Leonardo said:

mrbenja0618 said:

[Dissertation about the Grand Canyon]

Yeah, but you really can't compare a finite hole in the ground (no matter how big) to an infinite Deity, can you? Even if you never ever ever leave the house, you're still going to somehow have the experience of a hole in the ground.

However, I still think it's impossible to disprove God's existence.

You don't know everything either. I could even ask if you know half of everything, and you would probably tell me no. You couldn't know half of everything, just like I couldn't. But let's just say for the sake of discussion that you do know half of everything. But, alas, you still do not know everything, so I ask you. Is it possible that this Jesus/God/Heaven thing could exist on the other half of the stuff you haven't learned yet?

I'll tell you, I don't know a quarter of everything. But to use a poker analogy, if I may, by looking at the cards I have in my hand, I can tell you, I'm pretty sure the rest of the deck is cards. There's not gonna be a blue whale in it.

Yes, but in that case, you already have experience with decks of cards and know that the rest of the deck will also consist of cards. If you are given two chests of unknown objects, and look in one, but only get a glimpse of the contents of the other, you won't be able to say whether or not the second chest contained certain objects or not. Some people, however, may have opened both chests (or just the second one) and told you the contents (and others may have repeated it based on the testimony of those who actually saw the contents). You could believe it, or you could disbelieve it, not having seen it for yourself.

Still an imperfect analogy, but somewhat more accurate.