Here is why you should believe in God.

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Well.... there we have it.  Good Reason™ has nothing to do with valid logic or sound propositions.

I don't think that you're going to get far with that one.

"broken handles and smashed glasses therefore burglar" isn't a sound proposition either. Yet we go with it. That's the point of the whole post.

Bottom line, atheists, and yourself, can think straight all day long until the god question comes up;

Here's what has always amused me about the Abrahamic religions.

First, the Jews invented a religion in which the god was wrathful, vicious, and, let's face it, a right prick.

Then the Christians grabbed it, tossed out the Old Testament (except where it's convenient for their agenda), wrote the New Testament to include a more "loving" god (though still a self absorbed, sexist, bigoted piece of shit), based around a carpenter who probably didn't exist but, according to them, fulfilled all the OT prophecies.  Though the Jews said he didn't and they ARE their prophecies, after all.

And since this mythical carpenter was nailed up, it's lead to 2,000 years of persecution against the Jews even though they were, according to the myth, following God's will when it happened, and the aforementioned carpenter WAS here as a sacrifice because this perfect deity fucked up again (see Garden of Eden, Noah's Ark, etc. etc...).

Then around 1,500 years ago God decided "third time lucky, huh?" and tapped some illiterate peasant on the same region (notice a pattern here?) as his prophet and said, "just write some fantastical bullshit, add some fancy phrasing, then get some followers and go and put everyone who doesn't follow you to the sword.  You can still treat women like shit though! Oh, and scrub that bit about the carpenter being my son.  Ungrateful little bastard!"

And billions still believe it!

Where are your peer reviewed papers in some history of religions journal? I suggest you keep your stereotypical, and ignorant, interpretations of the prophets' messages to yourself. Just say it, you are a blind adept of scientism, and can't have a nuanced opinion about anything related to religion.