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"However, when we studied people's unconscious beliefs in the two later experiments, a different picture emerged. While death-priming made religious participants more certain about the reality of religious entities, non-religious participants showed less confidence in their disbelief," Associate Professor Halberstadt says.<ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120402094322.htm Death anxiety increases atheists' unconscious belief in God], ''Science Daily'', Date: April 2, 2012</ref>}}

"However, when we studied people's unconscious beliefs in the two later experiments, a different picture emerged. While death-priming made religious participants more certain about the reality of religious entities, non-religious participants showed less confidence in their disbelief," Associate Professor Halberstadt says.<ref>[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120402094322.htm Death anxiety increases atheists' unconscious belief in God], ''Science Daily'', Date: April 2, 2012</ref>}}

As noted above, stress tends to increase unconscious thinking process and life and death situations can certainly arouse death anxiety in individuals. This increased unconsciously receptiveness to religious beliefs during stressful life and death situations for atheists could enhance their potential to have a deathbed conversions.

As noted above, stress tends to increase unconscious thinking process and life and death situations can certainly arouse death anxiety in individuals. This increased unconsciously receptiveness to religious beliefs during stressful life and death situations for atheists could enhance their potential to have a deathbed conversions.