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Atheists & Agnostics

Act_of_Reparation

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3. I can't speak for anyone else...

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Mon Jan 15, 2018, 03:17 PM

Jan 2018

...but when shit goes sideways, I get tunnel vision. I think about what I need to do to get through this as unharmed as humanly possible. There's no time to ponder metaphysics.

So, I've always found this "atheists find god in disaster" trope absurd.

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During the Hawaiian False Alarm, Atheists Didnt Suddenly Find God [View all] NeoGreen Jan 2018 OP

I dont believe in the Easter Bunny. Croney Jan 2018 #1

Nope. and not surprised. Brainstormy Jan 2018 #2

I can't speak for anyone else... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #3

Disasters and false alarms also make atheists Freelancer Jan 2018 #4

If I were in Hawaii that day, I might have said "Oh, God!" but I demigoddess Jan 2018 #5

no, and neither did any believers suddenly find God RussBLib Jan 2018 #6

"No atheists in foxholes" is a trope believed only by insecure religionists. trotsky Jan 2018 #7

same here RussBLib Jan 2018 #8

re the "No atheists in a foxhole" idea SCantiGOP Jan 2018 #9

That's a very good point. n/t trotsky Jan 2018 #10

You know, even if they did, it would just be a temporary lower-brain survival mechanism lindysalsagal Mar 2018 #11