Eight common factors that lead atheists to change their minds about God

Why Atheists Change Their Mind:
8 Common Factors

by Matt Nelson

Conversions from atheism are often gradual and complex, no doubt. For many converts the road is slow and tedious, tiring and trying. But in the end unbelievers who find God can enjoy an inner peace that comes from a clear conscience in knowing they held to truth and followed the arguments faithfully.

Of course not all converts from atheism become Christian or even religious. Some converts only reach a deistic belief in God (an areligious position that God is “impersonal”) but the leap is still monumental; and it opens new, unforeseen horizons.

The factors that lead to faith are often diverse. It is clear that every former atheist has walked a unique path to God. Cardinal Ratzinger was once asked how many ways there are to God. He replied:

“As many ways as there are people. For even within the same faith each man’s way is an entirely personal one.”

Of course, the pope-to-be was not endorsing the view that “all religions are equal” but rather that there always seems to be a unique combination of factors—or steps—that move each convert towards belief in God. It also seems that some of these factors are more prominent across the board than others.

Here are eight common factors that lead atheists to change their minds about God:

1. Good literature and reasonable writing. ....
2. "Experimentation" with prayer and the word of God. ....
3. Historical study of the Gospels. ....
4. Honest philosophical reasoning. ....
5. Reasonable believers. ....
6. Modern advances and limitations in science. ....
7. Evidence for the Resurrection. ....
8. Beauty. ....

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