Atheists/Agnostics - any chance you'd believe under duress?

[revots33]

I watched the original Dutch version of "The Vanishing" recently (which did not have the happy ending the American remake did). Anyway it's an old movie so I doubt I'm giving much away to say the protaganists end up buried alive.

This to me is probably one of the most frightening scenarios I can imagine. Imagine someone buried you alive, tied up, with no chance to escape, but with enough air to survive until you die of thirst or some other way. So you are left there in the darkness awaiting your death. It got me wondering if I would "find" god in such a horrific situation. Wouldn't it almost be necessary that I would? The only other alternative would be insanity I think.

I suppose you could substitute any horrific scenario for being buried alive if you're not claustrophobic. (like those 2 stranded divers in the film "Open Water" for ex.) Isn't it a pretty good possibility that all the rational objections to god would go out the window under this kind of duress, when nothing but the hope of another life and a higher power can alleve the psychological torture?