RE: Atheism worships a dead god.
September 1, 2010 at 4:12 pm
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2010 at 4:14 pm by The Omnissiunt One.)
(September 1, 2010 at 2:45 pm)Existentialist Wrote: How can this probability be calculated? It can't.
Not to any degree of precision, for sure, but we know that it's epistemically very improbable. If I said there was someone called Sue Jones in Boston, that'd be reasonably likely, based on our background knowledge: 'Sue Jones' is a fairly common name in the English language. If I said there was someone one called Sue Jones in Outer Mongolia, that'd be much less likely. If I said someone called Sue Jones had flown with her arms to Outer Mongolia, that'd be very unlikely, as we have no experience of people who can fly. It's possible that she has a different biology, but unlikely. We have never experienced a timeless, omnipotent, disembodied mind - indeed, of all the supernatural things we can think up, it's unlikely we'd think of one which is real- so God is very unlikely a priori.
Quote:Or, as GCSE maths books annoyingly state, a die.
That's the correct singular form. Don't diss GCSE maths books (much as I hated them).
Quote:You mean three points to the first person who googles "sperm whale" and "bowl of petunias". I think presenting oneself as well-read on this forum depends on keeping a google bookmark handy.
I hoped you wouldn't cheat. Perhaps I was being naive. Anyhow, if leo-rcc cheated, he's not getting his prize, which was a free holiday to Spain.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln