Atheists claim that God does not exist yet when in times of trouble, a dangerous plane flight, a major earthquake or some natural disaster, they start to pray or suddenly 'remember' a powerful higher being exists. Why is that?
2007-03-08 18:01:40 · 21 answers · asked by nona9999 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i think its the "fight or flight" impulse. When you are in a situation in which you have no power over, like impending death, for example, it is not hard to concieve that someone in dire need would suspend their previous unbelief in chance that a god would help them. If your are in danger and you fear your life, you have nothing to lose by pleading to god. Why not? There is no shame in doing so. If you know your about to die, it would be foolish NOT to pray for divine help, whether you are a christian or skeptic.
2007-03-08 18:13:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
Where do you people get this idea? Do you actually know any atheists? Have you ever seen any self-proclaimed atheists going through a "time of trouble"? Were you in a dangerous plane flight, major earthquake, or some natural disaster with a bunch of atheists, so you could observe this phenomenon?
Or are you, like so many other self-proclaimed followers of Jesus Christ's example, just making stuff up because it is convenient and supports your preconceived notions?
2007-03-08 18:23:50 · answer #2 · answered by abram.kelly 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Actually, that doesn't happen on the level that you believers like to believe it does. It is just something you like to think to make you feel better.
Completely honest story. I was in 29 Palms, CA during an artillery exercise. I was a radio operator with the forward observers. We were calling in fire missions to the various battary's in the 11th Marines. Now, a foward observer post is usually somewhat in the line of fire as the guns are going off. Well, one fire mission called for one volley from a whole battalion of guns. Well, the first round was decidedly short, and close to our post. The second round was closer. Next thing you know we are in our hole, grabbing handsets, and yelling checkfire into ever radio we could get our hands on.
Now, during that ordeal, I thought there was a chance that I was going to die. Not once did the thought of god, or some other higher power cross my mind. So, the theory of "no atheists in a foxhole" isn't accurate.
Like I said, it is a common statement likely used to make those of religion feel superior. But, it isn't really true.
2007-03-08 18:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Actually, personally, its quite the opposite. I feel the furthest from believing in a God in times of trouble. I don't know where you found your sources....but atheists aren't atheists on a whim. A natural disaster won't change their mind. It would have to be some other personal experience that would get them to see otherwise.
2007-03-08 18:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by Abby C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't. Do YOU believe in Tinkerbell when you see flickering lights or glitter, or in the Tooth Fairy when you have a toothache, or in leprechauns with a pot of gold when you see a rainbow? God is exactly the same as those things to an atheist - purely fictional.
ANYBODY who claims that everyone else is praying in ANY situation is a shameful LIAR, as NOBODY could know any such thing. Atheists in foxholes are more likely thinking about their families and friends, or planning for an escape or survival, rather than babbling to a non-existent, sadistic, killer sky fairy.
2007-03-08 18:13:54 · answer #5 · answered by gelfling 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
You're making a very big assumption here, aren't you?
You may be just as wrong in this as you are about the existence of god.... and we all know the true answer to that question is that he isn't.
However....
We all cling to life as desperately as we can and in times when it seems as if there is nothing left for us, nothing which could reasonably offer us an escape from a hopeless situation, we are left with our only option, and that is to grab at mere straws. God is one of those straws - completely ineffective and useless.
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2007-03-08 18:17:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A Christian must have told you that. Christians like to tell each other that atheists will change their minds when confronted by something scary. Well, that's something they made up to pat themselves on the back and make themselves feel better, but it isn't true.
2007-03-09 09:19:48 · answer #7 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
R&S consistently places me by epiphanies. My loss of fact drives me nuts besides. I even have consistently got here across convenience in God, yet I question. plenty. good now i won't have the capacity to locate an answer that satisfies me. i do in comparison to Catholic mass the two, lmao. thought i replaced into the only one! I grew to become between the individuals who reads excerpts from the Bible to the congregation, just to maintain me on my ft.
2016-12-14 14:35:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it seems to be the other way around. When hard times come, many Christians examine their beliefs and question them...some become Atheists.
And what would you say if someone in desperate situation called out to, not your God, but Thor?
2007-03-08 18:28:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I never have and i've nearly died twice . that's just a like the propaganda that decietful christian devils resort to when they aren't killing those who differ in opinion from the middle east.
could we think on a level above the sixth grade please?
learn to tell the truth at least a little ....! just remember a billion non - believers disagree with your attempt to mislead...!
2007-03-08 18:07:57 · answer #10 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋