Do things happen for a reason?

[Alan V]

Everything. Every single event in history: deaths, births, murders, wars, marriages, people etc. Did it happen this way for a reason? I just find it interesting because we can't change history, so you're born into whatever you're born into, and I want to know why.

I think you are confusing reasons and causes. Everything may have a cause but not everything has a reason. Reasons assume a consciousness behind events capable of reasoning and acting on such reasoning. Theists typically think God has reasons for everything, although they can't demonstrate it. Atheists typically think people may or may not have reasons for doing what they do. Some atheists are determinists and believe even reasons are reducible to causes.

Your religious beliefs cause you to ask questions like this. There is no reason for atheists to adopt your assumptions.