This underlying theme of faith leading to dependency/laziness is largely irrelevant on this forum. Folks here have a mindset of being self-sufficient.

Here is the importance of faith for me: it's a realization that no matter how prepared or smart I am, my maximum best effort falls immeasurably short of God's capabilities.

Out of all people, atheist probably need the most help in a survival situation. It takes more guts to be an atheist because, what happens if you're wrong?