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10. Tom Hanks' son Chet says being ‘touched by God’ led him to convert from atheism
Actor and musician Chester Hanks, better known as Chet and the son of Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, described his conversion from atheism after being touched by the hand of God.
He opened up about a time in his teenage years when his famous parents sent him away to a wilderness camp in Utah because of his bad behavior.
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It was during those 12 weeks that he realized God was real. Filled with rage and far removed from civilization, the then-17-year-old professing “atheist” said it was a “day hike” that changed his life.
"So I'm looking around, and I'm so overcome by emotion. It felt like I was touched by the hand of God. It was at that moment God revealed Himself to me,” he testified. “All that anger, and that hate, and that resentment flipped. It inverted to just infinite hope, gratitude, peace, love.”
