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| | If she is representative of militant atheists, the ideological foot soldiers of atheism have backbones of jelly!<ref>[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/06/teary-eyed-militant-atheist-publicly.html Teary-eyed militant atheist publicly breaks down and says "He broke me". Militant atheists are such spineless bowls of jelly. The atheist movement is a lost cause], Examining Atheism</ref>}} | | If she is representative of militant atheists, the ideological foot soldiers of atheism have backbones of jelly!<ref>[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/06/teary-eyed-militant-atheist-publicly.html Teary-eyed militant atheist publicly breaks down and says "He broke me". Militant atheists are such spineless bowls of jelly. The atheist movement is a lost cause], Examining Atheism</ref>}} |
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| | + | == There are no atheists in foxholes saying == |
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| | + | ''See also:'' [[There Are No Atheists In Foxholes]] |
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| | + | [[File:Foxhole.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Reverend William T. Cummings is famous for declaring ''There are no atheists in foxholes''.<ref name="listserv">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696</ref>]] |
| | + | Reverend William T. Cummings, who served at Bataan, is famous for declaring "'''There are no atheists in foxholes'''."<ref name="listserv">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696</ref> In addition, Lieutenant Colonel Warren J. Clear, who also served at Bataan, used the expression in an |
| | + | interview printed in U.S. newspapers in the middle of April.<ref name="listserv">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0609D&L=ads-l&P=15696</ref> |
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| | + | Chaplain F.W. Lawson of the 302d Machine Gun Battalion, who was wounded twice in wartime, declared "I doubt if there is such a thing as an [[Atheism|atheist]]. At least there isn't in a front line trench."<ref name="listserv" /> Hannah More wrote: "In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God."<ref>[http://christian-quotes.ochristian.com/Hannah-More-Quotes/ Hannah More quotes]</ref> |
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| | + | President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] declared in remarks broadcast from the [[White House]] as part of a February 7, 1954 American Legion Program: |
| | + | {{cquote|As a former soldier, I am delighted that our veterans are sponsoring a movement to increase our awareness of God in our daily lives. In battle, they learned a great truth-that there are no atheists in the foxholes. They know that in time of test and trial, we instinctively turn to [[God]] for new courage…Whatever our individual church, whatever our personal creed, our common faith in God is a common bond among us.<ref>[http://yesteeyear.com/news/dwight-eisenhower-there-are-no-atheists-in-foxholes/ Dwight Eisenhower: There are No Atheists in Foxholes]</ref>}} |
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |