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A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
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RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think?
(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. Probability attempts to calculate the odds/chance that a certain outcome will arrive based on known inputs and known mechanisms. You misused probabilty by invoking unknown inputs (creators of any sort) and ignored the creation method; therefore, your probability is meaningless.

Take the often used example of rolling a die (cube). The input is the die and its characteristics. The mechanism/process is the person rolling the die. We know there are six potential outcomes. The probability of rolling any one of the six is 1/6. We can then get fancy and figure the probability of rolling a certain number with a certain number of rolls.

This methodology cannot apply to non-existents. This is what is wrong with your assignment of probability to imagined creators. No input and no mechanism.
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RE: A One In An infinity Chance That God Exists. What Do You Guys Think? - by Cato - June 22, 2012 at 9:45 pm

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