https://www.conservapedia.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=MartinCConservapedia - User contributions [en]2026-10-20T05:29:32ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.35.14https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Ex-atheists&diff=807514Ex-atheists2010-08-19T02:33:10Z<p>MartinC: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Mlogo.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|Ex-atheist [[Lee Strobel]]]] <br />
Concerning the issue of '''ex-atheists''', there have been some notable incidences of [[atheism|atheists]] converting to [[theism]]. [[Lee Strobel]] converted from atheism to Christianity and then became a [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologist]].<ref>http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=3884</ref> Before investigating the claims of Christianity, Strobel had obtained a undergraduate degree in journalism and also obtained a Master of Studies in Law degree from [[Yale]] Law School. Strobel was an award-winning legal editor of the [[Chicago Tribune]], and he won [[Illinois]]’ top honors for investigative reporting (which he shared with a team he led) and public service journalism from [[United Press International]].<ref>http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=3884</ref> After a nearly a two year investigation of the evidence for Christianity, Strobel became a Christian.<ref>http://www.leestrobel.com/LS_bio.htm</ref><br />
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[[C.S. Lewis]] abandoned his atheism and became a Christian and he was very much influenced by the writings of [[George MacDonald]] and [[G. K. Chesterton]].<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_n23_v47/ai_17863106</ref> In ''Surprised by Joy'', Lewis says: "''In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous.''"<ref>'''Lewis''', ''Surprised by Joy'' op cit.</ref><br />
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[[Britain|British]] philosopher [[Anthony Flew]] abandoned atheism and became an [[Deism|deist]] after as a result of the [[intelligent design]] issue. According to the news organization [[MSNBC]], Flew became a deist because he believed a super-intelligence was the only good explanation for the [[origin of life]] and the complexity of nature.<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6688917/</ref> In 2006, Flew and 12 prominent academics urged that intelligent design be taught in [[Britain|British]] government schools.<ref>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/britain/article1265412.ece?token=null&offset=12</ref><br />
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The work of ex-atheist and psychologist Dr. [[Paul Vitz]] is often cited in regards to atheism. Dr. Vitz wrote the work ''Faith of the Fatherless'' which is a book which touches upon the subject of the [[Causes of Atheism|causal factors in regards to atheism]].<br />
== See also ==<br />
*[[Resources for leaving atheism and becoming a Christian]]<br />
*[[Christian apologetics|Evidence for Christianity]]<br />
== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.shockawenow.net Resource created by an ex-atheist]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
{{reflist|2}}</div>MartinChttps://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Pharyngula_(blog)&diff=807513Talk:Pharyngula (blog)2010-08-19T02:30:56Z<p>MartinC: "indicating that PZ Myers' bog posts often lack substance"</p>
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<div>== "indicating that PZ Myers' bog posts often lack substance" ==<br />
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Should read "blog," not "bog." Article is locked, or I'd fix it myself. [[User:MartinC|MartinC]] 22:30, 18 August 2010 (EDT)</div>MartinC