The God Article with Mark Sandlin
1) There are no atheists in a foxhole.
Really? There are atheists in church and you honestly think there are no atheists in foxholes?
Look, I get that the point is supposed to be that when faced with death we all turn to God. However, not only is that simply not true for everyone when faced with death, it is really bad logic.
Let me demonstrate.
When faced with death in a foxhole – grenades flying overhead and limbs being blown off the person next to me – I am likely to soil my britches. It does not follow that I should always soil my britches.
In foxholes there are a whole bunch of people trying to stay alive and they pretty much don’t care what the other person believes about God. They just want to stay alive… and possibly a clean pair of britches.
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