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ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
21. Yes.
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 12:16 AM
Feb 2012

Atheists don't believe in God.

The belief that God has a 42/100 chance of existing is not a belief in God.

Therefore, the person in your scenario is an atheist.

why don't your probabilities add up to 1? Enrique Feb 2012 #1
0 and non-0? Etc. Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #6
"Nothing is absolute" lastlib Feb 2012 #13
I made an arithmetical error. Boojatta Feb 2012 #7
Because half of 36 is actually 18, not 16 n/t dimbear Feb 2012 #9
LOL-- now there's where religion and science really CAN compromise.... mike_c Feb 2012 #2
No, more like agnostic: 'I'll believe it when I see it.' elleng Feb 2012 #3
You'd probably be an agnostic in such a case LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #4
The Red exist on the wheel edhopper Feb 2012 #5
But if it is always red, and black, then they blur together ... into purple Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #8
No they would be edhopper Feb 2012 #10
Maroon! immoderate Feb 2012 #11
*Sigh!* First, how do you get red/black = purple? Red and Blue = Purple... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #12
But? What if you leave the roulette wheel ... and discover a whole new "game"? Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #14
The question was whether one is an atheist if one believes in a certain probability of... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #23
Just to add to this...the idea of "God" is that he's everywhere and in everything.... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #27
Is this person a TAP or a PAP agnostic? NAO Feb 2012 #15
Penultimate Number in LOST; also "42" is the answer to "Life, the Universe, and Everything" NAO Feb 2012 #16
Which god?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #17
Good question. Good objection to the "argument from Design" Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #18
I should revise my original question. Boojatta Feb 2012 #19
Probabilities are meaningless dmallind Feb 2012 #20
Are the propabilistic tama Feb 2012 #24
Suppose that you believe god exists with probability of one, but specific gods with less than one FarCenter Feb 2012 #22
Yes. ZombieHorde Feb 2012 #21
Or? Has atheist Facebook friends. Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #25
I just read something yesterday (and I think it was from Pew) that, in terms cbayer Feb 2012 #26
Could be new data. Or? A different analytic model; but for "those of weak faith: welcome!" Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #28
Here it is. I saw it in this Washington Post article, but they don't source it. cbayer Feb 2012 #29
The big new category of religious belief: "none." Meaning? Maybe: "no religious belief"? Brettongarcia Feb 2012 #30
Believing in a probability of god does not an atheist make. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #31
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