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Is 'God' a zero-probability existence/event?

Started by pkamm, 09/29/2004 09:58PM
Posted 09/29/2004 09:58PM | Edited 09/29/2004 09:58PM Opening Post
It has been posited (by myself, among others) that reality may be governed by probability. That is, that in a potential infinity of space and time, any non-zero probability event will occur, and/or will have occurred.

So: is 'God' a non-zero probability entity or event? Or is it zero probability? If we can answer this question we can prove (or disprove) logically, His existence. wink I'd like to hear people's reasoning, and assumptions upon which they are based (finite space, infinite (hyper)space, infinite/finite time, etc.)
Posted 09/30/2004 12:17AM #1
I think, before anyone can answer that question there is one the precedes it.

The question, "Define God!"

Darrell

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Posted 09/30/2004 05:59AM | Edited 09/30/2004 06:03AM #2
Hi Paul

You have succeeded in completely overloading my brain, trying to contemplate God and the infinite all in one question wink .

So here's my try at getting my brain around it:

If our space-time is infinite, then any possible event (no matter how improbable) has or will occur (yeah, I know you already said this in your question). By extension, in a truly infinite system, there is no impossible event and any/all events have some non-zero probability, and therefore every possible event must occur (either it already has or it will in the future). So if every event must occur in a truly infinite system, and the existence of God is a possible event, the existence of God has either occurred or will occur.

Everyone have a headache yet? If not, my next thought goes like this. If our space-time is infinite and God does not yet exist, he/she/it must exist at some point in the future by the above argument. Now, if God does not yet exist but develops at some point in the future and has the characteristics generally attributed to him/her/it, he will also not be bound by our space-time limitations and will be able to exist not only in the future, but also in present and past.

So in an infinite space-time the existence of God is not only possible it is inevitable. And God will exist throughout the space-time.

Now my head really hurts, and I am putting on my asbestos underwear awaiting responses smile .

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