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Scientist Finds Scientific Proof God Exists 
God Almighty is beyond proof 
But what if...
The problem is ..... (Interested )
Cannot prove a negative (Eveline How)
To Eveline and Seeker, On Pascal's Wager (Interested )
Yes, probabilistic (Eveline How)
To Eveline, (Interested )
Reply on a small matter (Eveline How)
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Dear Eveline, Yes right, when there is no 100% certainity for a particular event, in the outcomes of a trial, there will be a need for Statistical Methods. Even in a simple thing like taking medicine for some illness, you can't be 100% sure that you will recover. When the doctor gives you a certain medcine it is because in a high percentage of past clinical trials it was successful. Tell you why I am so interested in probability. Calvin following the thinking of St. Augustine says that there is no such thing as Chance. For example, if a lightning strikes you, he says the lighting has no mind of its own to strike you. So it must be God's will that you be struck by lightning. Okay, extrapolate this to all the othere problems we have in this world, like the giving birth to Siamese twins and so on. Another thing I have noticed is good christians get killed in road accidents quite often. Can it be God's will that such things happen? I don't think so since God creates and does all things well. So what is happening? Christian theology has no answer for such questions and I think it is a waste of time discussing such questions with christians. The Buddhist say that it is due to bad things done in the past life. I don't believe that. Probability Theory does seem to throw some light on this type of questions. Calvinism and Arminianism are really questions in Determinism and Probability. But it is not possible to discuss this sort of thing with the average church going christian. They will think you are some sort of a "nut case". Ha! Ha! Anyway it is mentally very taxing, so can't blame them. So let us leave them in peace. As for your atheist friend, you have to hope for the best that he will see the light of the Gospel someday in the future. What you have sown may yet bear fruit. Who knows? So carry on doing your good deed of preaching the Gospel to the atheists. Don't be discouraged when they don't respond. One sows and another may reap later. Bye Bye:- |
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One major flaw, To Eveline by Interested , 11/16/00
On the Pascal's paper, To Eveline by Interested , 11/17/00
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