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From the The New York Times: To the Editor: How nonchalantly T. M. Luhrmann tosses off the old canard about “no atheists in foxholes” as if it were both self-evident and unexceptionable. In fact, it is a slur on every atheist, not just (although particularly) on the many who have served their country honorably in battle. The implication — that atheists are all really theists at heart, our convictions casually and shallowly held and easily abandoned in the face of adversity — is simply untrue. I’ve never been in a foxhole, but I did once sit in a hospital waiting room while a surgeon explained that my young son had a life-threatening and possibly inoperable brain tumor. I did not pray then, or since. GRANT HICKS Acton, Mass., Oct. 15, 2013
Posted on: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:13:00 +0000

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