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Products of Chance
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RE: Products of Chance
(September 17, 2012 at 7:50 pm)Reasonable_Jeff Wrote: I've heard atheists say,

“I believe that the universe was created out of nothing by chance.”

But chance can’t create anything. It’s a word that we use to describe or talk about probabilities. If I flip a coin the chances of it landing heads up if flipped (assuming it doesn’t land on its side) is 50%. But if it does land heads up, chance didn't "cause" it to flip, I did. "Chance" doesn't stand in casual relation to things.

“Chance” as the cause of the universe seems silly.

What do you guys think?

You haven't heard of chaos theory, have you?
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Products of Chance - by Reasonable_Jeff - September 17, 2012 at 7:50 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Ben Davis - September 17, 2012 at 7:59 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by System of Solace - September 17, 2012 at 8:06 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by IATIA - September 17, 2012 at 8:06 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Vincenzo Vinny G. - September 17, 2012 at 8:41 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by jonb - September 17, 2012 at 9:15 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by genkaus - September 18, 2012 at 3:01 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Norfolk And Chance - September 18, 2012 at 8:02 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Faith No More - September 17, 2012 at 9:03 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by TaraJo - September 17, 2012 at 9:05 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by System of Solace - September 17, 2012 at 9:06 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by TaraJo - September 17, 2012 at 9:46 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Minimalist - September 17, 2012 at 9:46 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Whateverist - September 18, 2012 at 4:17 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by MysticKnight - September 18, 2012 at 5:48 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Dumac Dwarfking - September 18, 2012 at 1:37 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Lion IRC - September 18, 2012 at 2:44 am
RE: Products of Chance - by FallentoReason - September 18, 2012 at 2:53 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Lion IRC - September 18, 2012 at 3:00 am
RE: Products of Chance - by FallentoReason - September 18, 2012 at 9:52 am
RE: Products of Chance - by genkaus - September 18, 2012 at 3:00 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Cyberman - September 18, 2012 at 7:01 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Reasonable_Jeff - September 18, 2012 at 10:47 am
RE: Products of Chance - by TaraJo - September 18, 2012 at 11:05 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Tobie - September 18, 2012 at 6:01 am
RE: Products of Chance - by The Grand Nudger - September 18, 2012 at 10:52 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Violet - September 18, 2012 at 11:30 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Reasonable_Jeff - September 18, 2012 at 12:03 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Violet - September 18, 2012 at 3:31 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Mister Agenda - September 18, 2012 at 2:02 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Faith No More - September 18, 2012 at 2:50 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Haydn - September 18, 2012 at 4:00 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Reforged - September 18, 2012 at 6:03 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Lion IRC - September 19, 2012 at 2:36 am
RE: Products of Chance - by genkaus - September 19, 2012 at 3:35 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Tobie - September 19, 2012 at 4:09 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Reforged - September 19, 2012 at 7:44 am
RE: Products of Chance - by Mister Agenda - September 26, 2012 at 4:55 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Zen Badger - September 19, 2012 at 5:34 am
RE: Products of Chance - by pocaracas - September 19, 2012 at 6:20 am
RE: Products of Chance - by downbeatplumb - September 19, 2012 at 6:13 am
RE: Products of Chance - by jonb - September 19, 2012 at 7:30 am
RE: Products of Chance - by CapnAwesome - September 26, 2012 at 4:23 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Whatkins - September 26, 2012 at 4:38 pm
RE: Products of Chance - by Darkstar - September 26, 2012 at 5:08 pm

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