miracles occur, but almost never to atheists

First of all, there are no "scientifically inexplicable" events that happen. Lack of knowledge of the event, its cause and/ or effect does not presuppose that the even is " scientifically inexplicable." That would the synonymous to the "god of the gaps" notion, in other words labeling ignorance god.However, for the purpose of this debate I will show that events viewed through the lens of the of a believer, with acceptance of miraculous events as being plausible, happen to everyone including atheists. In my proofs show that these events are not in fact miracles, they are simply a lack of understanding of the event, this is unavoidable in order to show these miracles are cited and documented. I will note here that atheists will obviously not call something a miracle (except when using the term colloquially) simply because by nature an atheists does not accept miracles as fact or reason and thus they are not plausible.In this debate I would ask that the burden of proof be shared. I will have to prove that things that (seen through religious eyes) are miraculous also happen to atheists. I would also ask that Pro show proof that miracles as defined below happen to theists.Definitions: (Since CON did not propose definitions I will impose them)Miracle: An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God.Atheist: A person who is a non-believer, has no religious affiliationAccording to recent polls roughly 20%[1] of Americans have no religious affiliation (being atheist, agnostic or have no beliefs in particular). Using this figure as a basis for the globe, if I am granted some latitude (as a worldwide recent poll was not found from a credible source in my search) we can make a reasonable assumption that worldwide, there is anywhere from 10-20% of non believers, conservatively.Example 1:I borrow from Pro, "someone can see with no retinas even though this seems scientifically impossible." Based on the above figure I would like to relate to a story of a group of 32 individuals.Across the world 32 people that suffer from a disease called retinitis pigmentosa are chosen. This is a disease causing blindness from destruction of the retinas and for all intensive purposes these people have no retinas. These 32 people were constantly looking for help for their ailments. Wise men found these people and offered a cure. From their healing hands they crafted the gift of sight and delivered, as if from god the cure for their ailment. Many were joyus and some thanked god for this gift. Based on your example of a miracle, this is a miracle!With the 10-20% statistic, between three to six people in this group are atheists. So this miracle (more than likely) did happen to atheists!Example 2:Continuing with the theme of curing the blind:A man had been blind since childhood meets by chance a wise man. The wise man looks at the ailments of the man and proceeds to take from the man his essence. With skilled hands he shapes a cure from the man’s own bodily materials, as the lord crafted Eve from the rib of Adam. The wise man puts the cure into the man’s eyes, as Jesus did in Bethsaida. In a flood of light the man’s sight had been restored! What was once lost in childhood has now been miraculously regained! The same thing can, and has been done to many more with his similar ailments, as this is a known procedure amongst the wise men of our times. Again, with the above miracle and the 10-20% statistic, we can conclude that these miracle cures for the blind are also being received by atheists as well.Debunking the Miracles: (Do not read if you would like to continue thinking that miracles are “scientifically inexplicable” )For the first example, the wise men were a group scientists in different fields. The scientist’s implanted a device that acts as an artificial retina, artificial because it is electronic, thus they still did not have working biological retinas. To someone who does not understand science, this would appear to be inexplicable. To someone hearing the story as I told it above it would be a miracle! [2]Second Example, the wise man was an ophthalmologist. The man’s essence was stems cells and this healed the damaged portions of his eyes. You can read more of his story in Crashing Through: A True Story of Risk, Adventure and the Man Who Dared to See [3][1] http://www.pewforum.org...[2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk...[3] http://current.com...