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Crimson Dynamo
21-12-2009, 12:08 PM
Do you agree?
Niamh.
21-12-2009, 12:12 PM
Do you agree?

What???????
Crimson Dynamo
21-12-2009, 12:16 PM
What???????

For foxhole think trench with bombs flying around your head in WWI
Niamh.
21-12-2009, 12:18 PM
Are you saying there are no soldiers at war who don't believe in God?
Chels
21-12-2009, 12:21 PM
what's an athiest?
Niamh.
21-12-2009, 12:22 PM
what's an athiest?

someone who doesn't believe in God or anything after death
BB_Eye
21-12-2009, 12:59 PM
Well atheism is virtually nonexistant in third world countries and the few people who don't follow God there are probably not poor.
Crimson Dynamo
21-12-2009, 01:38 PM
Well atheism is virtually nonexistant in third world countries and the few people who don't follow God there are probably not poor.

where does that information come from?
Crimson Dynamo
21-12-2009, 01:40 PM
Are you saying there are no soldiers at war who don't believe in God?

no, the saying is an aphorism used to argue that in times of extreme stress or fear, such as when participating in warfare, all people will believe in or hope for a higher power.
atieah2009
21-12-2009, 01:46 PM
no, the saying is an aphorism used to argue that in times of extreme stress or fear, such as when participating in warfare, all people will believe in or hope for a higher power.

I Agree!:thumbs:
Niamh.
22-12-2009, 12:05 PM
no, the saying is an aphorism used to argue that in times of extreme stress or fear, such as when participating in warfare, all people will believe in or hope for a higher power.

Well, I'm sure people would hope for a higher power, whether or not they'd believe in a higher power or not is the question, I doubt coming close to death would make you a believer but rather a hoper!!
WOMBAI
22-12-2009, 01:04 PM
Well, I'm sure people would hope for a higher power, whether or not they'd believe in a higher power or not is the question, I doubt coming close to death would make you a believer but rather a hoper!!

I agree. I think it is an instinctive reaction to the fear of death! One I guess we can never fully appreciate until that time comes!
Niamh.
22-12-2009, 02:04 PM
I agree. I think it is an instinctive reaction to the fear of death! One I guess we can never fully appreciate until that time comes!

Yes, absolutely!!
andyman
22-12-2009, 03:27 PM
I agree. I think it is an instinctive reaction to the fear of death! One I guess we can never fully appreciate until that time comes!Many old people turn to God when they hear the pearly gates callin.

Funny that many want to marry in a church..
Niamh.
22-12-2009, 03:30 PM
Many old people turn to God when they hear the pearly gates callin.

Funny that many want to marry in a church..

I got married in a church, the reason was nothing to do with God though, at the time in Ireland you could only get married in a church or a registry office and the thought of getting married in a registry office isn't very appealing, Churches are prettier and I like that gothic feel!