RE: A View on Atheist
June 4, 2011 at 8:53 am
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2011 at 9:06 am by Darth.)
It works like this, It's 10! (3.6 mill) If I have 10 things, an A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I and a J and then arrange them in an order. There are 10! (3.6 million) different combinations, However, this assumes that I can't use the same x twice, once it's down, its down and cannot be used again (10! is the same as 10x9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1, When i start I have a choice of 10 things, however once I've put the first one down and am ready to put the 2nd one down, there are only 9 to chose from, when I go to put the 3rd one down there are only 8...). Randomly picking 10 digits however allows for me to use the same digit twice, or three times... it doesn't matter if its already been used, allowing for 10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10x10 (10^10). Each time there are 10 choices, as the number of choices doesn't diminish at each step. The person randomly chose a 10 digit sequence, its 10^10.
Many more than "one, and likely two" people on the planet would* guess it if it were 10! btw =P
back to the point, agnosticism isn't a middle ground between theism and atheism, agnosticism concerns knowledge, atheism talks about belief.
Gnostic theism
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If you say that you think the chances of X are small, then that means you don't believe it to be true (though you concede that you don't know, you may be wrong). There might be gorgeous models right outside my door sure, but I don't believe it to be true (not that it hasn't happened before), I might be about to inherit a large sum of money, but I don't believe it to be true. When you say that the chances of something are slight, it means you don't believe it. You're confusing knowledge and belief, sure you don't know it (agnosticism) but you also don't believe it (atheism).
On that point, the deistic gods, sure I'm an agnostic atheist in regards to them. But the theistic god concepts I've been presented with, Load of baloney, internally inconsistent, logically impossible.
*statistically, none of course might, or everyone might =P
Many more than "one, and likely two" people on the planet would* guess it if it were 10! btw =P
back to the point, agnosticism isn't a middle ground between theism and atheism, agnosticism concerns knowledge, atheism talks about belief.
Gnostic theism
Agnostic theism
Agnostic atheism
Gnostic theism
If you say that you think the chances of X are small, then that means you don't believe it to be true (though you concede that you don't know, you may be wrong). There might be gorgeous models right outside my door sure, but I don't believe it to be true (not that it hasn't happened before), I might be about to inherit a large sum of money, but I don't believe it to be true. When you say that the chances of something are slight, it means you don't believe it. You're confusing knowledge and belief, sure you don't know it (agnosticism) but you also don't believe it (atheism).
On that point, the deistic gods, sure I'm an agnostic atheist in regards to them. But the theistic god concepts I've been presented with, Load of baloney, internally inconsistent, logically impossible.
*statistically, none of course might, or everyone might =P
