Re: Can the probability of God existence change?
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For the guy who said that the probability of a god is either 1 or 0. Do you understand what a probability is? With no evidence to prove or disprove god, the probability of a god has to be between 0 and 1, but never 1 or 0. Because nobody can say with 100% certainty that there is or isn't a god. If I hit my flush draw on the river, should I have said that it was 100% before it happened?
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This is not a real difference, its just a different way of looking at the same thing. The probability of making the flush is 1 or 0 if the situation is deterministic (that's what deterministic means). If its a random event then its a probability. As we assume (hopefully correctly) that no-one has enough information to do better than as if it was a random event, the best we can do is to go with the probability.
Similarly with god, either there is a god or there isn't (1 or 0) but as we can't determine whether there is or not, some believe they can put a degree of certainty on their belief in god.
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