“Atheist songs add up to nada, but they do have Sundays free.”
Rockin’

An atheist is a vacuum that
doesn’t want to be filled.
They are fully functional,
yet don’t serve a purpose!

An atheist is a-theos, without God. The irony is, this is what pagans called early Christians who refused to accept polytheism— without God.
BW3

“They are fully functional,”
We are, on average, pretty functional.
“yet don’t serve a purpose!”
That’s just silly. We try to get sensible politicians elected, unlike say George W. Bush (guess who supported him most strongly!)
We are important beyond our numbers in science and technology.
We care about and support our families and often our neighbors.
And on and on. Oh, and sometimes we even go to meetings, just generally godless ones. And having the Blues is not a bad thing, along with Rock and Roll.

Ah, but where are you when it comes to foxholes, if you know the old saying.

Old sayings are often wrong, including that one which some benighted Christians love to toss out. Check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_no_atheists_in_foxholes#cite_ref-6

A number of prominent individuals have been both atheists and combat veterans. During the coverage of his death and subsequent cryonic suspension, Baseball Hall of Famer and combat fighter pilot Ted Williams was reported to be an atheist by his former teammate Johnny Pesky. Richard Tillman, in giving the eulogy for his brother, former NFL player and soldier Pat Tillman, stated that Tillman “wasn’t religious.”. Tillman’s atheism is also confirmed is a documentary about his life. In his 1988 book “Intellectuals,” Paul Johnson states that writer and WWI veteran Ernest Hemingway “not only did not believe in God but regarded organized religion as a menace to human happiness.” Philip Paulson, plaintiff in several of the lawsuits in the Mount Soledad cross controversy, was an atheist Vietnam combat veteran.

Actually atheist soldiers are far braver than believing soldiers because the latter presumably think they’ll go to a good place. The atheist knows he’s got one life and that’s it.
Real men (and women) are atheists.

Thanks nnmns, I was just asking whimsically, but your post is a good thought provoking one. I think the logic of the end of your post could easily be inverted. Real men who believed they are saved are not afraid of dying for others, just as Jesus did, whereas the atheist, if he is consist with his principles believes this life is all there is, and so death should be avoided at all costs. Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire, which is tragic, but it doesn’t make him a hero as it was nothing he did.
BW3

A hero of sorts; he didn’t have to go over. Compared to, oh, say George W. Bush, he’s quite the hero.

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From what I remember about Hemingway’s life from my high school American lit class, atheism didn’t help Hemingway’s happiness much either.

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