RE: Would you be an atheist if science and reason wasn't supportive of atheism?
December 5, 2012 at 9:00 pm
(This post was last modified: December 5, 2012 at 9:01 pm by Darkstar.)
(December 5, 2012 at 5:42 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote:(December 5, 2012 at 4:43 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Wrong. This is only valid if Bob's ticket is the only ticket in existence.
EXACTLY!
The universe having a 1:1 chance of coming into being if this universe is the ONLY POSSIBLE UNIVERSE THAT CAN COME INTO BEING.
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AND no other state of being can occur. Ie, there cannot even be a state of being where there isn't a universe. I don't think Rhythm's position meets this criteria.
I think you misunderstood. Taking the one ticket (one chance at making a universe) and saying that it is impossibly unlikely for it to win (universe arising by chance) is illogical when you have already seen that it is a winning ticket.