This thread reminds me of the film 'Touching the Void' (2003), which recounts the true story of Joe Simpson's and Simon Yates' disastrous and near fatal attempt to climb the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
Joe Simpson fell down a deep crevasse and broke his leg.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2003/11/2...3_review.shtml
Alone, without food and despite his injuries he managed to make his way out of the mountain and eventually back to safety.
In the film (which is based closely on his own book) Joe recalls lying in the dark, hungry and in pain and despair, contemplating God and how he would be saved.
In the end he came to the conclusion that if
anybody was going to get him out of this situation, it was
he himself. And he started making his way against all odds.
There was an athiest in this foxhole, I'm afraid! :muddlehea
I must admit that it truly amazed me how anybody could be in such dire need and not call out to God! But apparently he didn't ...
peace