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There Are No Atheists In Foxholes (view source)
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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" /> Henry More wrote: "In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God."<ref>http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english/at/atheist.html</ref>
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" /> Henry More wrote: "In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God."<ref>http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/definition/english/at/atheist.html</ref>
President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] declared in remarks broadcast from the [[White House]] as part of a February 7, 1954 American Legion Program:
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>}}
{{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>}}
In addition, many prominent atheists have refused to debate [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]] (see: [[Atheism and cowardice]] and [[Creation scientists tend to win the creation vs. evolution debates]]).
On the other hand, the organization Freedom from Religion claimed that there are atheists in foxholes; <ref>http://www.ffrf.org/outreach/atheists-in-foxholes/</ref> leader Anne Nicol Gayler has said “The membership of the Freedom From Religion Foundation includes many veterans from World War II, Korea and Vietnam." The Military Religious Freedom Foundation represents self-declared atheists in the US military, many of whom have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
On the other hand, the organization Freedom from Religion claimed that there are atheists in foxholes; <ref>http://www.ffrf.org/outreach/atheists-in-foxholes/</ref> leader Anne Nicol Gayler has said “The membership of the Freedom From Religion Foundation includes many veterans from World War II, Korea and Vietnam." The Military Religious Freedom Foundation represents self-declared atheists in the US military, many of whom have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.