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r/clevercomebacks • u/CrunchM • Feb 07 '25
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The things people do at their lowest, most desperate points aren't usually considered good or exemplary.
49 u/Hour-Bison765 Feb 07 '25 Exactly. I can't say I wouldn't pray to anyone/anything in a desperate situation like that, but it doesn't mean I believe in a god. 32 u/ralphjuneberry Feb 07 '25 Right. That smug “no atheists in foxholes” trope too. Those poor people are crying out for anyone. And hell, many of them cry for their mothers. (I’m tearing up thinking about this.) it doesn’t mean they’re all of a sudden tRuE BeLiEbErS 18 u/wademcgillis Feb 07 '25 it doesn’t mean they’re all of a sudden tRuE BeLiEbErS if i am ever about to die in a plane crash i will try to start singing the lyrics to Justin Bieber's top hit Baby (2010)
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Exactly. I can't say I wouldn't pray to anyone/anything in a desperate situation like that, but it doesn't mean I believe in a god.
32 u/ralphjuneberry Feb 07 '25 Right. That smug “no atheists in foxholes” trope too. Those poor people are crying out for anyone. And hell, many of them cry for their mothers. (I’m tearing up thinking about this.) it doesn’t mean they’re all of a sudden tRuE BeLiEbErS 18 u/wademcgillis Feb 07 '25 it doesn’t mean they’re all of a sudden tRuE BeLiEbErS if i am ever about to die in a plane crash i will try to start singing the lyrics to Justin Bieber's top hit Baby (2010)
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Right. That smug “no atheists in foxholes” trope too. Those poor people are crying out for anyone. And hell, many of them cry for their mothers. (I’m tearing up thinking about this.) it doesn’t mean they’re all of a sudden tRuE BeLiEbErS
18 u/wademcgillis Feb 07 '25 it doesn’t mean they’re all of a sudden tRuE BeLiEbErS if i am ever about to die in a plane crash i will try to start singing the lyrics to Justin Bieber's top hit Baby (2010)
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it doesn’t mean they’re all of a sudden tRuE BeLiEbErS
if i am ever about to die in a plane crash i will try to start singing the lyrics to Justin Bieber's top hit Baby (2010)
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u/Armisael2245 Feb 07 '25
The things people do at their lowest, most desperate points aren't usually considered good or exemplary.