(April 27, 2013 at 6:16 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: You make a decision on faith when faced with an existential choice between two apparently equally and plausible paths: belief or atheism. Each has costs and benefits. Nevertheless, the initial choice is irrational. And it is from the chosen position that a person reasons.
You make it sound like the chances are 50/50, either there is a god or there isn't.
But this is like saying your chances of winning the lottery are 50/50, either you'll win or you wont.
This is obviously rubbish.
God is such an unlikely thing to exist that it does not equate to the "not god" view of the universe which is supported by every single piece of verified science.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
