I just read a post about a guy who's considering converting to Islam, and it got me thinking. I've known multiple people that have switched religions (not just denominations of Christianity, and not converting to atheism), and I don't understand how a person can truly believe in something so serious only to completely drop their beliefs and then truly believe in something significantly different and contradictory to the first belief. 

I am an atheist, so the closest thing I can compare it to is if I were to convert to a religion, which is unfathomable to me. I imagine it's similar for a lot of religious people.

Obviously there are special cases where something bad has happened in your life and your friend mentions the love of god, or something, and it helps you through a hard time, so you convert. I understand how a person could convert because of some life changing event.
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I know people who have switched religions, and what I'm asking is, is it possible to have a
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I just read a post about a guy who's considering converting to Islam, and it got me thinking. I've known multiple people that have switched religions (not just denominations of Christianity, and not converting to atheism), and I don't understand how a person can truly believe in something so serious only to completely drop their beliefs and then truly believe in something significantly different and contradictory to the first belief. 

I am an atheist, so the closest thing I can compare it to is if I were to convert to a religion, which is unfathomable to me. I imagine it's similar for a lot of religious people.

Obviously there are special cases where something bad has happened in your life and your friend mentions the love of god, or something, and it helps you through a hard time, so you convert. I understand how a person could convert because of some life changing event.
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How do you pick up a new religion after it's been established for a few years?
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