| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Wen-King Su" |
| Date: |
15 Aug 2003 11:47:15 AM |
| Object: |
Re: zero godz |
In a previous article "Bob White" <threeball@hotmail.com> writes:
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:"Martin" <ignore@interchange.ubc.ca> wrote in message
;news:bhgvh4$pga$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca...
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;> "Bob White" <threeball@hotmail.com> wrote in message
:> news:AMu_a.94701$Oz4.22697@rwcrnsc54...
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:> > "sparkup" <junksender888@hotmail.com> wrote in message
;> > news:3F3A0423.6030305@hotmail.com...
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;> >
:> > > "X might exist" ... does not mean that X probably exists.
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:> >
;> > Yes it does.
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:> > "There may be white ravens" means that white ravens probably exist.
;>
:> No it doesn't - that's just silly. Why on Earth do you think that it means
;> that?
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:probable : likely to be or become real www.m-w.com
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;"It may rain here today" means that there is a definite probability of rain
:here today.
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:"There may be a winner of the lotto jackpot today" means that there is a
;definite probability of someone winning the lotto jackpot today.
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;"There may be white ravens" means that there is a definite probability that
:some ravens are white.
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:"There may be gods" means that there is a definite probability that some of
;the things in existence are gods.
No no. "May exist", as you have previously agreed to, means "not know
to have a zero probability of existing", which encompasses a range of
probability from 0 to 1 inclusively. Stop changing your definition
when you find yourself to be losing.
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