Atheists are pretty observant. So, if god exist and showed us a miracle, we would probaby catch it but uneducated people are more likely to call things miracles that they dont understand. On the other hand, an intelligent person wouldn't call something a miracle that he understands. You only call it a miracle if you dont understand it. So, why do believers get to experience all the miracles?
2006-06-29 06:53:57 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ask the Pharaoh of Egypt when he didn't allow the Hebrew people to leave Egypt. He saw PLENTY of miracles... and I guarantee you he wasn't a believer.
2006-06-29 06:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why would an atheist call something a miracle, even if it were a miracle? An atheist doesn't have any theology and no beliefs at ALL, not following satan, not following God, not following mother earth... just doesn't think anything about anything... so why would such a person lable a work as being from God, which would make it a miracle.
Also, I'm educated and I think some things can still be miracles, even if I understand the science. For instance, if my mother, who is grouchy and old has a child and becomes happy and giddy, I might know that she had artificial whatchamacallit and that her hormones would have to be different now, making her happier but I might still call it a miracle because: 1.) God helped the scientist figure out about the whatchamacallit and 2.) that now, I don't have to listen to her grouch.
:) Have a good day.
2006-06-29 07:00:19 · answer #2 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have to apologize, because I'm not sure what you may or may not believe, so forgive me if I'm not answering your question the way you would like.
I am not religous, but I am very spiritual. My belief tells me that there is a supreme being, who by my choice, I elect to call God. He has never shown himself to me nor have I been witness to any miracle. I do believe in parts of the bible, but also believe that as it has been translated the accuracy is questionable at best. Therefore, I believe in the following: There is a better place beyond life, I have high morals and values which allow me to make the proper choices and to be a better person. I will be rewarded for the good and punished for the bad in life.
As to the whole question about miracles - look at people who are in an accident and everyone has died but one. No explanation as to how they survived... is that a miracle, or just luck? Miracles are left for you to decide. For me, having not one but two daughters was a miracle since I had complications the entire time.
Good luck in your quest - I'm sure I didn't answer your question in the manner you would expect. I hope you find what you are looking for.
2006-06-29 07:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by Nicole 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that believers experience all of the miracles. It is that we know what to look for. Miracles are not always these huge things happening. It can be that we have no money, and somehow manage to have enough groceries to just get us by. God always provides our needs. That is an awesome miracle. I think that atheists are waiting for something huge to happen because they want and want and want.
2006-06-29 06:57:31 · answer #4 · answered by mama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that we would all agree that doctors are very educated people. Doctors often see unexplainable events that science fails to explain. Cancer disappears, DOAs come back to life,....if the doctors can't explain the events then who is qualified to? I would say that a miracle is an unexplainable event that is positive in nature. I mean, who has ever called a negative unexplainable event a miracle? Whether a person believes in a higher power or not, one can experience "miracles", however, they aren't a guaranteed occurrence in one's life. If they were common, they wouldn't be so special.
2006-06-29 07:03:50 · answer #5 · answered by lazor_braids 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no "God" for non believers.
"Miracles" however, as they are called, are all around us every day. Non believers have as many miracles as believers.
Look around you. What is NOT a miracle?
Maybe a cheeseburger isn't, or a car isn't.
But a baby? Falling in love? The smell of your grandma's house?
Miracles are what YOU choose to accept as amazing.
2006-06-29 07:02:02 · answer #6 · answered by Q&ALady 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You said it yourself...we're observant people. Being observant, I tend to see the everyday wonders in the world, I don't think I would call anything a "miracle". However, if I was to see one of these believers who insist on shoving their beliefs down our throats use proper grammar and use the English language wisely, I might be inclined to call that a miracle!
2006-06-29 06:57:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MIracles cannot be explained by science of conventional wisdom.
They come in different cathegories. Miracles of healings are given to those Godly people who ask for them, either for their own benefit or to benefit someone else for whom prayer was offered. Birth is often called a miracle, but it is not since it is to expected in the normal realm on things. Jesus said that he could not perform many miracles in Jerusalem because the people's hearts were hard and believed not.
I recommed that to see a miracle you first, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and ask for forginess of your sins that you may be saved. Second, that you begin for a miracle in the life of someone who is needy. It is not about the miracle itself, but about the master of miracles. One day all miracles will be obsolete as we stand in front of the living God to give an account of our lives.
Sincerely,
Mr. M on mircles.
2006-06-29 07:05:38 · answer #8 · answered by Humberto M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last I checked, why would a non-believer be looking for a miracle from something or someone they believe does not exist in the first place?
2006-06-29 07:00:57 · answer #9 · answered by T M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believers want to see miracles, so they attribute ordinary things to the miraculous. Philosophical naturalists don't want to see miracles, so we attribute even the extrordinary to the natural.
The problem with miracles is that there's no way to distinguish them from non-miracles, unless they clearly violate the known behavior of the universe. Even then, there is the possibility of an illusion or delusion at work.
2006-06-29 06:57:55 · answer #10 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ONLY basis for experiencing a "miracle"(esp. by god) is insanity ! In the realm of reality (and to manys dismay there is only one) insanity is the refusal to accept the truth/reality.
There is ONLY one means by which anyone can refuse to accept the truth(become insane) and that is to "believe" something else.
Non-recognition of reality/truth is merely ignorance.
Simply put if your seeking your source of creation "belief" is a sure-fire way to be deceived as deception can happen by NO other means. Belief is the con-artist ONLY device his/her success is completely contingent upon aquiring the victims "belief". Obviously "belief" was devised and is used exclusively by the ultimate liar(s). Never "believing" literally means never being deceived!
If anything religons so-called god is most likely to be the destroyer/satan in disguise made evident by the requirement of a "belief".
Evil is NOT things that appear wickedly bad but are rather things which appear to be good but are truely bad, like religions insidious god(s).
2006-06-29 07:47:48 · answer #11 · answered by Truyer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋