Good question. I don't know, but I suspect not. Not in the sense that some combination of words when placed before me would make me say "Ah yes! That's true! I've never thought of it that way!" But I'm giving MB a chance to try, and anyone else who wants to.
But if that doesn't work, they could try another approach: tell me of what benefit it would be to believe the way they do. What good things will happen? Not necessarily to me, or only to me, but perhaps to my loved ones. Or who knows, maybe some other kind of benefit. I'll let them figure that out. And if they can convince me that they are correct, that all those good things will happen, and there aren't some horrible things to counter them in balance, I'll convert.
Now, "convert" might be tough to pin down: I'm not sure I
can literally
believe what I'm expected to believe -- in the sense that I really consider it all
true* -- but I will at least come back to church, put in a good effort to follow the rules (please, nobody jump in here and say something ridiculous like "there are no rules", because everyone knows there are), and call myself a Christian again.
I'm serious.
* - "true" in the common meaning of the English word. Man, I have to be careful around here!
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