Original sentence: Moreover, the suggestion that an experience of fear can create true faith is belittling to the personal experience of true religious faith.The statement, "There are no atheists in foxholes," is a derogatory aphorism used to argue that in times of extreme stress or fear, such as when participating in warfare, most people will believe in or hope for a higher power.These points suggest that the statement is derogatory to both theists and nontheists.They often write "From Atheists in foxholes" when following up about slurs against nontheists in the military.This helps to emphasize that the original statement is clearly just an aphorism and not in any way representative of reality.This statement is considered extremely offensive to atheists, especially to those atheists that have served in the military
Edited sentence: The statement, "There are no atheists in foxholes," is an aphorism used to argue that in times of extreme stress or fear, such as when participating in warfare, most people will believe in or hope for a higher power.They have adopted the catchphrase of "Atheists in Foxholes" to emphasize that the original statement is clearly just an aphorism and not a statistical fact