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Re: Overcoming accusations of circular reasoning.
An atheist may say we are being circular when we say things like "The Bible says some X"; therefore that X proves the Bible is true". No actual proof is presented in such speech. To be circular in one's reasoning is to always circle back to the premise of an argument to prove the validity of the conclusion. It's very related to begging the question, or petitio principe.
It is a logical fallacy that needs to be avoided.
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