(August 14, 2017 at 3:10 pm)Tizheruk Wrote:Quote:Let me clarify- it's an old jokey saying that means atheists might well be in foxholes, but when the bombs and shells start coming in they problably murmur a prayer under their breath..
I know what it means and it's still wrong
Quote:Let me put it another way- atheists can be great soldiers, but maybe they'd be even greater if they'd let God watch their backs?They don't need your hocus pocus .They don't believe in your hocus pocus
It's a power thing..-
A soldier would be better served digging his foxhole deeper than wasting his time murmuring to some non-existent deity.
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I wonder how many of them were praying while the Germans were busy shooting?