RE: The universe existing as a byproduct of God?
June 29, 2016 at 12:02 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2016 at 12:03 pm by GrandizerII.)
(June 29, 2016 at 8:36 am)SteveII Wrote: Ah, but you failed to include evidence. What if we saw with out own eyes that such a thing happened? Or perhaps a little more subtler: that the man had no limb last month when you saw him and this month he does. Your math would be the same. The probability calculus strings together the probability of all the scenarios that would account for such a thing--including what is the probability that such a thing happened had there not been a supernatural intervention.No, the maths wouldn't be the same. The probabilities would get updated of course, and the existence of this particular god would be almost certain. But this has not happened, so we need to go with the world where R has not occurred to calculate posterior probabilities.
Quote:Related to this, the second problem is that your scenario is hypothetical when we are clearly discussing historical events that have context. I posted this in another thread
Is it merely hypothetical that no amputees have had their limbs restored to the degree I've stated? As far as you and I know, no. This is the reality thus far.
