Is belief or unbelief more reasonable?

[thoughtful (Valerie (non-scientist))]

@ProfBravus

This quote has been mentioned by someone else in the discussion as well.

I’d be interested to hear what you consider that evidence to be. I’m familiar with most of the common ones presented, and most are circular reasoning, in that they ‘smuggle in’ the existence of God in their premises.

If there is new and convincing evidence for the existence of God, I would be delighted to hear it.

Hi David @ProfBravus
I believe my off-hand comment there was in relation to this thread. Below were some reasons I came up with quickly. I was looking for an atheist/agnostic to give a similar list why we can determine that God does not exist or that we’re unable to determine it.

Happy to hear your thoughts as well.

@thoughtful

What’s falsifiable about Christianity?

• Existences of Jesus, Paul, Peter, John, James
• Evidence the New Testament books have been forged
• Jesus rising from the dead. One can use historical method to prove something else is likelier for the start of Christianity.
• Paul’s letters in the New Testament weren’t written by him or those churches didn’t exist in that time frame

Why is belief more plausible than unbelief?

• The universe had a beginning
• No plausible explanation of how life began other than God
• there is no more plausible explanation for the start of Christianity other than Jesus rose from the dead
• Humans have a sense of morality which points to an objective standard
• The Bible can be read in a consistent manner and historical details in them have been verified