Atheists in Fox Holes

[pyat]

From the The Slacktivist.

"I don't really understand the saying, "There are no atheists in foxholes." The reality, as seen from the enduring cultural and theological repercussions of World War I, is rather that very few theists emerge from the trenches."

Comments

[taluagel.livejournal.com]

I loathe that saying, its always said with such arrogance and ignorance. It's unoriginal and just so shallow sounding. Have they themselves been in such a situation, do they know from first hand? A situation where your trapped, likely to be blown to bits at any second, questioning everything, insane with fear, does not promote rational thought. "Oh so what your saying, is that if a situation makes me crazy I will believe in a higher power, wow you sir have proved that you are right and I am wrong". The fact that this is stated by christians to prove they are right in an arguement shows what sick individuals they are and how against their so called teachings of peace and humility they have turned. To simply suggest that everyone scared shitless about to likely be horribly dismembered, if they are lucky, turn to a higher power, is just such a sick and irrational arguement. Its sort of like saying, "Yeah but if you were stuck in the cold wilds in a cave with your friends you would turn to cannibalism, there for you are a cannibal and we should have a nice longpork sandwich".

[feywild.livejournal.com]

Cabrit sans cor!

[taluagel.livejournal.com]

L'esprit de l'escalier.

[feywild.livejournal.com]

Treppenwitz.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

A situation where your trapped, likely to be blown to bits at any second, questioning everything, insane with fear, does not promote rational thought.

It's not a bad metaphor for human existence itself, though.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Its sort of like saying, "Yeah but if you were stuck in the cold wilds in a cave with your friends you would turn to cannibalism, there for you are a cannibal and we should have a nice longpork sandwich".

We should.