Here's the main difference between those who believe in a god and atheists:
Believers are content to use logic and reason to seek answers to reasonable questions but only while the conclusions support what they want and need to believe.
When logic and reason begin to return conclusions that are at odds with those beliefs, the believer generally resorts to ...
ancient or modern superstitions:
there's a reason for everything, or
this was meant to be, or
there are some things we're not supposed to know
the supernatural:
god did it, or
god has his reasons which we're not privy to, or
god moves in mysterious ways that we're not always meant to understand, or
this is god's way of testing me/us
Atheists also use reason and logic to see for answers to reasonable questions. But when those tools fail to provide reliable answers, the atheist says, "OK. I don't know ... yet!"
Superstition and the supernatural are the false refuge of those who cannot
be brave enough to not know all the answers.
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I'm not even-handed. And while I believe in 'balance' in viewpoints there are enough god-bothering sites out there for the turgid rants of the rabid. Your comment will be posted only if you mind your manners. And perhaps not even then.