I would guess it has something to do with cognizance. Not to be the “enlightened atheist” shithead but there’s a kind of person who will try to find their non-physical salvation while in physical calamity (which is understandable and fine), then there’s people who will see those circumstances as a product of causality. The latter is probably a little more curious and was thinking about why they exist before they ever got into a bad place.
I was an atheist in a foxhole during war. They exist and are increasing in numbers each year.
I would guess it has something to do with cognizance. Not to be the “enlightened atheist” shithead but there’s a kind of person who will try to find their non-physical salvation while in physical calamity (which is understandable and fine), then there’s people who will see those circumstances as a product of causality. The latter is probably a little more curious and was thinking about why they exist before they ever got into a bad place.