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D.
The religion that makes the most falsifiable/unreasonable claim is the least valid.
Example:
Religion 1 says that the sun rises because God's chariot is pulling it across the sky.
Religion 2 says that God will bless you with happiness if you believe in Him, as he is full of love.
Religion 3 says that the God doesn't interfere with the human world or the universe for that matter, It just caused the universe to happen.
Religion 1 is the least valid, since it makes a claim that we know with good certainty to be false. Religion 2 is more nebulous, but still asserts the observable effect of a deity with human emotions on Earth - making an unsubstantiated claim that is probably man-made. Religion 3 is the most reasonable because the deity takes the role of the primordial force - an unmoved mover that sets in motions the chains of the universe. It doesn't ascribe any human characteristics to the deity and functions more as a philosophical axiom than a personal deity.
if all 3 rely on magic, are they not equally silly tho? Just because the 3rd religion's claim is less absurd doesn't mean it isn't premised on something impossible and nonsensical.
