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- Bobby JimLv 72 years ago
No, it's just one of many. Of those that find God in prison or jail, only 1 in 10 stick with God afterwards.
- Anonymous2 years ago
If you are implying that being in prison turns atheists into Christians, that's very possible. If you are going to be imprisoned for the rest of your life, it might be advantageous to belong to a religious group that will offer some protection from other inmates as well as friendship.
- nineteenthlyLv 72 years ago
In the sense of being trapped in a particular life situation, certainly. Not particularly in the sense of being in jail though.
- CaesarLv 72 years ago
Atheist are usually under-represented on jails and usually the countries with higher unreligious numbers on earth got lower criminality... so there is a path for sure... do you know about the Italian, Irish mafia and many other criminal families are unreligious? You think novels and movies with a name like the Godfather or Sicario ...were about atheists?
Large parts of the GODFATHER novel are based upon reality, notably the history of the so-called "Five Families", the Mafia organization in New York and the surrounding area.
The word “SICARIO” has its origins from the siqariqim, a radical splinter group of the Jewish Zealots, who operated during the time of Jesus and after to expel Roman rule from the province of Judea.
- ?Lv 52 years ago
I would have to guess not. It doesn't seem to me that the majority of Christians converted in jail. There are a lot of prison ministries and a lot of people do convert in jail, but I wouldn't guess it's the MOST common path, by a long shot.
- Anonymous2 years ago
NO...FOR ME IT WAS SPIRITUAL THIRST...I PRAYED AND FOUND GOD MYSELF...
atheism is denials which wont work at Judgment
- Anonymous2 years ago
Usually, to go from atheism to any cult belief,
you find, along the way, that person has experienced
a TBI (traumatic brain injury), Alzheimer's or dementia.
Something pretty severe has to happen to the brain
for a person to abandon a lifetime of intelligence, logic
and critical though in favor of bronze-age horsecrap cultism.
- Anonymous2 years ago
Maybe and you can blame Bubba for causing conversion in a forceful manner .