A vocation in a vocation
January 29th, 2018 at 2:53:02 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | I think that is known as living your faith (or lack of it) which is pretty much the same thing. No bottom? Right! The drowning man who sees a log floating towards him had better be prepared to see two beady eyes on it. |
January 29th, 2018 at 2:56:55 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Silliness personified. It's what Xtions believe about atheists, you would never have an atheist saying it or thinking it, even if he were in a foxhole. Wouldn't even enter his head. If it did, he's not an atheist. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 29th, 2018 at 3:09:54 PM permalink | |
Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Who prays in a foxhole? Even the most devoutly religious man if he finds himself in a foxhole should concentrate on keeping his weapon clean and fully loaded, staying awake and fully alert. Pray before a battle or after a battle, but when doing a stint in a foxhole, pay attention to what is truly important. |
January 29th, 2018 at 3:26:03 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Foxholes and trench warfare pretty much ended in 1918. WWII was a mobile war, lots of aircraft and tanks and moving all the time. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 29th, 2018 at 4:10:25 PM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18209 |
Pinned down for hours, one will find the time. The President is a fink. |
January 29th, 2018 at 4:22:04 PM permalink | |
beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 |
FWIW. If foxhole fighting had ended in WWI, my ex would not have earned the Silver Star in Vietnam 1972. He and 1 other guy were back-to-back in one for a very long nighttime, holding a forward position with rifles and thousands of rounds. They did not count the VC dead around them when they finally got reinforcements and pulled out the next day. The closest number he would say was "hundreds". I don't know the rest of the details. Apparently they were guarding the rest of their unit/battalion /company/whatever group and stopped the attack on the main group by themselves. He doesn't talk about it. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |
January 29th, 2018 at 4:31:54 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
I'm gonna remember that if I ever fall into a outhouse toilet. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
January 29th, 2018 at 4:46:05 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Was he an atheist? Did he pray? If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 29th, 2018 at 4:51:27 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I'm constantly amazed at how many people here don't know what atheism is. Praying for an atheist is like trying to use a .38 caliber bullet in a .22 pistol. It would never even occur to you to try it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
January 29th, 2018 at 4:59:27 PM permalink | |
beachbumbabs Member since: Sep 3, 2013 Threads: 6 Posts: 1600 |
He was 19 and raised a Bapolic. (Baptist-Catholic) I'm sure he did pray, though I think he lost his faith over there and became an agnostic/realist as a result. I'm closer to an atheist than he is, and I would say I have one foot in each camp. Never doubt a small group of concerned citizens can change the world; it's the only thing ever has |