This can also be seen on the time axis of a single individual's existence when, young, they care little about sin and the afterlife, and, old, they do nothing but pray all day to make up for all the awful stuff they did
I'm pretty sure this isn't how humans work. This post feels like you were aiming for a certain feel, or appearance, or tone, but not pursuing a goal. And so you ended up with a bunch of stuff thrown in not because it was useful or particularly well-supported, but because it fit. That's bad. To do better I think you have to figure out what you want from this, and pursue that.
I'm pretty sure this isn't how humans work.
This is pretty much exactly how every single male Muslim I knew planned and acted out their lives, at least outwardly. I don't know if it doesn't work with devout Christians or Jews, but Muslims seem to condone "drkinging, smoking, whoring (or at least extramarital sex, though in their minds it might be near-equivalent), and evil rutheless business practice while young, and then doing nothing but praying and having God constantly in one's mouth when Death's on your doorstep". That doesn't mean they've...
Hasa Diga Ebowai (["Does it mean "no worries for the rest of our lives?"" *"Kinda"*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=AhxChl9bGl0)) is a song from Trey Parker and Matt Stone's "The Book of Mormon", an affectionate parody of religion in general. A lot of the comedy in that song is drawn from the unexpectedness of the reaction to adversity displayed within. Do listen to it before proceeding.
The stereotype is that, when troubled and in a position of weakness, where they have no power over their fates, humans tend to turn towards the LORD for consolation. Especially if the religion promises a good afterlife to the patient, meek and submissive, and a bad one to the defiant and insolent. Even when it doesn't (such as in most denominations of Judaism, AFAIK), people are encouraged to not "curse His rotten" name when everything goes wrong for them and they can't do anything about it (see book of Job).
The other side of the stereotype is that, the more powerful, confident and knowledgeable humans become, the less religious they become. This can also be seen on the time axis of a single individual's existence when, young, they care little about sin and the afterlife, and, old, they do nothing but pray all day to make up for all the awful stuff they did (and there might be some genuinely awful behavior in there).
So I've been trolling Wikipedia for examples of demographics and populations that would have commonly practiced the cursing of the LORD, but I only found reference to vikings doing that, in a "I won't believe in you, but I will believe in me, and live by my own strength" kind of way, which isn't exactly what I'm looking for.
Does anyone here know anything about these different ways people react to adversity, and what they mean from a rationalistic standpoint?