Pot Odds on God

[krimson]

I don't think you can establish a finite probability for the existence of a Christian God. IMO the probability of any religion known or not-yet-made-up is infinitely small since there are essentially an infinite number of possibilities about "why" we exist, or however you want to look at the big picture.

By your logic, I could say there is some finite probability that the god "Morbo" exists and punishes specifically those who believe in christianity for an eternity, and everyone else goes to heaven. The chance of "morbo" existing is only 0.0000001% but by not believing in christianity I am giving myself infinite pot odds to goto Heaven.

[TheQ]

Good point.

[BB King's]

<font color="red"> Do you think there is a .01% chance God exists?

Assuming you can answer yes, let me make some more assumptions.

1.) We have souls (A part of us that is eternal)

2.) We live forever, either in Heaven or hell, after we die.

I think these are reasonable assumptions to make, if in fact, God exists.
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Completely non-sense !!!

Just another example of vulgar christianity spamming by a newbie !

I begin to see a pattern here !

It makes me sick !!!

No, I don't even give the idea of God a .o1 percent chance.
No evidence, no chance, that's the way it works. In a poker related example.
Let's say that there's a rumor going around that there's a chance there could be a mysterious exta card in a deck of cards, but the rumor has been around for thousands of years, and no one has ever encountered an instance where this phantom card has appeared in a game. Should you give any weight to the rumor, even .01 percent. Nope. Changing your strategy even an inkling based on the chance that the phantom card will come up is a mistake. But you may say"Alot of people I know and like give credence to the phantom card theory, so I think I will too." It's your choice, but choosing to vary your play based on rumor and social influences is a -EV decision.
There ya go, I fit it into a poker example. Patting myself on the back [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Shooby

[andyfox]

"Believe Jesus died for our sins, and was resurrected - Is this so hard to believe? Tony Robbins brought a man with a heart attack back to life. Look into it."

Yes, it's hard for me to believe. As it would be if you mean that Tony Robbins brought a dead man back to life by supernatural means. Any links?

When I hear about bringing someone back from the dead I'm reminded of what Billy Crystal's character said in Willow, when asked if so-and-so was dead: "I've seen worse."

[Prevaricator]

pascal's wager again, what else is new.

[Aytumious]

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pascal's wager again, what else is new.

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I like how people think this is actually a new and clever argument.

[TheQ]

Consiously never heard of it. I'll check it out. The post was meant to get responses, so I can decide whether to continue or not.

[TheQ]

Continuing with all game probability, what is the minimum amount of proof, I need, to believe?

Should I pray for Him to speak to me? I'm serous. I'd be willing to try it. Would it count if I heard Him in my head? Or would I be called crazy? Would He have to speak out loud on TV for it to qualify? Lets have some responses, and I will write them down, and give it a shot.