> there seem to be a lot more slang terms for the phenomenon than there are more formal ones.
You're right there Cap. I don't think 'ignored' fits too well though, because if you do battle with other men with little understanding of why, which was largely the case in WW1, with only audaciousness as your guide, then you abandon the Christian ideology. You are not just 'ignoring God', you're undermining your whole concept of that which he should represent to you. At the most important of times humanity sees it fit to let dogma and religion 'slip onto the backburner' (i.e. ignore), so to speak, only to use it when they see fit. I think the point being made though is that things don't work like that. The Bible obviously has some passages pertaining to this fickle tendency of purported 'believers' (e.g. the betrayal).
Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions AWADers
