Sentence:  If I held a certain epistemological theory about "basic beliefs", I might conclude from this experience that my intuition that "there is no God co-existing with this horror" was a "basic belief" and thus that I am epistemically entitled to be an atheist without needing to justify this intuition. But I do not hold such an epistemological theory and believe that intuitive <WSD>atheological</WSD> beliefs, such as the one I experienced (and the corresponding intuitive theological beliefs, such as that "God is providentially watching over this gruesome event") require justification if they are to be epistemically warranted. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  atheistic