Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: December 9, 2024, 10:29 am

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Bus ad doesn't make sense.
#13
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense.
(August 10, 2009 at 8:48 am)The_Truth Wrote: I just saw a website that is discussing a Bus ad that reads, "God is probably not there, so go ahead and enjoy your life". Do you realize the word "probably" can be mistaken and inaccurate? Probably means "more than likely", but I've known tons of people who have said (probably) and they ended up being dead wrong. The word "probably" only comes from a person that is unsure of themself.
If someone says "probably", you are quite correct in saying that they mean "more than likely". However to say that only people who are unsure say this is incorrect. Firstly, it matters not that people who say "probably" can be wrong. "Probably" is a measure of probability, and many things can go against the odds. I could say "it'll probably not rain tomorrow" since it is summer and it rarely rains during August here, but this is England. I'm not going to make an assertion of knowledge when I have no knowledge of future events.

Secondly, "unsure of themself" has nothing to do with it. Since these issues are of knowledge that man cannot possibly possess (of godly beings), I am not going to make a statement of knowledge on gods. I will make a statement of belief, and I will make a statement of probability, but not knowledge.
Quote:Probably is only used when a person is uncertain. Atheists claim "they don't believe in God", but they will endorse a bus ad that says "God is probably not there". Atheists go from one extreme to the next.

In one argument, atheists say 'God doesn't exist', but then they turn around and say "God probably doesn't exist".
which one is it?
How you got "god doesn't exist" from "they don't believe in God" is quite beyond me. The first is an obvious statement of knowledge, whilst the second (from which you produce the first) is a statement of belief, saying nothing of knowledge.
Reply



Messages In This Thread
Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by The_Truth - August 10, 2009 at 8:48 am
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by Kyuuketsuki - August 10, 2009 at 9:03 am
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by The_Truth - August 10, 2009 at 9:13 am
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by Kyuuketsuki - August 10, 2009 at 9:51 am
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by The_Truth - August 10, 2009 at 11:40 am
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by leo-rcc - August 10, 2009 at 12:26 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by LukeMC - August 10, 2009 at 12:37 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by thornweaver - August 10, 2009 at 12:48 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by Kyuuketsuki - August 10, 2009 at 2:48 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by Edwardo Piet - August 10, 2009 at 9:06 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by leo-rcc - August 10, 2009 at 11:39 am
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by Samson - August 10, 2009 at 3:06 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by Demonaura - August 10, 2009 at 3:24 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by Tiberius - August 10, 2009 at 4:21 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by Dotard - August 10, 2009 at 11:08 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by Rhizomorph13 - August 10, 2009 at 11:19 pm
RE: Bus ad doesn't make sense. - by padraic - August 11, 2009 at 1:48 am

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  My god doesn't owe you an explaination! T.J. 22 2886 November 29, 2021 at 5:38 pm
Last Post: Brian37
  Prophecy doesn't make sense zwanzig 26 3704 March 12, 2021 at 1:51 pm
Last Post: Mister Agenda
  God doesn't love you-or does He? yragnitup 24 5550 January 24, 2019 at 1:36 pm
Last Post: deanabiepepler
  Lets say that tomorow it will be proven that God doesn't exist , religion will fade , notimportant1234 54 12922 October 28, 2017 at 2:58 pm
Last Post: LastPoet
  If there are no gods, doesn't making one's self a god make one a theist? Silver 13 4154 May 26, 2017 at 5:28 pm
Last Post: TheoneandonlytrueGod
  Why doesn't hell in Islam and Christianity have Cold as torture? Spixri 33 10298 April 7, 2017 at 10:05 am
Last Post: WinterHold
  Why doesn't religion ever get a product recall? ignoramus 17 3357 February 22, 2017 at 3:41 pm
Last Post: Mr Greene
  11 reasons god doesn't exist. Braveheart 43 74866 November 30, 2016 at 9:47 am
Last Post: Cyrinistar
  why doesn't your deity protect my free will? ReptilianPeon 20 5787 July 8, 2015 at 3:21 am
Last Post: Longhorn
  Religion makes sense Mystic 45 11141 July 2, 2015 at 3:16 pm
Last Post: Thumpalumpacus



Users browsing this thread: 2 Guest(s)