lol, I love those arguments, '[Y]ou can't prove That God exists by looking at the bible, that's circular reasoning'... that's like saying you can't look into the white house to prove the president exists
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As a matter of course, do not take arguments from Ray Comfort. EVER!
Also, your logic is more along the lines of not being allowed to use graffiti written all over an abandoned shack in the middle of Wyoming with "The President's House" written on a plague nailed to the door as proof that the President exists.
Analogy Fail.
Does God live in the Bible? If I open it will He just start speaking to me? (Or do angels basically act as the Secret Service and tackle me before I can reach God?)
Besides, we have plenty of concrete, empirical evidence that the president exists even if we haven't seen him in person. The same simply cannot be said for God. If someone asked me to show them that the president existed but that I couldn't show them the inside of the White House, I'd look at them like they were mad. Because the inside of the White Houes really isn't very good evidence that the president exists. (Besides, I am not going to pay for a trip across the country and back to show you the inside of the White House. That would be stupid.)
You can see the president on TV, listen to what the president has said on the radio, read about what he's doing in the newspaper. You can find photos. You can find people who've seen him in person. You can pick up a book on American History and learn about the office that the president holds to put it all in context if you want.
The president is a human being, and we know human beings exist for a fact. We cannot say the same for any sort of supernatural being.
This analogy simply fails in every way possible.
Yet another bad comparision
Here's the actual connection in your logic:
You really can't prove the president exists until dozens of people who don't know him write about him
No, it's more like saying you can't look into a book of dubious credibility about the White House to prove the president exists when there is no empirical evidence or peer-reviewed research suggesting such a person does exist.
But you wouldn't understand why doing that would be wrong, would you?
Well, of course you can prove that god exists by looking in the bible only!
But the only thing you are proving that way is: God exists indeed, but only IN the bible.
Of course does God exist. As a cultural icon. And nothing else, if I may add. Try to find any evidence for god outside the bible, other "holy" texts or other cultural products like paintings etc. People tried, and failed miserably. And this makes the difference to the US president: The US president exists outside the constitution. There are tons of evidence for a US president. I've even seen a president with my own eyes (from some distance when he gave a public speech). There is NO evidence for a real god (a god which is not a fictional character)
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