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[Randy Carson]

And I still do. When facing death, most people will be ready to get serious with God - Christian, Atheist or otherwise.

Not what you said, Randy boy. Look at what I bolded above.

You're twisting your own words like nobody's business

Words.  They mean things.

And I stand by my original position. People get serious about God when death is no longer theoretical. But how's this:


TO ALL FORUM MEMBERS:


In a previous post, I asserted that when facing death, everyone gets serious about God. In support of my firm opinion, I quoted a common cultural reference, "there are no atheists in foxholes". Despite the fact that this phrase has been in widespread usage in our culture for more than 70 years due to the general truth it contains, it was technically incorrect to use that phrase as a proof of the universality of the experience to which it speaks. In fact, it may be true that some people - atheist, agnostic, or theist - may not actually think of God at all at the precise moment of such peril or death and that there may be some atheists in foxholes, after all.

I regret the error.