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Atheists & Agnostics

Freelancer

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4. Disasters and false alarms also make atheists

Reply to NeoGreen (Original post)

Tue Jan 16, 2018, 02:20 PM

Jan 2018

A lot of people know in their guts that there's no invisible hand coming to swat a missile out of the sky. An event like what just happened can crystallize that knowledge.

It isn't personal. It's only physics.

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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