[Dataman]

Atheism is based on wishful thinking because is has no logical foundation. The closest thing to a foundation for atheism is the weak philosophy of materialism. That fact that atheists choose not to believe in God against logic makes it wishful thinking but in a postmodern world, wishful thinking is just as valid as reasonable thinking.

Would I say the same thing about Christianty? No. When man gets to invent God, he invents gods to serve himself or even makes himself god. Jesus Christ was an historic person who worked miracles, claimed to be God, and rose from the dead which is in the realm of fact and history, not myth and wishful thinking. Although numbers alone may not be convincing, the facts surrounding Christianity must be fairly convincing since it is the largest religion in the world and none of its converts are forced at the point of a gun to remain as in Islam. Like CS Lewis said, it would be hard to explain the existence of the Christian Church if Christ were not who he claimed to be.

[Skywalk]

Why is Jesus a fact of history while Appolonius, Buddha, Krishna and Osiris are not?

You don't have any objective evidence that Jesus performed miracles, or in fact was revered or well-known by truly contemporary sources.

Please don't cite the forged passage attributed to Josephus, it's been debunked for a long time. However, there ARE contemporary sources for Appolonius(I think that's his name) and his miracle-perfoming.

And why should we not believe in Hindu gods that are described in THEIr holy texts? Zoroastrian? Buddhist(there are bodhisattvas in Mahayana?)

[GETMAIN]

The way I see it, either the existence of the God of the Bible is unprovable by human logic, or the God of the Bible is finite. I don't see how you can have it both ways, unless you're asserting that human logic is without limits.

Just to clarify, I am not implying that Christianity is a deficient system of thought because it is unprovable by human logic.