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fsol
8th March 2004, 10:46 AM
So a search of the forum doesn't come up with any matches for this guy.

http://www.stephenunwin.com/

It seems that there is a 67% percent chance that God does exist.

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1164894,00.html

I wonder if he factored in unanswered prayers. I wonder what the probability of all the other Gods existing would be.

Agammamon
8th March 2004, 11:16 AM
So this guy makes up a bunch of probabilities and that "proves" god exists?


". . .Factors that were considered included recognition of goodness, which Dr Unwin said makes the existence of God more likely, countered by things like the existence of natural evil - including earthquakes and cancer. . ."

What probability does he assign to the existence of good? How does he define this? Basically, how does he quntify good and evil?

How does he know a miracle is a miracle?

El Greco
8th March 2004, 11:36 AM
When a Dr. writes a book with the title "The Probability of God: A Simple Calculation That Proves The Ultimate Truth", you know that it is about time that besides awarding them, we should start thinking seriously about taking doctorates away, too.