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I don't think it's illogical to assume, when we encounter a detailed language, that there is an intelligence behind it's writing. This is exactly what scientists have found, at a microscopic level, inside the living cell.


You state this, but without reference. Often people confuse complexity with intelligence. Frankly, when a volcano erupts, the aftermath is very complex, but it does not speak of a designer or an intelligence behind it. It simply shows that the eruption followed well known laws (gravity, etc).

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It is not absolute, testable proof of God (or of any religion in particular), but it certainly can be reasonably interpreted as evidence of an intelligent designer.


Not necessarily. The problem tends to be that the "unknown" gets classified as being "god's domain" when it may be nothing more than "the unknown". Just because we don't know why something is complex does not necessitate an intelligent designer. That may be one consideration, but not the only one. Look into things like quantum physics, chaos theory and the like to see other possible ideas.

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Another thing that you're missing is the idea of a claim. Prophets came with a claim that God has communicated with them. OK, there are no prophets around today, but what about the people who were around? Let's assume (just for the sake of argument) that we were around at the time of Jesus, and that he did perform the miracles mentioned in the Bible. If you had witnessed these miracles, would you believe in his claim?


That would depend. There are people that claim to be doing miracles today. Look at people like Benny Hinn. People pass out at his touch. He claims to have miraculously healed people, etc. However, I don't buy into a single one of his claims.

Secondly, concerning Jesus, a casual reading of the New Testament shows that Jesus was very well known in his day. The New Testament records that even King Herod wanted to see Jesus perform miracles, so he was known by the leadership in the nation at that time (according to the New Testament). Obviously the people in the region, Jews, Romans, Greeks, etc, were familiar with him (again, according to the New Testament). However, history is vastly void of anyone else writing about him. There are no contemporary sources citing either Jesus or his miracles. This seems odd considering how many people supposedly knew him, knew of his miracle working power and even how far up the chain of command he was known. All we really have is the New Testament's word that he did any miracles at all and that word is highly suspect.

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