suddenly become religious when their lives are in danger or are really terrified of an outcome of a situation?
In these instances you find them praying to God for help etc.
2007-07-16 23:46:10 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Man is weak and whatever strong he wants to show himself ,he'll stay forever weak ,so he can always pretend whatever he wants he'll always need something to make him feel secure ,and generally we choose the strongest of all who is God
2007-07-16 23:52:49 · answer #1 · answered by chinwi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any examples?
I'm an agnostic, therefore I don't believe in a Creator Being, and do not subscribe to any religious doctrine, although I don't deny the possibility of spirit/soul/supernatural etc. So though not strictly atheist, I do not actively 'believe.'
However ( to answer your question), when I nearly drowned in an Atlantic cross current half-a-mile off the coast of Southern England, the thoughts and words going through my head were just fear and anger, fear of drowning, and anger that my life would end this way this soon ( I was only 26).
Before I gave up struggling and let the current pull me further out to sea..I was suddenly very calm and sensible, just for a split second. At that point I kicked my legs and lay on my back (I'm a cyclist so have strong leg muscles) and just kicked and kicked.
I finally hit another current which slowly brought me in to shore.
As I lay on the sand wrapped in blankets, half conscious...
...I thanked my legs.
Maybe some atheists or agnostics pray to God, but fear of death makes children of us all...and a cry to a parent is the most primal thing. So we invent an all-seeing parent figure.
2007-07-17 00:32:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am living proof you are incorrect. I almost drowned once. Never called out for god or jesus - did not pray. I called for help from the people who could hear me. Still want to continue to look like a fool?
2007-07-17 01:36:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am non-religious, but that does not mean I don't believe in God. I pray to God and talk to him daily. So no, it's not really interesting or unusual to me, because it's something that's part of my daily life. You can be non-religious and pray.
2007-07-16 23:59:46 · answer #4 · answered by milomax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say "Oh my God" and "Good Lord".... that in no way means I believe in the Christian God... it simply means I've carried a figure of speech with me throughout my life.
Sorry, but as a pagan, even when faced with danger or difficult decisions, I never pray to your god because I don't believe in the christian version. It would be like Christians, in that moment of danger and terror, suddenly praying to the Goddess.
2007-07-16 23:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by Brooke 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
God can use a very active non believer better than He can with a lukewarm person.
EG: St Paul who hunted early Christians and later outshone most of the actual disciples...
Maybe He does know what He is doing?
2007-07-17 00:19:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you are implying something false. I know an atheist solider who was terribly wounded and faced death and never felt that calling on God was useful. He is still struggling to recover and his gratitude is to the others in his unit, doctors, and friends and family who really helped him not some invisible deity. Lance Armstrong did not call on God when he was battling cancer. Carl Sagan avowed his doubt in an afterlife up to his death. There may be people who do this who were not truly atheists and there may be some who have out of religious conditioning. I personally have not found resorting to prayer useful or something I felt I needed to do when facing difficult or painful situations in life.
2007-07-16 23:55:45 · answer #7 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Sorry your Ethnocentrism is showing.
Historically there's enough Atheists & non-Christian people who have maintainted their personal spirituality in aversity.
"No Athiests in Foxhole" claim is flawed & is only encouraged by bigots tryign to devalue the validity of Atheists & non-Christians alike.
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2007-07-17 01:03:06 · answer #8 · answered by Rai A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really would like to know where you people get such strange ideas from.
I have been in absolute fear for my life more than once and I can assure you that taking time out to pray was not part of the action plan.
2007-07-16 23:57:36 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Ahh, the "no atheists in foxholes" lie. A minority of non-theists may pray to God in a tight spot, but that's no indication that all do.
2007-07-16 23:58:55 · answer #10 · answered by Tom :: Athier than Thou 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋