The Bible is not evidence for God

"Why is the Bible good evidence. I'm very disappointed that you did not explain why it is." The bible is good evidence because it is filled with stories about God. The debate heading only says " The Bible is not evidence for God" I am saying it is definitely evidence of the character named God because anyone can easily see a character by that name is in the stories. I am not claiming the character is real. You did not specify the character in the debate title had to be perceived as real. You did not specify which God you were talking about or whether you were talking about a mythical God or a real God. We can only presume you were talking about the God in the bible. I perceive that character to be a myth and the evidence of the mythical character is in the stories themselves just like evidence of any mythical character is in the stories about the character. The bible is a story book and the evidence of its own stories is found within it. It is the best evidence of it's own stories that you will find. God happens to be a character in the book and the book itself is evidence of that. No one can deny it. If the bible is not evidence of the characters it contains what in your opinion would be better evidence of stories about a mythical God ? "In order to believe in Santa, you have to have prove he exists. You can believe in things without proof, but that is a different topic." I used the example of santa to explain that God exists as a myth in stories in the same way Santa exists as a myth in stories . It is an existing concept regardless of whether the character is real or not. You do not need to prove that a mythical character exists in reality for people to believe in the concept. Gullible people simply believe what they are told. For example, the whole world believes in Santa in a way because people dress up like Santa and keep the myth of Santa going through the generations. They might not believe the character is real but they still believe in the concept. If they did not, they would not pretend to be Santa. "So your saying if I told you a story about a dragon that lived in a cave in my yard, that story would provide enough logical evidence to prove that dragon's existence? What kind of logic is that?" No I am not saying a story about a mythical dragon proves the dragon is real. I am saying the story proves the story is real. A book proves the book is real. Written words prove the written words are real. The existence of a story proves a story exists. The story does not need to be true in order to exist. Myths obviously exist. That does not make the characters in the myths real and does not mean they come alive in reality. All it means is that they exist in fantasy land. If you tell me a good story it is proof that you have a great imagination and can tell a good story. The characters in the story exist in your imagination. If they don't exist there where did you find them? " And did you just call your god imaginary? By the way your god's name is Yahweh, not God. But call him whatever you'd like."" You presume I am talking about "my" God. What makes you think the bible character is my God? The character in the bible does not need to be my God in order for me to acknowledge the character exists in the fictional stories. I do not worship that character in the bible stories but I do not deny the character exists in the stories either. Fictional characters obviously do exist in fiction. "Not to exist, no. But to be taken seriously, yes. You must believe that Christoper Columbus rode a magical dolphin to find the New World." What Columbus used to find the "new world" is irrelevant to the discoveries he made. If an observer described his ship or vehicle as "a magic dolphin" because that's what it looked like to them and it was the best way they could describe it, does that mean Columbus discovered nothing at all because the described vehicle is not perceived to exist in reality? Is the concept of Santa taken seriously by this world in spite of Santa not existing in reality? It certainly is when you look the millions of dollars made by the businesses who push the idea of Santa at Xmas time in order to profit from it. "Yes, imaginary figures that have not been proven to exist only exists in your mind." Thank you for conceding that imaginary characters do exist even if just in people minds. Do you also concede that the bible is evidence of what existed in the writers minds at the time of writing? Why do you insist that anyone needs to prove the accuracy of a myth when you know that no myth is an accurate historical fact in the first place? Your own logic appears to be confused. It is illogical to ask anyone to prove a mythical character exists as a real person, especially when you have agreed the character is mythical and only exists in the imagination of people. It appears that you are confusing fact and fiction. You are trying to get someone to prove a mythical character is real. If you dress up as Santa and tell people you are Santa does that make Santa real? It does in the perception of those who believe you are Santa. It doesn't in the perception of those who understand you are only play acting. Separating fact from fiction is not hard when you understand invisible friends do not exist in reality. Greek mythology and all other kinds of mythology is still followed by those who like to believe gods exist. Jesus became a God to the Jews and Greeks who decided the character Jesus was God. Many Greeks today are Christians who follow the mythical God of the bible and believe he exists. All they have done is swap past myths for more modern myths. It is called upgrading. Some call it progress. Some call it recycling. Based on my reasoning, I believe every god and every mythological creature in allegorical stories are fictional. You are totally misinterpreting my logic. I hope this reply has enlightened you a bit more ton the way I think. "You still have not prove to me that your holy book is true." Why do I need to prove the bible is historically accurate? I do not perceive the bible to be a holy book and I do not perceive it to be a historically accurate document. I perceive it to be a collection of allegories and parables which contain mythical characters. Nothing in the title or OP causes me to presume your opposition was required to believe it is an accurate historical document which proves the existence of a historically accurate character. To expect anyone to prove the historical existence of a mythical character is an unreasonable expectation. The bible is obviously not a historical document. People who wish to record historically accurate documents do not place talking serpents and talking donkeys and dragons with seven heads into those historically accurate documents. Any one who understands anything about literature can easily see it is not historically accurate but is rather an allegorical and poetic work of art. A myth does not need to be a historically accurate document to convey a truth or be evidence of the mythical characters within it. For example you can convey the truth that children should be wary of strangers by telling a story using talking animals. The fact that animals cannot talk in reality does not take away from the truth of the message. The bible is a compilation of allegorical stories and poetry. Proof of any of its mythical characters are within the book itself. The debate heading is basically saying that a mythical story book is not evidence of what is written in its own pages. I say it is the best evidence there is of the stories contained in it and the characters in the stories. If the stories themselves are not good enough evidence of the myths within them, what other evidence do you need? Any mythical book is evidence of itself and also of the mythical characters within it. It is illogical to ask anyone to prove that a myth is a historically accurate document or that the characters in the myth are real. The concept of God obviously exists in this world and is very real even if the character is mythical. The religions which worship God are enough proof of that fact. Much money is made by the concept and spent on building fancy buildings so believers can worship their idols in luxury. The bible, a compilation of mythical stories, is evidence that the myth named God exists. The fact that many people worship a myth named God is evidenced in the traditions of religions. Whatever they worship exists in their own minds even if they do not perceive it as a myth. The myth of God continues to exist in the same way the myth of Santa continues to exist.