For me to understand better, NO atheists belive in miracles?
2006-07-09 11:58:31 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't believe in miracles. I think every thing has an explanation. Just because we haven't found it yet doesn't mean it doesn't exist. How many things were considered to be miracles in ancient times, and now they're perfectly well explained? Humankind is not such a developed civilisation, that it can account for every phenomenon that is around. You have to be patient.
2006-07-09 12:03:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course an atheist doesn't believe in miracles. What would they attribute them to? The tooth fairy?
Ever notice that the 'proof' of miracles are usually really sketchy and questionable, kind of like the 'proof' of UFOs and Loch Ness and Big Foot? Yet, millions of people believe in UFOs. Do you? If not, why not? If so, does it jive with your idea of God?
Consider, miracles are NOT exclusive to your religion. In fact, on average, MORE miracles are reported by Hindus in India than in all Christain countries combined. Am I to deduce from this that Hinduism is the true religion? By whatever criteria you dismiss the Hindu, Buddhist, and Islam miracles, just turn that method on yourself and you'll see what a goofball you are.
2006-07-09 12:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miracles are events for which there is no natural explanation and as such can be seen to be of Divine / supernatural origin.(paraphrased from American Heritage Dictionary)
Since an atheist does not believe in any Divine / supernatural beings or entities then it is evident that they cannot therefore believe in miracles.
Personally I feel that the majority of events considered to be miracles are happy coincidence, some are fraudulent, some are as a result of incomplete research into their cause, and we do not have the current scientific understanding to comprehend the rest.
2006-07-09 12:14:13 · answer #3 · answered by alexjcharlton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because you don't believe in God doesn't necessarily mean that you don't believe in anything else unexplained.
Better to say that MOST atheists are also of the opinion that as science improves, we'll be able to explain all occurences using scientific laws and formulas.
2006-07-09 12:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by GreetingsEarthling 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as an atheist i believe miracles happen all the time.... But I define a miracle as a statistical anomaly. just because something only happens one time in a million doesn't mean it is caused by some sort of supernatural agency. it just means that THIS time was the one in a million.
2006-07-09 12:04:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a miracle is something more supernatural like you are healed by no physical explanation like a tumor disappearing. a coincidence is something happening in syncronicity with another event like you go to call someone you haven't thought about in a long time and the phone rings and it is them. what you describe would be divine intervention EXCEPT it's Hollywood!
2016-03-15 21:53:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to be much more specific.
"Miracle" is entirely subjective and has no specific meaning.
I've heard the birth of a baby referred to as a "miracle."
Unexplained events occur all the time, but doesn't mean "God did it," any more than eclipses meant "God did it" before humans became aware that the planets revolved around the Sun.
2006-07-09 12:03:38 · answer #7 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miracles and Fables and other mythology make fine fictional reading that can often illustrate deeper concepts. It's when otherwise sane people start to mistake the parables and myths for reality that we get into trouble, people flying airplanes into buildings or bombing abortion clinics and such.
2006-07-09 12:04:48 · answer #8 · answered by 自由思想家 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "miracle" is a supernaturally-effected event. Atheists generally do not believe there is such a thing as "super-natural", there are just natural events we have not yet comprehended. Fundementally, ther is no difference between the "supernatural" and the "paranormal".
If you can demonstrate actual, measurable observable evidence of the supernatural, there is a million dollars cash waiting for you at http://www.randi.org/research/index.html
To date, 150 or so folks have failed to prove evidence of anything paranormal!
2006-07-09 12:07:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People call rare or uncommon everyday occurences "miracles" nowadays. The whole term is watered down. There is no such thing as a real "miracle".
2006-07-09 12:04:08 · answer #10 · answered by Arkangyle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋