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There are also documented cases of former nonbelievers and well-known militant atheists such as [[Will Durant]],
 
There are also documented cases of former nonbelievers and well-known militant atheists such as [[Will Durant]],
 
<ref>[http://www.comingtoknowchrist.blogspot.com/2005/12/will-durant-and-belief-in-jesus-christ.html Will Durant and belief in Jesus Christ (2005)]</ref>  
 
<ref>[http://www.comingtoknowchrist.blogspot.com/2005/12/will-durant-and-belief-in-jesus-christ.html Will Durant and belief in Jesus Christ (2005)]</ref>  
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[[Antony Flew]] and [[Mortimer Adler]] who testify to the compelling reasonableness of the evidence for the existence of God, and others who have publicly presented written testimony to their unexpected experiences of first-hand, personal encounters with the presence of God and in consequence have renounced their prior unbelief, which can be lawfully substantiated as being admissible reports of what in [[jurisprudence]] are called "[[Evidence|anecdotal evidence]]" of "[[Testimony|reliable witnesses]]", reports ([[deposition]]s) which would be entirely acceptable or admissible as lawful testimony in a [[Court]] of [[Law]] (see [[Swinburne's argument from religious experience]]). And there are those rigorously attested and documented occurrances of [[miracles]] of healing and physical intervention not explainable by recourse to the normal physical laws of science and [[medicine]], even by nonbelievers, for example those at [[Lourdes]] in France, and those supporting the [[canonization]] of [[saint]]s in the [[Catholic Church]].
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[[Antony Flew]] and [[Mortimer Adler]] who testify to the compelling reasonableness of the evidence for the existence of God, and others who have publicly presented written testimony to their unexpected experiences of first-hand, personal encounters with the presence of God and in consequence have renounced their prior unbelief, which can be lawfully substantiated as being admissible reports of what in [[jurisprudence]] are called "[[Evidence|anecdotal evidence]]" of "[[Testimony|reliable witnesses]]", reports ([[deposition]]s) which would be entirely acceptable or admissible as lawful testimony in a [[Court]] of [[Law]] (see [[Swinburne's argument from religious experience]]). And there are those rigorously attested and documented occurrences of [[miracles]] of healing and physical intervention not explainable by recourse to the normal physical laws of science and [[medicine]], even by nonbelievers, for example those at [[Lourdes]] in France, and those supporting the [[canonization]] of [[saint]]s in the [[Catholic Church]].
 
::"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."  
 
::"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."  
 
:::''Arthur Conan Doyle''<ref>''The Sign of the Four'', ch. 6 (1890) "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever..."<blockquote>"You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the ''impossible'', whatever remains, ''however improbable'', must be the truth? We know that he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also know that he could not have been concealed in the room, as there is no concealment possible. Whence, then, did he come?"</blockquote>
 
:::''Arthur Conan Doyle''<ref>''The Sign of the Four'', ch. 6 (1890) "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever..."<blockquote>"You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the ''impossible'', whatever remains, ''however improbable'', must be the truth? We know that he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also know that he could not have been concealed in the room, as there is no concealment possible. Whence, then, did he come?"</blockquote>
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