[lbo-talk] Appeal to Ignorance (Rushdie: Just give me that old-time atheism!)

[Jeffrey Fisher]

On 5/31/05, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/31/05, Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> >
> > What's an "improbably claim" anyway? a few years ago, it was an
> > improbable claim that there were techtonic plates under the ground
> > that caused earthquakes.
> >
> 
> that's the right question, but i would ask it a different way: why is
> some god or other existing (whatever the f--- that actually means) any
> less probably than some god or other existing? according to what
> criteria of probability and according to what understanding of "god"?
> 
> j

sorry. that should have read:

that's the right question, but i would ask it a different way: why is
some god or other existing (whatever the f--- that actually means) any
less probable (or if you prefer, more improbable) than some god or
other *not* existing? according to what criteria of probability and
according to what understanding of "god"?

j

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