They still have to explain what their factual basis is for their beliefs though. Lack of evidence doesn’t mean non-existence. What if God wants people to believe in Him without having to see Him personally?
How do they explain the atheists who have never set foot in churches, never had any Christian upbringing, that have had been clinically dead, and are revived after brain death, and recount being in the most awful place they’ve ever been, with fire and heat and pain and seeing others there in pain and torment? And that talking with others realize that the place they actually went to, was Hell?
Although God’s motives for what He does and His ultimate plan are far beyond our comprehension (eg explaining the nuances of nuclear fusion to an ant)I suspect the reason God does not reveal Himself with 100% certainty is because faith in Christ is necessary for salvation and blatant facts take no faith to believe. That’s basically the premise behind the “read the book and you’re damned” theme.
Perhaps God sees fit to reveal small portions of the greater plan to specific people (such as revealing Hell to an atheist and then reviving them) in order to aid people’s struggling faith? Whatever reason it is, I’m sure it’s much more complex and intricate than one could possibly understand.
What if God punishes faith, and only rewards skepticism? We can play "what if" all day...
How do they explain the atheists who have never set foot in churches, never had any Christian upbringing, that have had been clinically dead, and are revived after brain death, and recount being in the most awful place they’ve ever been, with fire and heat and pain and seeing others there in pain and torment? And that talking with others realize that the place they actually went to, was Hell?
They would explains it the following manner:
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/keith_augustine/HNDEs.html