Does a God exist?

[Angrboda]

You have plenty of reason to doubt that the miracles in the NT happened, you just choose not to exercise those reasons with regard to the NT.  You doubt that Joseph Smith talked to an angel.  You doubt that Mohammed did likewise.  You choose not to exercise those doubts with respect to the NT.  That makes you guilty of special pleading and your conclusions are therefore not reliable.  You treat the truth claims of the NT differently than you do other truth claims.  That's simply being biased.

Sure, I was raised in a Christian home. My father was/is a pastor in fact. There was never really a time I did not believe what I was told. 

However, decades later, I see no reason to stop believing what I believed back then for other reasons. It is not special pleading because there are compelling reasons to reject Smith's and Mohammad's claims and they do not have to do with whether miracles happened or not. I treat the NT claims differently because they are different.

How are the NT claims significantly different than those of the Quran or the hadith?

BTW, I have read the Richard Carrier article previously. I looked up the 3 "major evidence" individuals and did not see more than a few similarities to Jesus or the foundations of Christianity. Looking those people up independently shows how Carrier was stretching to make a point.

If you think his point was that these individuals resembled Christian narratives beyond the point that both involve incredible claims of miracles and other incredible acts, then I think you must have approached his article with a great deal of bias. It appears you missed his point completely.