Every christian who tries to escape the path of a speeding bullet with fear in his eye is an example of a "foxhole conversion" to atheism and proves they don't really believe in a heavenly paradise in the hereafter. There are a hell of a lot more of those conversions than there are of atheists to christians.
2007-03-23 10:55:07 · 11 answers · asked by KryptonOne 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Cool. Never thought of it that way.
2007-03-23 10:56:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to agree with you but the reality is that regardless of what you see in the movies you have no idea if a bullet is speeding towards you until it hits something.
You might get a "screw you god" if the something is a non-vital part of you but I suspect that most christians would become even more entrenched in the "save me god" mode.
If anything, it's the senselessness of seeing other people killed and killing other people that can drive people from god.
2007-03-23 18:00:16 · answer #2 · answered by Dave P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you saying christians should not be scared of being shot? That really make no sense to me. I am a christian, and I do believe in heaven, but I realy don't want to get shot, so I think if a bullet was coming my way, I would be scared, anyone would be.
2007-03-23 18:00:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you have it backwards. A foxhole conversion is a nonbeliever who prays and "converts" when they feel the end is near. When the situation is out of their hands and they feel hopeless. I don't think it's when a christian gives up his beliefs.
2007-03-23 18:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
People ruled by fear and ignorance will believe in anything.
2007-03-23 18:00:45 · answer #5 · answered by God 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I strongly believe that there are no theists in foxholes.
Once you're doomed, no god will come to help you.
Examples? The Holocaust provides around 5 million.
2007-03-23 18:01:46 · answer #6 · answered by Malcolm Knoxville V 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe I'm in heaven right now.
2007-03-23 18:04:02 · answer #7 · answered by Julian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol, that is actually a good point.
2007-03-23 17:58:45 · answer #8 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you have never been in combat...you know not of what you speak...
2007-03-23 17:59:28 · answer #9 · answered by Steelhead 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My point exactly.
2007-03-23 18:00:03 · answer #10 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋