Originally Posted by
Johneebegood 
Its funny...I never met an atheist on the battlefield... never been there? Thats what I thought.
You are right. Fear of impending death can lead to irrational thoughts. When I spent the night in the hospital with my dying grandmother who was in terrible pain and suffering horribly, I prayed for her. But in the light of day after she was gone and in the absence of severe emotional distress, I was again fairly certain that God does not exist.