2007-01-07 14:29:21 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not to try and insult your pride, but wouldn't that be the logical thing to do.
2007-01-07 14:38:01 · update #1
Atheists will say they won't...but I think they will. A former atheist who had a NDE found himself doing this and Jesus Christ appeared and "saved him". The man is now a priest.
Either way, if you're about to die and you don't BELIEVE in God but you're not SURE if you're right....then what haveth you to lose by asking for God? It could save your ***.
2007-01-07 14:34:50 · answer #1 · answered by Neighborhood dude 4 · 1⤊ 7⤋
No. I didn't. I didn't ask for any gOd. Not Zeus or Krishna or Ninsun or Woden or Quetzalcoatl or Yahweh or any of the thousands of deities that man has believed to exist. Not when I was in the ICU waiting to see if I would have a fatal seizure and not when I went in for surgery while my blood pressure was through the roof.
Not once.
Does that answer your question?
Christians can scream about Pascals Wager all they want, but it's STILL a bunch of bunk. Even if it IS safer to bet on a gOd than not, why choose the Judeo-Christian deity? Why is THAT the safe bet? There are so many other choices... I doubt it's wise to go with the currently popular one just because of mass appeal. Just because it hasn't fallen out of style yet doesn't make it the safer option.
2007-01-07 14:30:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'll tell you a story.
I was canoeing with my father in a Missouri river when I was 18 years old. A speed boat was coming down the opposite direction so we decided to paddle ourselves over closer to this little island in the river.
There was this huge tree trunk halfway in the water that was creating a massive whirlpool effect around it. Well, our canoe got sucked up to the tree.
My dad decided we needed to jump out of the canoe. He jumped a split second before I did and I got sucked up under the canoe when it flipped under the tree.
So, here I am - Flat on my stomach on the bottom of a river; wedged under a canoe that was wedged under a massive tree that was creating a massive whirlpool.
Ok... here's the answer to your question.
What did I think while all this was happening?
Was it to cry out to a God? Glub Glub
No, my first though was: "Oh Sh%*"
Second though was: "I need to dig myself out and swim against this current as hard as I can" Which I obviously did because I saved myself. My father was running around looking for people when I poped up out of the water.
I was under for about 3 minutes.
2007-01-07 14:45:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I've been around dying people. Christian, muslim, pagan, atheist, etc...and no...the atheists did not ask for god. One guys family even tried to get him to have a minister present but he would not.
There is no reason to fear death. I don't fear death, just the pain of dying. I hope when I go, I go quick.
Don't Fear The Reaper
~Blue Oyster Cult
All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain. we can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity...Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Like Romeo and Juliet
40,000 men and women everyday...Redefine happiness
Another 40,000 coming everyday...We can be like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand...don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly...don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared...saying don't be afraid
Come on baby...and she had no fear
And she ran to him...then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodbye...she had become like they are
She had taken his hand...she had become like they are
Come on baby...don't fear the reaper
2007-01-07 14:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but I bet they fear detah at least as much as everyone else does. Humans always fear the unknown, and death is the ultimate unknown.
Faith or lack of it are all we know. Those people who "die" on operating tables and come back to life and say "something happened" or "nothing happened" do not convince me of anything.
2007-01-07 14:42:42 · answer #5 · answered by david m 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not all, but some do. There are two phrases I have heard:
There is no such thing as an atheist in a fox hole
and
There are no atheists on a sinking ship.
People can get very spiritual/religious in terrible disasters.
2007-01-07 14:32:16 · answer #6 · answered by Lady of the Garden 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
that's is a good question. i would think not ,since they don't believe in GOD. how could you know for sure? if they did ask for GODS help they wouldn't really be an atheist,would they
2007-01-07 14:51:17 · answer #7 · answered by jomi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't faced death so i couldn't tell you for sure. However, since i have absolutely no reason to believe there is a god, i doubt i will ask for god when that time comes. I would be just as likely to reach out to the cat in the hat.
2007-01-07 14:32:09 · answer #8 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
It is most likely that many would begin to wonder about a creator if they were facing death.
2007-01-07 14:39:33 · answer #9 · answered by mc 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I've totaled 2 cars and almost been shot. (it just missed me) I never once thought of god n any of those situations, or any of the hundreds of near-death-almost accidents either.....
2007-01-07 14:36:00 · answer #10 · answered by ur a Dee Dee Dee 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hell no. I have had three deaths this year, and I know you mean my death, but i'm actually looking forward to it!
2007-01-07 14:31:49 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋