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For all you know, ten years from now you might give a different counterexample, explaining why you reconverted to Christianity for bad reasons, but now know that it's all true...
The problem is that when you become convinced of something for bad reasons, even when you see that those reasons are bad, this doesn't stop you from rationalizing your decision with new reasons. These reasons may be bad as well, for all you know.
I see sketerpot's story less as an arbitrary change in beliefs backfilled by rationalizations, and more as him learning that he can change his beliefs in such a fundamental way and then exploring beliefs with epistemic best practices in mind.
But that might just be because it's also my story.