In a video testimony about Wood's conversion to Christianity he has stated that he was an atheist[1] in his youth, and that he had run-ins with the law by breaking into homes and later went as far as smashing his father's head in at the age of 18 in an attempt on his life, claiming a belief that morality was merely societal rules that were beneath him.[8][9][10] He also said that after the assault on his father, Wood was diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (sociopathy) and was sentenced to ten years in prison for malicious wounding. While in prison, he said, he was confronted with a fellow prisoner named Randy[10] who was a devout Christian.