It is not reasonable to believe in God

First off, I would like to say this to the voters. Please read the entire argument before voting instead of reading the topic and voting on the concept. That aside, here we go You said "God is here defined as a personal, supernatural creator of the universe" All right, we'll start there, with the creation of the universe. There are only three ways the universe got here. 1) The universe has always existed 2) The universe created itself 3) The universe was created by someone outside of the universe Now lets look at these deeper. 1) The universe has always existed This option has been utterly rejected by the scientific community. The motion of the galaxies, the background radiation echo, and other evidences all overwhelmingly point to the fact that the universe sprang into action at one point in time. The earth has been degenerating and it will have an end, therefore, it must have had a beginning. It is not eternal. Stephen Hawking, the very popular and immensely respected agnostic astronomer from Cambridge University, agrees. He says, "Almost everyone believes that the universe, and time itself, had a beginning." That's interesting, that's exactly what the Bible says Genesis 1:1 In the BEGINNING God created the Heavens and the earth 2) The universe created itself This is philosophically impossible. Of course, before the universe existed it would not have been around to do the creating. Obviously, a non-existent universe could not have done anything! It did not exist. We all know that nothing can not do anything. Nothing is just that Nothing. It (if we could even call nothing an it) cannot see, smell, act think, or create. The impossibility of something creating itself is in harmony with a basic law of physics called "The Law of Conservation." If you've ever had a physics class you'll recall this. It states: "From nothing, comes nothing." This is a scientific law that has been written in stone. Why? There has never been a single observed instance in which this law has been violated. Even David Hume (1711 – 1776), one of the most zealous skeptics of Christianity ever, agreed that things don't just pop themselves into existence. In 1754, he wrote, "I never asserted so absurd a proposition as that anything might arise without a cause ." So option 1 and option 2 are out, that leaves only one more, someone outside of the universe (i.e. God) created it. Let's imagine I have a painting. Question: When you see a painting, what proof do you need to establish the fact that a painter exists? Nothing besides the painting itself. The painting itself is absolute proof that there was a painter. You do not need to see the painter to believe that he or she exists. The painting is all the evidence you need. The painting would not be there if the painter did not exist; and so it is with the universe. The existence of the universe [a giant painting if you will] itself proves absolutely that there is a creator. I have more reasons to believe that there is a God, and I will address them in the next round. But I will leave with this. If we knew everything about God, there would be no room for faith. We can't be put on the same level of intelligence as God. John 20:29 (NLT) "You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who haven't seen me and believe anyway.