(March 20, 2016 at 4:43 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(March 13, 2016 at 2:25 pm)little_monkey Wrote: To calculate any probability, you need to know how many different outcomes there are and the probability of each outcome. That's ok if you toss a coin or roll a pair of dice. But for god? I don't think you can say 50% he exists, 50 % he doesn't.God is (fill in the blank as it pleases you).
Bacteria is a complex system, but I think we can solve this puzzle. A lot of the pieces have been discovered, and I believe it is just a matter of time before a team of scientists can put the right configuration of molecules to turn a pile of dirt into a living organism. OTOH, who knows what is the nature of God? If you know someone, please kindly advise.
If you fill in the blank with something to which the principle of probability can be applied, then you're in business.
And that's a huge problem to fill in the blanks - what is a god? what is his nature? Philosophers as way back as the Greeks were pondering on that and found many perplexing contradictions. So one can speculate eternally about the nature of god, but the bottom line is that the whole debate around that issue leaves us in a quandary. And as far as applying probability, you have no place to start from.