Just wondering, how do atheists, agnostics, and any non-theists explain supernatural activities...?

Question

Such as miraculous healings of all types of dieseases and physical ailments, the casting out of demons, sightings of angels, prayer in other tongues, supernatural blessing and provision coming in, etc. as well as the Satanic side of things such as demon-possesion, all types of witchcrafts, cursing, demon manifestation, etc. They can't say it doesn't exist, for I have witnessed many of these things personally and heard of other amazing supernatural wonders from other people who experienced them personally. How do they explain these things?

Answer 1

Atheists would have to explain away these things. They would argue that you were mistaken or deceived in some way when you saw supernatural things happen.

I used to be an atheist. Over a period of time however, I grew convinced of the existence of the Christian God, and ultimately committed my life to Christ (e.g., see http://www.godsci.org/gs/chri/testimony/seek.html ).

For scientific and intellectual evidence for the existence of God, see http://www.godsci.org/gs/godsci/evidence.htm

Cordially,
John

Answer 2

Simple, there are no supernatural activities.

1) Miraculous healing - Please provide an example
2) Casting out of demons - Demons don't exist. Probably a mental disorder of some kind
3) Angels - Delusions or wishful thinking
4) Prayer in other tongues - I used to speak in "tongues" when I was younger. I called it my make believe language
5) Supernatural blessing and Provision coming in - I have no idea what this means
6) Witchcraft - Again not real
7) Cursing - Damn it, I don't F*#@$%^ know about cursing
8) Demon Manifestation - See number 2

I can say that it does not exist.

Answer 3

Don't believe any of it. Diseases are usually healed by the Doctors or the medicine. Never seen a demon, in or out of anyone. Never seen an angel. Prayer is other tongues is just babble from the person doing it so as to get attention. I could do it to but you wouldn't be able to hear me! Satanic stuff is just hog wash. Satan does not exist, only the evil from minds too small to worry about. They like howling at the full moon. The rest of it is all hearsay.

Answer 4

1. Witches do healing. As do Shaman.
2. Bad spirits...yeah we get rid of those too.
3. Seen a few ghosts in my day.
4. Tongues...Psychosis.
5. Universal Karma!
6. Schizophrenia.
7. Magic, collect, generate & direct energy.
8. Demons...? Brainwashing....Fairy Tale.

You seem to have a strange obsession with Demons, Satan & Witchcraft. Maybe you should seek the truth on these subjects from more than one book.
Blessed Be...a pantheist healer.

Answer 5

You have witnessed, but have you *proven*?

I have met a homeless person who babbles incoherently all the time. Perhaps you've "witnessed" them on the street as well. Are they possessed by demons? Or are they in need of medical attention because there are misfirings of synaptic nerves in their brain?

Did you know there's a MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE for anyone who can prove they have supernatural ability? It's true! Anyone who demonstrates supernatural powers, under a controlled experiment, wins $1,000,000. That could feed a starving family for weeks! And heal plenty of sick people! That'd sure show us Atheist/Agnostic folks! James Randi is such a generous guy - all these miracles - send them in, they could win the big prize!

Oh wait... no they can't. BECAUSE THEY AREN'T TRUE.

Answer 6

LOL show me unbiased cases where diseases were cured and I'll consider explaining that one.
Demons can be cast out because they don't exist in the first place. And why does it always seem like it's religious people who end up with the demons in the first place?
Sightings of angels? If you can consider those legit then how does the bible explain UFO sightings and bigfoot sightings and people getting abducted by aliens?

BTW first-hand witnessing does not man jack diddley squat. Even in court these days eyewitnesses are only given so much weight. Do you have footage of these things? If not then your claim to seeing these things is null.

BTW ProudStud does bring up a good point... WHY DOESN'T HE EVER CURE AMPUTEES?

When I see those "miraculous healings" on TV I chuckle to myself. If God is omnipotent then why is he acting like our little monkey to call on whenever we want to cure someone of some disease? If there is a God I highly doubt he answers to your priest...

Answer 7

This is a paradox. When I was young, an attempt was made to put all that you mention in a new category; Extra-sensory-perception. This was done, to illustrate the simple fact that if you could prove the existance of an extra sense, it could no longer be viewed as ESP. Logically, you can't prove ESP exists, by giving examples...

This logic applies to the Bible as well, you can't call an afterlife supernatural, if you can give an example of someone living beyond the grave. If you ask about the ressurection of Jesus, you will be answered with; he didn't really die...

It's a paradox...think around it...

Answer 8

I'm agnostic and I know that there are many things out side the realm of our level of existences. I am not so pompous as to think that our reality is all that there is. Just because things are beyond our understanding doesn't mean that they are automatically of God or Satan. Some of the things that you mention as miraculous can be categorized as mental illness or self inflicted delusion brought on by that persons own belief in their faith. I have seen many strange things in my life, but I don't just put a label on it with out research. Just some friendly advice, when you give in to a faith or belief, you leave your self open for hustlers and charlatans to sneak in and take advantage of those faiths or beliefs. You have decided to prescribe to your particular faith, be careful who you let close to you.

Answer 9

We deny that they exist: they are all delusions of some kind. What you may have thought you saw was not what you actually saw.
One evening I was out looking at the sky, and thought I saw the lights of an airplane. I supposed that it was far off as it did not appear to move. The next evening, it was there again, so clearly it was not an airplane, nor could it have been a planet because it was nowhere near the ecliptic. So I estimated angles between it and Polaris, and between it and Cassiopeia, and found it on a star chart. Moral: don't believe everything that you think you see.

Answer 10

Pretty much anything and everything can be explained by science or will one day be explained by science. This does not mean God did not create the laws by which our universe is governed. A true believer will learn and understand science and come to admire our Creator that much more. Those who do not have the right to choose not to. God created us all with the ability to choose to believe or not.