Does a God exist?

[Pat Mustard]

Ok... What makes you think any of that actually happened?

I choose to believe that the authors of the NT were truthful in what they wrote and that the core content was not changed at a later date--both evidenced by the existence of a growing church as little as 15-20 years after Jesus' death. I would expect to see minor contradictions and minor transcribing errors. I believe the life and death of Jesus is one of the most attested to events in ancient history. 

I also believe the denial of the above consists mainly of a belief that miracles do not happen. This is a circular argument because you are asking for evidence that God exists and then say, well, you can't use miracles because...God does not exist.

Jim Jones' cult was a "growing church" until he liquidated it all. Mormonism is a "growing church". How come you believe neither are right, especially seeing as they fit the criteria you give in your post for a justified belief?