Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!ucdavis!ucbvax!decvax!bellcore!petrus!magic!nvc!sabre!zeta!epsilon!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.origins Subject: Re: The Likelihood of Existence Message-ID: <2053@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 11:37:57 EST Article-I.D.: pyuxd.2053 Posted: Wed Nov 6 11:37:57 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 05:31:27 EST References: <2294@ukma.UUCP> <121@uscvax.UUCP>, <139@sdcc7.UUCP> <1261@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <2809@hplabsc.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 14 Xref: linus net.religion:7776 net.origins:2554 > Remember the joke about the man being hauled away by airport security for > bringing a bomb on board an airplane because the probability of TWO bombs on > board being vanishingly small? Probability is most properly used when talking > about the unknown. The probability that the universe exists is 1 (certainty), > because the universe does exist (metaphysics aside). > > Similarly, the likelyhood that God exists is also 1. :-) [BRENGLE] Usually, a ":-)" follows something funny. Frankly, I find the fact that someone would make a statement like this (and claim it to be cute) to be quite sad. -- "iY AHORA, INFORMACION INTERESANTE ACERCA DE... LA LLAMA!" Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr