Comments on: “There are no atheists in a foxhole” http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:06:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: lirelou http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-222726 lirelou Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:29:38 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-222726 Just a footnote: I have never seen any evidence that the non-religious, to include agnostics and atheists, are any more intelligent than true believers. But I have occasionally run into both agnostics and atheists who presumed that their declarations to be such was, ipso facto, proof that they were superior in intellect. Quare Just a footnote: I have never seen any evidence that the non-religious, to include agnostics and atheists, are any more intelligent than true believers. But I have occasionally run into both agnostics and atheists who presumed that their declarations to be such was, ipso facto, proof that they were superior in intellect.

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]]> By: Kevin http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-222043 Kevin Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:09:37 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-222043 "Religion is opium for the masses." -Marx “Religion is opium for the masses.”
-Marx

]]> By: alec http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-221032 alec Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:19:12 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-221032 Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand

]]> By: lirelou http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-220910 lirelou Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:39:32 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-220910 Anyone who has never met an atheist in a foxhole has obviously never been in many foxholes. One of the favored songs in the II Corps MIKE Force in 1968 was "Jesus saves". No chaplain would have ever hung around for the lyrics, which were highly offensive. The (relative) kids who sang those lyrics and survived may be born again christians (or jews) today, but many were aggressively non-religious when their life expectancy was measured in days, and at times minutes. Today's recruiting base may have provided an enlisted base that is more religious at present. It will be interesting to see what, if any, metamorphisis they undergo as they mature. Interestingly enough, the few cases of religious conversion I witnessed in 1968 was among the rear echelon elements at a nearby air base. Perhaps the personality traits that send one man to volunteer for a hard-core combat unit, versus another who takes his chances with the rest, but no more, also accounts for the depth of their religious or anti-religious beliefs. Anyone who has never met an atheist in a foxhole has obviously never been in many foxholes. One of the favored songs in the II Corps MIKE Force in 1968 was “Jesus saves”. No chaplain would have ever hung around for the lyrics, which were highly offensive. The (relative) kids who sang those lyrics and survived may be born again christians (or jews) today, but many were aggressively non-religious when their life expectancy was measured in days, and at times minutes. Today’s recruiting base may have provided an enlisted base that is more religious at present. It will be interesting to see what, if any, metamorphisis they undergo as they mature. Interestingly enough, the few cases of religious conversion I witnessed in 1968 was among the rear echelon elements at a nearby air base. Perhaps the personality traits that send one man to volunteer for a hard-core combat unit, versus another who takes his chances with the rest, but no more, also accounts for the depth of their religious or anti-religious beliefs.

]]> By: Kevin http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-218655 Kevin Mon, 01 Jan 2007 01:42:28 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-218655 "Rober Greene":http://www.powerseductionandwar.com/archives/machiavelli_for.phtml (scroll down to religion is essential) Rober Greene
(scroll down to religion is essential)

]]> By: Scof http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-218637 Scof Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:46:55 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-218637 "Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry" ROTFLMAO!! ... ...still LMAO!! “Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry”

ROTFLMAO!!

...

...still LMAO!!

]]> By: Kenneth http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-218517 Kenneth Sun, 31 Dec 2006 22:09:53 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-218517 It would have been interesting to have done such an investigation on the Soviet military.... That said, people don't "turn" to a higher power when being shot at- it just brings out latent religious impulses when you're scared out of your wits. _[T]his is the core of the purpose of religion: bending reality with the power of the mind in order to overcome something._ Or attempting too. Couldn't have said it better myself. Religion, contra the mainstream media, is not an intrinsic characteristic of humans. It has no basis in biology; it's just a psychological response to material circumstances. It would have been interesting to have done such an investigation on the Soviet military….

That said, people don’t “turn” to a higher power when being shot at- it just brings out latent religious impulses when you’re scared out of your wits.

[T]his is the core of the purpose of religion: bending reality with the power of the mind in order to overcome something.

Or attempting too. Couldn’t have said it better myself. Religion, contra the mainstream media, is not an intrinsic characteristic of humans. It has no basis in biology; it’s just a psychological response to material circumstances.

]]> By: Younghusband http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-217854 Younghusband Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:10:44 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-217854 Very nice Kevin! Very nice Kevin!

]]> By: Kevin http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-217752 Kevin Sun, 31 Dec 2006 08:24:24 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-217752 Oh...and Merry Solstice!!!! Oh…and Merry Solstice!

]]> By: Kevin http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/31/there-are-no-atheists-in-a-foxhole/comment-page-1/#comment-217738 Kevin Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:59:25 +0000 http://www.cominganarchy.com/?p=2411#comment-217738 "Foxhole Atheists":http://www.atheistfoxholes.org/ ;) Foxhole Atheists

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