I ' m not an atheist and this is why . My Salvation experienceWhen I was 12 the Lord convicted me and I realized something was missing but I didn ' t know what so I found the religion of Wicca but that still didn ' t satisfy me because I broke a commandment of that religion and I didn ' t know if there was forgiveness or if there was how to go about obtaining it so I just decided that there was no God and became an atheist it took five years for the Lord to reach me because my heart has hardened so much . I don ' t know the exact date I was saved but I remember it well I got saved in the year 2010 . My girlfriend at the time told me that no good woman wants to be with a man that doesn ' t believe in God and that got me thinking about God and seeking him . Then I was seeking him through Jesus Christ and in my searching for Christ found out I was a sinner and I needed grace and I got saved in my grandmother ' s living room I don ' t remember exactly when but I know where in that it happened and I think it ' s all a man needs to know is that he is saved through the blood of Jesus Christ by grace and through faith in Jesus .