What Would It Take To Be Convinced?

[Pyrrho]

I have demonstrated that if there were a god who wanted to convince people of its existence, it would be possible to do a vastly better job of it than any god has done.  The fact that stories of miracles are typically done in remote regions, or in private, or among primitive savages, strongly suggests that the stories are just bullshit.  And so when we conclude that the miracle stories of the Bible are bullshit, we are reasoning well.

You might be if all the miracles of the Bible were done in remote regions, or in private, or among primitive savages. But, that's not the case.
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Israel was a primitive, barbaric backwater.  So all of the miracle stories happened among savages.  (As for the supposed Old Testament miracles among the Egyptians, the archaeological evidence tells us that the Israelites were never enslaved en mass by them, nor did the many thousands of Israelites wander the desert for 40 years.  So even parts of the Bible that are not miraculous are known to be pure bullshit.)

Also, think about the various stories.  For example, Jesus' appearances after he came back from the dead.  Even according to the story, he hid from the authorities.  If it had been a real resurrection, going public with the Romans would have been much more convincing, than just appearing to his followers, who had a motive to lie and make up such a story.  So what we have is an unsubstantiated story, from interested parties who have a motive for spreading such tales, with no independent corroboration.  No reasonable person believes such tales.  You don't, under the same conditions for any other religion, toward which you are not favorably biassed.