seattle Times "In 1975, he threw off his atheism and became a Christian."
  4. ^ Wall Street Journal ... left the Church of Sweden when he was about 18. For years he considered himself an atheist. In a recent interview with Dagens Industri, he said he'd reconsidered: "Lately, I have decided to consider myself a Christian."
  5. ^ Career stories: Belle Epoque novels of professional development by Juliette M. Rogers, pg 55
  6. ^ The end of the soul: scientific modernity, atheism, and anthropology in France by Jennifer Michael Hecht, 172-180
  7. ^ Catholic world, Volume 97 by Paulist Fathers, 580-582
  8. ^ The Guardian "I grew up, and stopped being an atheist, in my 20s, in the 1980s."
  9. ^ Houston Chronicle
  10. ^ Heritage Foundation
  11. ^ TruTV: "He had been an atheist and had been kicked out of Columbia University for writing a play considered blasphemous."
  12. ^ Sunday Times "Collins was an atheist until the age of 27, when as a young doctor he was impressed by the strength that faith gave to some of his most critical patients."
  13. ^ Ohio Atheists
  14. ^ [http"//www.mathaba.net/news/?x=539389 Statement disavowing Atheism]
  15. ^ San Francisco Chronicle: At 8, she read H. G. Wells' "The Outline of History" and pronounced herself an atheist.
  16. ^ Obituary at the Guardian
  17. ^ Newsweek obituary
  18. ^ St. Petersburg Times
  19. ^ MSNBC
  20. ^ Time Magazine obituary
  21. ^ "The making of gay marriage’s top foe" by Mark Oppenheimer; Salon: "I was an atheist from the youngest age. When I was 16, I became a Randian. Becoming a Catholic began as an intellectual thing."
  22. ^ Interview in the National Review: FMG:You've mentioned that you now believe in God. How recent is that? Eugene Genovese: It's in the last two years. You know, in The Southern Front I still spoke as an atheist; one reviewer said that I protest too much. When the book came off the press and I had to reread it, I started wrestling with the problem philosophically, and I lost.
  23. ^ Concordia University
  24. ^ The Independent:Greig, who was brought up an atheist, but converted to Christianity at 30, pauses. "You could," she says, "say that that's because I believe there's a personal God, but I think it's got more layers than that. What we have to do is receive the things that happen with grace, and I'm so glad I've got someone to thank."
  25. ^ The Telegraph "He was an atheist until he was 18 and his conversion sprang from a desire to rescue two friends from church."
  26. ^ Spartacus Schoolnet "Although raised as an atheist, Hardie was converted to Christianity in 1897."
  27. ^ Telegraph "She reacted strongly against her parents' beliefs and became a Catholic at 19, because she 'no longer found it possible to disbelieve in God.'" (pg 2)
  28. ^ Obituary at the Catholic Worker
  29. ^ Near Christianity: "Hitchens describes his tumultuous journey from atheist to Christian and the moral reasoning that caused his conversion," book description
  30. ^ I couldn't paint golden angels by Albert Meltzer, pg 319
  31. ^ Stockport Express 17 May 2006
  32. ^ Cotswold Journal 14th October 2010
  33. ^ "Finding My Religion" in the San Francisco Chronicle: "I don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic— at least not under close scrutiny." "Both my parents were agnostic. My mother was kind of a Buddhist."
  34. ^ Time Magazine from July 19, 1963 "Lepp has the credentials to explain the mind of the atheist: he was one himself for 27 years."
  35. ^ Catholic Net
  36. ^ PBS special"His pre-university tour of duty in World War I only solidified his atheism,"
  37. ^ Catholic Converts: British and American Intellectuals Turn to Rome by Patrick Allitt, pg 199-201
  38. ^ Phenomenological approaches to moral philosophy By John J. Drummond, Lester E. Embree; pg 269
  39. ^ Beliefnet article by McGrath Quote "When I was growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the 1960s, I came to the view that God was an infantile illusion, suitable for the elderly, the intellectually feeble, and the fraudulently religious"
  40. ^ North County Times
  41. ^ A Fierce Hatred of Injustice By Winston James, Claude McKay: "Prior to his conversion to Catholicism in 1944, his atheism was one of the most powerful and enduring threads of continuity in his outlook on life."
  42. ^ Czesław Miłosz: conversations By Czesław Miłosz, Cynthia L. Haven; pg 145: Miłosz says that in his youth he came to take a "scientific, atheistic position mostly." Now he calls himself a Catholic who does not want to be thought of as a Catholic writer "Because if you are branded as a Catholic you are supposed to testify with every work of yours to follow the line of the Church, which is not necessarily my case."
  43. ^ Norge IDAG – Monsen med bok om sin tro
  44. ^ Malcolm Muggeridge: A Life by Ian Hunter
  45. ^ Chicago Sun-Times obituary
  46. ^ Austin Chronicle
  47. ^ Catholic Herald
  48. ^ Marxism and Me by Marvin Olasky: My communism was based on atheism, and when I could no longer be an atheist, I resigned from the party.
  49. ^ Creators Syndicate Profile
  50. ^ Wallace Stevens: A Poet's Growth by George S. Lensing, pg 219
  51. ^ Fleeing the universal: the critique of post-rational criticism by Carl Rapp, pg 170
  52. ^ Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture
  53. ^ The American Spectator
  54. ^ Political ecumenism: Catholics, Jews and Protestants in de Gaulle's Free ... by Geoffrey Adams, pg 85
  55. ^ The Record
  56. ^ The Guardian's obituary of Powell
  57. ^ http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/08/16/q-and-a-with-kirsten-powers-of-fox-news/
  58. ^ University of Bielefeld
  59. ^ Chronicle of Higher Education article obituary(Copied by Gametheory.net) has the following "Because George was a fire-spitting atheist and Julia a devout Christian, their relationship was contentious from the beginning. After eight years, the marriage ended in acrimony." "On June 7th [1970] I gave in and admitted that God existed," he explained to friends.
  60. ^ Antiqbook
  61. ^ Dallas Morning News: Interviewer "You were raised as an atheist, trained as a scientist, came to Christianity as an adult and eventually became an Anglican priest."
  62. ^ Article from the University of Wollongong
  63. ^ Sustaining the earth by John Young, pgs 96-112
  64. ^ New Scientist Jul 26, 1984. pg 38
  65. ^ The Australian
  66. ^ University of Chicago "made a spiritual journey from atheism to agnosticism before eventually converting to Catholicism"
  67. ^ Decibel Magazine
  68. ^ Race: the history of an idea in America by Thomas F. Gossett, pg 390
  69. ^ Daily Herald
  70. ^ Interview for Christianity Today: I was so outspoken about not believing in God. I had real problems with Christians.
  71. ^ "...he was an atheist arguing for religious values, a man writing an essay on religion 'in a spirit of irreligion.'... He would not convert to Catholicism for two decades, but his need for religious authority was acute even in 1930." Allen Tate: Orphan of the South, p. 167, biographer Thomas A. Underwood, Princeton University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-691-06950-6
  72. ^ Six Modern British Novelists by George Stade, pgs 53-55
  73. ^ PBS
  74. ^ The Guardian Quote: Even though she was raised an atheist, in the past three or four years she has been going to church. In her eighth decade, she has even submitted to being baptised.
  75. ^ New Statesman
  76. ^ Advocates for self-government (A Libertarian site) says of him "A lifelong 'vehement, argumentative, proselytizing atheist,' Wright suffered a heart attack in 2003 and soon afterwards had a 'supernatural' religious experience that made him, he wrote, 'aware of a spiritual dimension of reality of which I had hitherto been unaware... I was altered down to the root of my being.' Wright at first became a Protestant Christian
  77. ^ John C. Wright's livejournal "After three years of prayer, thought, and debate, and an honest attempt to follow where the spirit leads me, I am joining the Catholic Church this Easter."

Moved back

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Although I understand the idea of the move if you feel people are improperly being labeled" former atheists" than you can remove them. Also the move name was a bit clunky as it could seem to have indicated they were raised non-religious and that wasn't always the case either. I intended to be on my Christmas break, but noticed this and felt it couldn't wait.--T. Anthony (talk) 02:43, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Move ideas

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As there are some issues with the article here are some ideas on a move.

List of converts to Christianity from nontheism
List of converts to Christianity from atheism or agnosticism
List of converts to Christianity from irreligion
List of converts to Christianity from non-religious backgrounds (The move I undid)
Keep as is, don't move again.

If you don't like any of these feel free to think of something else. This is sort of an informal brainstorming.--T. Anthony (talk) 05:30, 27 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's not Epiphany yet, but I made the move. I wish there had been some discussion, that's why I objected to the one move, but I had opened it for such for around a week. If there are any objections that's fine.--T. Anthony (talk) 01:33, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sub-category

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Hello, I think this list is very interesting, but I that it would be better to categorize by denominations... especially to put together catholics and in other sub-category non catholics. --Goose friend (talk) 02:13, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'd work on that, but alas I mostly give up the Internet for Lent so I'm not sure I'll have the time. Maybe. Also when you add a name it's better to have a source. Was Tolstoy not a theist before his religious awakening?--T. Anthony (talk) 06:16, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Okay I did after all. I don't know if I did it right, but I'll look at it later. I'm sorry to you for taking out Tolstoy, but I haven't found a source. I may put him back when/if I do.--T. Anthony (talk) 13:13, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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why is this a wikipedia page?

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I think this page is nothing but a christian apologetic page: its only purpose it to make the impression that important people converts to christianity. As a list it has no place at wikipedia., 92.34.244.166 (talk) 14:55, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]