"Will you be able to say the same thing one hundred years from today? Of course not. Will God be more likely to exist than you then?"

I really like that argument. But let's go through it step by step. Let's say I consider the chances of my existence to be 95%, and the chances of God's existence to be 10%. If I die tomorrow, the chances of my existence are either 0% or 100%, because either I cease to exist or I don't, and God's will be either 0% or 100%, to ME at least, because I either get to meet him or I just cease to exist.

But let's deal with the probabilities we have NOW, instead of what I will have. If I die tomorrow, then the chances of my existence are 0%, and God's is still 10%, so I suppose that yes, his chances for existence would be greater than mine in that time. (one could make the argument that I DID exist, so the chances of my existence in ANY time are still 95%) But God's chances don't increase. So I'm not sure exactly what point you're trying to get across (It sounded REALLY good, though!)

• One more thing - stormcrow - April 27, 2001 - 19:13 UTC
  • Time and illusions - aurino - April 27, 2001 - 20:21 UTC
    • No comprendo - stormcrow - April 28, 2001 - 01:18 UTC
      • My reason for faith - yanniru - April 28, 2001 - 11:38 UTC
        • Good reasons for hope, not belief - stormcrow - April 28, 2001 - 12:04 UTC
          • I don't see a need for hope - paulm - April 29, 2001 - 04:44 UTC
      • I don't think anybody does - aurino - April 30, 2001 - 20:41 UTC
        • I agree, actually - stormcrow - May 1, 2001 - 03:08 UTC
          • Unnecessary arguments - aurino - May 1, 2001 - 12:51 UTC