Tips for an atheist starting to believe: gather intellectual reasons for God, practice spiritual disciplines, and make choices that shape belief.

Winger organizes his answer in two categories: (1) intellectual — gather evidence and reasons for God's existence; (2) practical — read the Bible, pray, attend or watch worship services, engage Christian community. He also argues that choices shape beliefs: choosing to listen to Christopher Hitchens versus Christian content has downstream effects on belief formation. He notes Hitchens was rhetorically gifted but ultimately irrational on religion.