But you've said that the Bible is the inerrant WORD of God. By examining it I can learn all I need to know about God. Well, then the god of the Bible does not exist.
For instance. Something cannot both be seen and not be seen. That's a contradiction. Yet:
God CAN be seen:
"And I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my backparts." (Exodus 33:23)
"And the Lord spake to Moses face to face, as a man speaketh to his friend." (Exodus 33:11)
"For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." (Genesis 32:30)
Then, God CANNOT be seen:
"No man hath seen God at any time." (John 1:18)
"And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man see me and live." (Exodus 33:20)
"Whom no man hath seen nor can see." (1 Timothy 6:16)
Or, God does NOT change:
Malachi 3:6
For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1 Samuel 15:29
And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
But then, God DOES change:
Jonah 3:10
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Genesis 6:6
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
I'm sorry... this "being" cannot exist. It is a contradiction. I know, I know... you guys have apologized your way out of it. Ok... that's great for you. But if you LITERALLY read the book and LITERALLY expect it to be true then god LITERALLY cannot exist.
That, or by your logic, since we haven't looked in every possible nook and cranny Thor also cannot be said to not exist. Allah cannot be said to not exist. Every god that has ever been worshiped from the beginning of time until now cannot be said to not exist. They all have just as strong a claim to existence as your deity.
Dude, you don't believe in about a million gods. I don't believe in a million and one. Really, you want to argue about .000001%?