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*Another person’s conversion is mysterious even to those who believe. To those who do not, it is inexplicable."<ref>From the film ''[[Amazing Grace (movie)|Amazing Grace]]'', starring Ioan Gruffudd as [[William Wilberforce]]<br>—A paraphrase of [[St. Thomas Aquinas]], <br> [[Summa Theologica]], <br>[http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3001.htm#article5 '''II-II, Question 1, Article 5, reply to objection 1''']</ref>
*Another person’s conversion is mysterious even to those who believe. To those who do not, it is inexplicable."<ref>From the film ''[[Amazing Grace (movie)|Amazing Grace]]'', starring Ioan Gruffudd as [[William Wilberforce]]<br>—A paraphrase of [[St. Thomas Aquinas]], <br> [[Summa Theologica]], <br>[http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3001.htm#article5 '''II-II, Question 1, Article 5, reply to objection 1''']</ref>
Personality changes due to religious conversion:
{{Cquote|Religious conversion is one of the life events most strongly associated with personality change, because it often reshapes someone’s identity, daily habits, values, and social world. But the magnitude of change is usually not unlimited—it tends to be moderate rather than extreme, and uneven across the Big Five traits.
Average change: Studies suggest that religious conversion or increased religiosity is associated with about 0.3 to 0.7 standard deviations of change in certain traits over time.
Maximum documented change: In rare, profound cases (e.g., dramatic “born-again” conversions or entry into highly structured religious orders), people can shift by 1+ standard deviation on some traits, but that’s exceptional.<ref>[https://chatgpt.com/share/68a59e81-ff58-800a-a18e-a4e0bfa3ed2d How big of personality changes are possible via religious conversion?]</ref>}}
There is a significant amount of [[history|historical]] and [[Science|scientific]] evidence that Bible reading has greatly increased human flourishing such as people's physical health, psychological well-being, [[character]] and [[virtue]], and social connections (See: [[Bible reading and human flourishing]]).
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