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2007-07-17 17:28:00 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Astronomy & Space

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Scientifically speaking.... Im my opinion about 90-99%.

Look the shear amount of scientific laws, theories, and exacts that need to take place in order for life, let alone intelligent life survive.

Everything from the strengh of gravity, to the speed of light, to nuclear forces, to chemical reactions, to quantum physics. Thousands of exact laws need to be the way they are for life to survive.

For example, if gravity was 10% stronger, stars would burn out faster, making it harder for life to evolve. If gravity was 10% weaker, stars like the sun may not have enough mass to create nuclear fusion.

All these things happening randomly is improbable, stastically speaking. Therefore, the likihood that a higher power created these laws is more and more likely, the more you examine these scientific laws.

Also, based on these statictics, it is also likely that life exists somewhere else.

Science, in the end, proves that god is more likely than not.

The real religeous question is whether he/she/it interfers with humanity, its civilization, and history and shapes it.

2007-07-17 20:39:11 · answer #1 · answered by Simon H 3 · 1 0

It's 1 in 2, or 0.5, since it's either: God Is, or God Isn't, statistically speaking.

Other folks may add more criteria, and that would change the probability for that view, or set of criteria.

Maybe you would like to find out? But discovering the existence of the Great Being might not be discerned so easily by logic, math and science. But then, maybe yes, too. For God, it seems, is quite fond of all 3, having authored mathematics--for example--into everything. And it's like a fingerprint that speaks of an unseen architect.

I defy anyone to find any scrap of existence that doesn't have a mathematical inference at its core. Every atom dances with mathematic precision. Every planet spins and revolves with a measurable, precise balance of forces that can be expressed in equations. How does that happen? Yes, questions...

For me, personally the probability of God is 1. That is, it is certain. But how can that be? How can such a personal certainty exist when it can't be easily proved to another?

It's like this: what is the probability that someone named Yousjhk exists? I in 6 billion, or better? But if you call out in a crowd, "Yousjhk" and someone responds, now you have seen the probability increase to near certainty for you, right? It's a bit like that.

2007-07-18 00:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by gene_frequency 7 · 1 1

Why do people quote christan literature when the question only dealt with that of a god? That assumes that the god is their god. In my skewed statistics, I say 0. My argument, some would say there is a god, or not. Ok, one possibility is there is a god. God created that, god created this.. I say, I can think of a nearly infinite number of alternatives to god creating this or that, I will provide each alternative with an equal weight for logical comparison, and therefore the god scenario is zero.

Cheers

2007-07-18 02:34:17 · answer #3 · answered by ThePhysicsSolutions.com 2 · 0 0

There isn't any statistical liklihood one way or the other. Science is limited to answering questions ( or providing statistical probabilities) about things that can be measured, observed, and tested.

Some things--like the existance of God, whether an action is morally "good" or "evil," what life means, etc--cannot be answered--one way or the other--by scientific methods. They are important questions--thinking and learning about them is also important. But they belong to the kinds of knowledge that make up philosophy or religion.

2007-07-18 00:44:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No better tha 1 in 10^34. This is because this is a measure of the uncertainty in the universe - beyond this nature follows deterministic laws and has never shown any evidence of divine guidance or intervention.

2007-07-18 03:49:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Neither stats nor science can prove the existence of God. God is and was and shall be and remember: we live by faith and not by sight. Only a fool refuses to acknowledge God and that He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things.
By grace there are many scientists who discoverd this truth - that He is!
It is only when you come to faith in Him that things make sense and that you gain true understanding in how things work or ought to work.
Remember: He is..... and He does not need anything to prove that He is. He made this clear through creation [Read Romans 1-3] and in the ultimate gift of Love... giving HIs Son Jesus as ransom in our place bysending Him to die on that cross for your and my sins..... So, you either believe or you don't.

2007-07-18 01:06:30 · answer #6 · answered by godshandmaiden 4 · 0 1

Looks like the same as you spelling a seven-word sentence correctly. This is an apples/oranges comparison, and outside the scope of statistics.

2007-07-18 00:32:10 · answer #7 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 1 0

I'd have to agree with catbarf (what a name!). You cannot apply stats to an unearthly being that cannot be measured or gaged or even seen. I am not arguing for or against the existence of God, you just can't feasibly ask this question.

For those who do believe, God is a personal thing that goes beyond mathematical concepts.

2007-07-18 00:38:00 · answer #8 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0 2

You can't use statistics for this problem, since it is not well-defined.

You first have to define the characteristics of "God", then attempt to place probabilities on each of thoise characteristics, at a bare minimum.
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2007-07-18 00:59:51 · answer #9 · answered by tsr21 6 · 0 0

"Well, it's a spaceship, so I'd say anywhere between 0 and 1." - Professor Farnsworth of Futurama

2007-07-18 00:32:50 · answer #10 · answered by lithiumdeuteride 7 · 0 0

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