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What are the odds of the God hypothesis being correct?

Even just the deist God from the argument, 'Creation implies a Creator'.

I'm looking for a raw percentage. %

Please back it up with as much math and stats as possible.

(Someone suggested that I ask this here instead of R&S.)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Zero.

    1. There is NO evidence which points to an imaginary psychopath in space suffering cerebral palsy, uncontrollably waving his arms about, creatin' stuff outa nothin' for no discernable reason.

    2. Just by the SIMPLE act of looking around anyone can see that shït happens to all and sundry regardless of ANY thought, deed or circumstance, exactly as if there was NO invisible space chappie pulling any strings at all.

    ~

  • 1 decade ago

    well, the problem with "creation implies a creator" is that its sort of a slippery slope argument, in that it requires the creator to be a god when that's not at all necessary. for example if the creator of the universe is some fundamental law i wouldn't go so far as to consider that law god.

    so far as probability every time we find a natural explanation for a phenomenon that used to be considered the product of god, it shows that the god hypothesis is less and less tenable without any actual evidence. remember its through ignorance that god is claimed to be the creator of something.

    simple probability dosn't do this problem any justice, the earth being flat vs round for example, ignoring all the evidence, is 50/50. but facts aren't determined by probability, all probability does is tell us how likely an even is to happen, and in terms of some historical event, how likely it is to happen again.

    also note some people suggest that the odds of life being created and evolving as we say it did is extremely unlikely, the problem with that is an incorrect usage of probability. the universe in it's present stat is the result of random forces filtered by non-random laws. when you have a process like that, when a random result effects the outcome of a future random event, the improbability increases exponentially, yet no matter how many events pile up there is no reason to suggest that at one point it becomes impossible to have happened in the first place.

    for example, roll some dice, how many times must you roll that dice before the sequence of results becomes too improbable to suggest that you got that sequence without cheating? it never does, thus why should we suggest something similar when it comes to the universe? its illogical.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

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    counter example:

    there exist creations without a creator. Like the set of facts that can never be known by any creator or creation. If they can't be known then they can't be created, yet they exist, and the sets size is infinite.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    According to my odds, it's at an overwhelming 100% chance.

    Then again, I'm Christian, so sorry to be a little bias.

    I've said before, I've always had a slight "what if" situation in my head about God's existence, or "what if" lack thereof.

    But, I try my hardest to remain a strong believer.

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  • 1 decade ago

    I will just say that the premise "creation" is a big if. We do not know that anything was "created" to begin with.

  • Dass
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    50:50

    It's either true or it isn't true.

    Seriously, though. There isn't any math that can prove god-related-topics either way. It's about as likely as any other possibilities.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    n0t a chance

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