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pokerfan

(27,677 posts) Sat Jan 5, 2013, 05:06 PM Jan 2013

They Must Not Teach Probability in Seminary School… [View all]

Spot the fallacy....

Fr. Alfonse Nazzaro of the St. Monica Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas is a Catholic priest with a blog, and he has a post up about how atheists don’t believe in God because we had bad childhoods or really want to sin…

… Even (atheists) still buy a lottery ticket, while at the same time denying any chance in heaven that God exists. What chance is there of winning the Powerball or Mega millions lottery? One in a billion. What chance is there of God existing? Fifty-fifty. After all, either God exists or He doesn’t. But if he does and I believe, then I just won the jackpot!

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2013/01/05/they-must-not-teach-probability-in-seminary-school/

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They Must Not Teach Probability in Seminary School… [View all] pokerfan Jan 2013 OP

Hey, I either win the lottery or I don't.. skepticscott Jan 2013 #1

I would love to play cards with that guy pokerfan Jan 2013 #9

I like it! Buzz Clik Jan 2013 #2

Unlikely Seminary school requires a course in probability, LARED Jan 2013 #3

That's relevant... why? 2ndAmForComputers Jan 2013 #16

Pascal's Wager is such a load of crap. temporary311 Jan 2013 #4

It also relies on the false assumption skepticscott Jan 2013 #6

Good points. temporary311 Jan 2013 #10

And even if you give money skepticscott Jan 2013 #11

It also fails Prophet 451 Jan 2013 #12

As well as assuming believing anything is a choice Ron Obvious Jan 2013 #18

If your God exists, you win the jackpot NoOneMan Jan 2013 #5

Why on earth would a priest want to study that? rug Jan 2013 #7

Why on earth would a priest skepticscott Jan 2013 #13

since we're posting lists.... pokerfan Jan 2013 #15

That post needs a tag. rug Jan 2013 #19

Irrelevant? pokerfan Jan 2013 #20

Quite irrelevant to a post about statistics and religion. rug Jan 2013 #22

You would think they would embrace probablity... Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #8

not all things are possible before probability wave 'collapse' Phillip McCleod Jan 2013 #14

Before? tama Jan 2013 #24

If you tell the child he or she is going to hell if they squeal on you, your odds of getting dimbear Jan 2013 #17

They must not teach reality either. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #21

What empty and useless arguments from both sides. cbayer Jan 2013 #23