text: why do some athiests ask for god when they are injured or dying? not trying to be morbid or anything but i knew this veitnam vet once that told me one of the first things out of any athiest soldier when injured or dying was prayer to god and/or jesus. why do you think that is? do you think they in fact believed in god but lived a life of denial? do you think the vet exaggerated? did these soldiers see jesus just before death? curious to know what people think. when i was seventeen i was a very strong and vocal atheist. one day in the summer--i came face to face with a prediciment that required nothing less then a fast miracle! so i prayed "god if you are there--i need you now" i turn 60 next week-i can tell you this--that was only the first miracle that i asked for and got--and i would not be here today to write this had i not gotten that instant miracle from god--and i wasnt the only one to witness this--there were others. when i went back to college that following fall--i went back a christian--no one could belive it and no one could have ever imagined the change in me! sign me "rev. karina"