Why do atheists think there is no God?

Question

Look at all the healings and miracles that have happened!!

So if you believe there is no God, then how did these things happen????

Miracles like people with multiple cancers being healed without treatment

And this beautiful thing I call Earth

I know a woman who died, got to the gates of Heaven, and God told her she had to go back until the 7 year tribulation.

She came back to life

explain that

Answer 1

Drink!

Answer 2

> Why do atheists think there is no God?
a) You think there's no Zeus, no Odin, no Ra, no Quetzalcoatl. Atheists share your lack of belief in them, and, for similar reasons, don't believe in [insert name of your deity here].
b) No confirmed activity of G-d in the past 1,970+ years. Even if it's stipulated that G-d existed two thousand years ago, we sure don't know that now. Faith is required.

> Look at all the healings and miracles that have happened!!
Look at all the healings and miracles that didn't happen! Think about all the good Christians who die of cancer. Think about the Holocaust -- every Jew in those concentration camps was praying, you bet.

> And this beautiful thing I call Earth
Wonderful! But there's another explanation.

> I know a woman who died, got to the gates of Heaven, and God told her she had to go back until the 7 year tribulation.
I always have strange dreams too.

Answer 3

How did... what happen?

You have to give us some examples if you want us to consider that. "Just look at all the miracles!" is a little vague.

Edit: Again, be specific. Who got healed? Where did this happen? What's your source?

Edit #2: Sounds like you're talking about near-death experiences. I can't tell you what causes them or what they are exactly. However, I CAN tell you that they happen to people from all religions, even atheists and agnostics. If Christianity is the sole correct religion then that wouldn't make any sense.

Answer 4

I have yet to see any evidence of a single verifiable healing or miracle.

Even if there were, I would need to see evidence that links this miraculous event specifically to the Christian God, and not to Zeus, Odin, pixies, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Basically, I think there's no God because there's no evidence that such a being exists. The same reason you (presumably) don't believe in Ra, Quetzlcoatl or Vishnu.

Answer 5

I had a long conversation with a self-described atheist, who confided that he was not certain there was no God, and went on to describe a type of atheism where this is not a contradiction. The debate hinges on the difference between "believing there is no deity," and "not believing in a deity."

So *some* atheists believe there *could* be a God. This seeming contradiction doesn't nullify your question - it just narrows the audience.

The inability to explain a phenomenon does not prove the existence of God - it proves a gap between science and perception.

Answer 6

Saying, "Look at all the healings and miracles that have happened!!", dose not serve as much of an argument, even with the double exclamation marks.

Answer 7

what about the 1200 who died in Hurrican Katrina ?
What about those 1000s who died in Sept 11 ?
what about the Tsunami ?
what about stuggling single mothers ?
what about the elders ?
what about the crippled ?
what about the homeless?
what about traffic accidents ?
what about the robbed and murdered ?
what about the rapped ?
what about the 100s of 1000s of innocent dieing children ?
what about the diseased ?

I think the bad DEFF out weighs the *so called miracles*
we only believe in 1 less god then you. since you done believe in the 100s of other religions in which some claim their god is the rightful one

Answer 8

The 'miracles' many Christians describe aren't often all that miraculous...my grandfather survived a heart attack. Many of my family members called that a miracle, but to be honest, people survive heart attacks all the time (depending on the severity, of course. His was an average one).

Answer 9

What miracles?.Any proof?,no there is no proof.I have never heard of any God causing legs or arms to grow back so I guess he must dislike people with missing limbs or perhaps there is no God.

Answer 10

There’s simply NO EVIDENCE for any of the 'Gods', NO HEALINGS and NO MIRACLES...
But, back at’cha! Why do *you* think there is no Ra, Odin, Amotke, Allah, Zoroaster, Cai Shen, Asase Ya, Jehovah, Zeme, the Kind and Mighty FSM and 000s more? …
** WHY ARE *YOU* NOT WORSHIPPING ALL OF THESE?

WERE THE INITIAL MULTIPLE CANCERS 'MIRACLES'?
The Earth's beautiful & was accreted by the 'God' of Gravity.
7-Year... Stunningly spectacular EVIDENCE, there. * sigh *

Answer 11

how do you know that a god exists? miracles just don't happen and if so, why don't they happen moreso. when something good happens its a miracle but when something bad happens, its nothing.

Medicine and technology heals, not ''miracles''.