Touching the Void atheism

Joe Simpson, master climber explains how with a broken leg, no water or food and stuck in a crevasse with little hope, his atheistic values gave him purpose and drive to save his own life.

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[yuishy2003]

Because if you believe in supernatural things like god or gods it might mean that you think these supernatural beings will intervene, suspend the laws of nature, and save you.

Atheism means you are alone and you have to rely on yourself, that there's no reason to believe there is an afterlife, so it can motivate you.

[yuishy2003]

Well some religious people pray for supernatural intervention such as a god getting them out of dire circumstances, but what Atheism means that you don't think help is coming from gods. What Joe is saying is that he wasn't going to wait for the christian god to save him but that he was going to save himself.

[TheBradcake]

I am a Christian and I wouldn't sit there and pray for God to have an ... idk eagle pick me up. I'd pray for God to give me strength to climb out. I'd pray for him to keep me motivated. Hell I still want to live!

[ukulazy]

God doesn't exist and atheism didn't save Joe Simpsons from death.

Both sides need to grow up.

[sirus804]

@marshallbx5a true human spirit has nothing to do with god.. You only need to be human to attain human spirit.

[XxELiTEHOOPERxX]

lol .. atheism -__-

[kkdkk7]

@NocturnalExistence

This part of the video is more a discredit to those who claim that god saved them from catastrophies ..

[kkdkk7]

@NocturnalExistence

U missed the point about atheism , no atheist depend on atheism to save them from anything at all .. atheism is just a person's stance that no present religion can truely prove the existence of god. Its a jus response to the religious babbles spouted by Christians etc ..

SO, here I think it is quite clear that what we can gather from this video is that survivors of catastrophies who prayed to god MAY just as well have survived even without praying, like he does ..

[NocturnalExistence]

I think people are giving this part of the film too much credit to atheism. All he said in the film was that he wasn't going to pray to God in the moment of facing death because he didn't believe in Him...either way, whether he believed or not, he was going to try and get out. No one said that if you believe in a God you'll wait down there and do nothing like a dumbass for God to literally reach his "hand" out to save you...you try and get out! His will to live saved him, not his atheism.

[arbeghast]

@marshallbx5a True human spirit is what Joe Simpson has in spades and as you can see, god doesn't factor into his life in any way. Stop being so arrogant about your beliefs.

[arbeghast]

@yuishy2003 Exactly. If he'd waited for heavenly intervention, he'd have frozen to death and be sitting on that ledge to this day.