Probability of God's existence → zero
April 26, 2010 at 4:05 am
(This post was last modified: April 26, 2010 at 5:21 am by Fluké.)
This is concerned with the probability of one single entity possessing the various Monotheist Abrahamic qualities God must need to have.
Which monotheist God am I referring to? There should be one God, but there are, in fact, several monotheist Gods. Thus, we could at this point determined how likely it is that God is the Christian version. He could be Jewish, Islamic, Sikh and all other versions ... But even if he was the Christian God, would he be the Lutheran God or the Anglican, Catholic, Maronite, Coptic or Methodist God (to name a few). So the chances that he is (1) a Christian God and then (2) a particular sect of Christianity is a small chance.
- However, the main bulk of the thread lies here.
God is simply a word used to denote the concurrent existence a set of qualities. The main ones are below:
* Omnipotence
* Omniscience
* Omnipresence
* Morality
* Purpose giver
* Our creator
There can only be one omnipotent entity, as by definition it won't be able to exercise its power over another omnipotent entity. So in the entire universe there can only be one truly omnipotent entity out of the millions of millions of millions of other entities. So the chance of a single entity in the whole universe is infinitesimal. The inverse of all the billions of entities in the universe. The existence of a single most powerful entity and (at the same time) the most moral (or absolutely perfect) are independent qualities, as are the rest. That means it would require an infinitesimal chance with an infinitesimal chance. To add to the growing infinitesimal chance, we would have to consider the probability of the existence of an entity that is omniscient, omnipresent, our creator, our purpose-giver, and not even mentioning an eternal entity! That is, in effect, an infinitesimal chance raised to the power of as many qualities as you define in God.
We can now say that there is a very infinitesimal chance that God exists. An absolutely infinitesimal chance can be ignored and rounded to zero as not being statistically significant.
The chance of a plane falling out of the sky and falling on me the next time I leave the house, is infinitesimal. For all intents and purposes, we round it to zero!
So practically speaking, there is zero chance of God's existence.
Which monotheist God am I referring to? There should be one God, but there are, in fact, several monotheist Gods. Thus, we could at this point determined how likely it is that God is the Christian version. He could be Jewish, Islamic, Sikh and all other versions ... But even if he was the Christian God, would he be the Lutheran God or the Anglican, Catholic, Maronite, Coptic or Methodist God (to name a few). So the chances that he is (1) a Christian God and then (2) a particular sect of Christianity is a small chance.
- However, the main bulk of the thread lies here.
God is simply a word used to denote the concurrent existence a set of qualities. The main ones are below:
* Omnipotence
* Omniscience
* Omnipresence
* Morality
* Purpose giver
* Our creator
There can only be one omnipotent entity, as by definition it won't be able to exercise its power over another omnipotent entity. So in the entire universe there can only be one truly omnipotent entity out of the millions of millions of millions of other entities. So the chance of a single entity in the whole universe is infinitesimal. The inverse of all the billions of entities in the universe. The existence of a single most powerful entity and (at the same time) the most moral (or absolutely perfect) are independent qualities, as are the rest. That means it would require an infinitesimal chance with an infinitesimal chance. To add to the growing infinitesimal chance, we would have to consider the probability of the existence of an entity that is omniscient, omnipresent, our creator, our purpose-giver, and not even mentioning an eternal entity! That is, in effect, an infinitesimal chance raised to the power of as many qualities as you define in God.
We can now say that there is a very infinitesimal chance that God exists. An absolutely infinitesimal chance can be ignored and rounded to zero as not being statistically significant.
The chance of a plane falling out of the sky and falling on me the next time I leave the house, is infinitesimal. For all intents and purposes, we round it to zero!
So practically speaking, there is zero chance of God's existence.
