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How about Hugh Ross? although not a YEC (he is a progressive creationist), he became an astrophysicist before he became a Christian and he claims it was his discoveries in astrophysics and subsequent study of several different religions that drove him to that choice.
His story here (annoying audio can be disabled at the bottom of page)
I think that you need to read more carefully.
He converted at age 19, and it had nothing to do with astronomy or the creation story. The whole thing is too lengthy, but these quotes taken from page 3 tell enough of what is going on
Having read this book [A Gideon New Testament with Proverbs and Psalms] for two years, I knew that God wanted control of my life...
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So I didn’t do what was rational; I did what was irrational. I believed in the second law and trusted it but I did not put my faith and trust in the Bible, or in Jesus Christ. And for three months I witnessed something in my life that I had never witnessed before —my grades going downhill... ...But at nineteen years of age, I saw my grades go downhill
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I made a commitment, on a certain Friday night, I would talk to God. I didn’t know much about prayer; I just decided I’d talk to God and ask Him to make me a Christian...
...Finally at 1:07 in the morning, though, I did turn control of my life over to Jesus Christ. My shirt was all sweaty, but the battle was over...
So he converted at age 19, and his conversion was emotional, not intellectual. So it was NOT after he became an astrophysicist at all.
And it becomes pretty clear that he was't just reading the Bible, he was reading Christian apologists, because he falls for a lot of falsehoods.
So we have an emotional conversion based on falsehoods. Not a very good example.
Edited by PaulK, : Apparently the web page put "Page 2" AFTER "Page 3"