I'm not sure he ever explained exactly the circumstances, but someone who Fletcher had told reported that Fletcher had spent 70 years trying to believe before finally conceding to himself there was no god.
To understand that, social and family pressures may make "belief in belief" extremely important.
Joseph Fletcher was born in 1905.
Joseph Fletcher died in 1991.
Joseph Fletcher - historian - died in 1984.
Joseph M. Fletcher was born in 1831.
Joseph O. Fletcher died in 2008.
Joseph O. Fletcher was born in 1920.
Joseph Horner Fletcher died in 1890.
Joseph Horner Fletcher was born in 1823.
Joseph James Fletcher died in 1926.
Joseph Fletcher - historian - was born in 1934.
Joseph M. Fletcher died in 1882.
Joseph James Fletcher was born in 1850.