Why Some People Become Atheist

Another reason is that some things people wanted to know about God can’t be explained. As Abraham Lincoln quoted: “It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to Infidelity,” which can be proved because of the scientific explanations for the existence of human life. For instance, the Big Bang Theory explains of how the world was created billions of years ago. In fact, it is said that the universe was just a dense mass that began to expand, not created by any celestial being in just seven days. Furthermore, Evolution also clarifies how human beings were able to occupy the world. The bible says that after God created the world in seven days, he immediately created Adam and Eve. I say that this source would have been wrong as it doesn’t explain of how dinosaurs had existed. If humans did live alongside dinosaurs, then wouldn’t they have perished with them? There were different arguments of how dinosaurs died, and based on those arguments, no people would’ve survived. Take the meteor for example, it is said that a great meteor crashed into the earth millions of years ago which created a wave of dust and dirt that had covered the atmosphere for many years. Basically, the lack of sunlight and oxygen wouldn’t only kill the animals and plants, but also people who had lived there.

 Moreover, there is still a big question about prayers and miracles. Some people claim that extraordinary things have happened to them because God granted their prayers. If God is capable of granting those wishes, he should be able to grant every people’s requests. But, it turned out different; it seems that only certain people were granted of their wishes. Anthony Flew once gave an example, if a father has a child dying of cancer, he would pray and do anything just to let his child live; but God, who is said to love everyone like a father loves his son, seemed unconcerned and lets the child die. This, thus, was able to make certain people to think like Jane Wagner: “One thing I have no worry about is whether God exists. But it has occurred to me that God has Alzheimer's and has forgotten we exist.” This led people to believe that the extraordinary things that are happening much just be a coincidence, and if possible, just make up stories of the community for publicity. In addition, some people were led to think that God isn’t all-loving at all. For instance, if there was a plane crashed that had occurred, then the people who had missed it would be happy and grateful to God; however, what about those people who hadn’t missed it? Does this mean that God has favouritisms and only chooses certain people who he wanted to have a religious experience?

To sum it up, because of the many unexplainable things that are happening around the world, people tend to lose faith in God. But then, I say that sometimes it would be better if people would all believe in God. If God really did exist then we are lucky to know and maybe experience his gifts; but if he doesn’t exist, we lose nothing. Basically, it’s the people’s choice whether they will believe in God or not; as some say, things always happen for one reason or another.