If you were ever a theist...

[Catholic_Lady]

Do you have an example of paper coming out of someone's foot?  

No?  Instead the only 'supernatural' experiences are "God helped me find my car keys!"  "God helped me find a job!"  "God did all sorts of stuff that have many other explanations"

I like how theists make all kinds of assumptions about Atheists.  Do you really think none of us ever believed that God did things?  My husband used to believe that God spoke to everyone.  He felt that God did it in the only way he could.  When I told him I was an atheist, we'd sometimes discuss god, and any objections I brought up, he'd say that god wasn't some wizard, and that it took him millions of years to create the earth (He believed that six days mean Six of God's days, and not six earth days).  He really believed that God talked to people, and that he tried helping people in the way he could.  What got him to turn to Atheism was when I brought up that his idea of god was nothing like the bible's idea of God.  And that his idea of god had no backing.  I wasn't trying to convert him.  We'd just discuss it sometimes.  That's when he said he never considered that.    He long believed that god talked to people.  But that was more hope than fact.  

I think some theists never really ask themselves questions about their own beliefs.  Like with my husband when he was a Christian, I'd ask him questions about Noah's ark, and he never had any answers.  He was honest, at least.  He'd tell me he never really gave it much thought about how many animals there would have to be on the ark, or that Noah would have to take care of the animals, or why there's no evidence of Kangaroos ever being anywhere other than Australia.  I should note that I asked him questions because I was less sure of my (lack of) belief than I am now.  I wanted to find out if there was a god.  Because I had trouble believing.  Now I'm comfortable not believing because of lack of evidence.  What most theists call evidence isn't really evidence, and the examples given are comparable at all.  I mean paper coming out of someone's foot?  Call me when that actually happens.

The thing is though, you're making assumptions too. On this very post.