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Re: Does God Exist? (was Re: Mercy? (was Re: My Prayer on this National Day of Prayer))
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Mon, 17 Sep 2001 12:58:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > But our universe is extraordinarily logical, coherent, and reliable. The
> > chance that we happened to fall in the exact universe that not only fits
> > these (and other) requirements but fits them to a huge degree of precision,
> > is astronomical.
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> You're not getting it. Maybe there were 10^37 (or whatever) universal
> incarnations that had nothing like us occur. That's fine. You're arguing
> that a probability that doesn't actually have any bearing on our likelihood,
> does. I'm sorry, but that's invalid.
Yes indeed. Another way to approach it is to point out that we (life in
general) weren't running around looking for a universe to populate and were
lucky enough to find this one; we (again, life in general) arose within this
universe because the circumstances in this universe permitted life to arise.
Whether or not any or all other universes could support life is irrelevant;
this one does, and here we are.
> It's like claiming that since the
> lottery is a 1:6x10^7 proposition, then it's impossible to win. Obviously
> that's false.
I dunno--it's always seemed pretty impossible for me to win... 8^)
Dave!
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