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    Thread: Can anyone explain to me how what this poll shows happened?
Post: RE: Can anyone explain to me how what this poll sh...

Yea, I misread the poll
amateurlyinsightful Atheism 12 7238 July 7, 2012 at 6:01 pm
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

(July 6, 2012 at 4:47 am)CliveStaples Wrote: (July 6, 2012 at 2:52 am)amateurlyinsightful Wrote: Clive, in that case let's just use all the known animals with each of them having a mole on the sam...
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 July 6, 2012 at 4:37 pm
    Thread: Can anyone explain to me how what this poll shows happened?
Post: RE: Can anyone explain to me how what this poll sh...

Yea, I'll put it up tomorow. I got to sleep first. I copy & pasted this from another post of mine somewhere else, and I remember it was hard to find in the first place
amateurlyinsightful Atheism 12 7238 July 6, 2012 at 5:07 am
    Thread: Can anyone explain to me how what this poll shows happened?
Post: RE: Can anyone explain to me how what this poll sh...

The goal of a poll is supposed to be to objectively (using a science) determine something. Seeing as how Pew is up there with the best I don't see how they would try to "play" the public.
amateurlyinsightful Atheism 12 7238 July 6, 2012 at 4:38 am
    Thread: Can anyone explain to me how what this poll shows happened?
Post: Can anyone explain to me how what this poll shows ...

A Pew Poll showed that Atheists in 2007 were at 1.6%, and Jews were at 1.7%. While a 2009 Pew Poll said that Atheists in 2009 were at 5%, and Jews were at 4%. Agnostics, and no religious affiliation a...
amateurlyinsightful Atheism 12 7238 July 6, 2012 at 2:54 am
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

Clive, in that case let's just use all the known animals with each of them having a mole on the same spot. Therefore, not infinite
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 July 6, 2012 at 2:52 am
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

I think I'm going to hand in this argument as well as other atheistic arguments as an article for my school's newspaper.
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 26, 2012 at 5:48 pm
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

Cato, according to the same definition of evidence I've shown in the post you replied back to there is evidence of God to the believer, which is the people I present with this argument. Cato, I've gi...
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 24, 2012 at 9:30 pm
    Thread: Philosophical reading
Post: RE: Philosophical reading

I'm currently reading "Existentialism" by Macquarrie
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 21 8915 June 24, 2012 at 12:40 pm
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

let me rephrase my post: How is it that evidence isn't that there are other possible Gods, and therefore, God/E equals one in an infinity chance that there is god you can check the probability of som...
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 24, 2012 at 11:51 am
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

(June 22, 2012 at 9:45 pm)cato123 Wrote: (June 22, 2012 at 7:06 pm)amateurlyinsightful Wrote: I don't see what's wrong with the way I assigned the probability originally Probabily concerns reality...
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 23, 2012 at 2:57 pm
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

I don't see what's wrong with the way I assigned the probability originally
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 22, 2012 at 7:06 pm
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

What kind of data would I need?
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 22, 2012 at 6:51 pm
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

If it's not a theory of probability then it's a theory of possible probability, etc. Also, to the guy that said you can't make a statistic claiming the plausibility of God. I'm just applying the same ...
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 22, 2012 at 12:52 am
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

(June 14, 2012 at 7:25 pm)cato123 Wrote: (June 14, 2012 at 2:49 pm)amateurlyinsightful Wrote: Cato, there is a philosophical argument made my Aristotle I believe, titled "the invisible rabbit", wh...
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 15, 2012 at 6:27 am
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

Cato, there is a philosophical argument made my Aristotle I believe, titled "the invisible rabbit", which says everything has a one in an infinity chance of existing, and his argument is right, but ho...
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 14, 2012 at 2:49 pm
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

Stimbo, you caught me on that one. I meant if you use it as a proof for proof of god's existence
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 14, 2012 at 1:26 am
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

Cato, you're just a jackass. Hoppimike, I don't understand what you're saying. Anything arguments that use the holy texts as an argument is a fallacy
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 14, 2012 at 1:00 am
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

First, I'm an atheist. If you're saying you know for a hundred percent that god doesn't exist. I'd like to hear it, but I doubt any of you will even try. I'm trying to say like Richard Dawkins that "I...
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 13, 2012 at 11:51 pm
    Thread: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
Post: RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. W...

(June 13, 2012 at 11:16 pm)Stimbo Wrote: You do realise that we don't have to prove that god, gods, or deities of equal distinction don't exist, right? My favourite analogy regarding burden of proof...
amateurlyinsightful Philosophy 82 29890 June 13, 2012 at 11:21 pm