[GunRunner]

I think that is a great explanation. Instead of just saying “God did it”, I became comfortable with just saying “I don’t know.”

[A_perfect_lady]

I realized early on that theists love these debates because in order for an atheist to defend atheism (to a theist's satisfaction) they have to be experts in neurology, quantum physics, evolutionary biology, philosophy, and psychology. Theists, however, need only have their God Did It sign and it's like a one-size fits all dress by Omar the Tentmaker.

Some of the more talkative ones will try to posit explanations for things like animal suffering or hostile climates that bloom from their deep-seated assumption that whatever makes sense to them is probably right, and that God thinks pretty much the same way they do. But no matter how they slice it, in the end it comes down to what another poster just said, "Ask God," which is usually the closest they come to admitting they don't know either.