Does anyone who coined this phrase and/or when it began?
2006-11-10 18:50:02 · 5 answers · asked by utuseclocal483 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Various sources credit Lieutenant-Colonel William J. Clear, or Lieutenant-Colonel William Casey, but the phrase is most often attributed to journalist Ernie Pyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheists_in_foxholes
2006-11-10 18:57:04 · answer #1 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ernie Pyle, a newspaper writer. It was a hook for one of his stories. Then as now the religious like to believe that God is watching over them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Pyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheists_in_foxholes
Here is something from a Foxhole Atheist.
this is a good read and brief enough.
http://www.americanhumanist.org/humanism/foxhole.html
2006-11-11 03:06:45 · answer #2 · answered by Barabas 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pat Tillman was an atheist in the foxhole
He gave up an NFL career to join the U.S. military and then was killed. Read about him at the following link.
his story destroys the "no atheist in foxholes" argument
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman
2006-11-11 22:35:45 · answer #3 · answered by downdrain 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think in WWII. Some military people have now complained about this since they claim that they have been in this scenario and still not believe in a god.
2006-11-11 02:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes sir, I can testify that is the truth.
As to the origin.
The term fox holes didn't come up that I know of until WW1
I'd be guessing that.
2006-11-11 02:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by Kaustaub 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋