I said in another thread: So according to my scheme, there is a 50/50 chance that God exists.
Another poster said: I would really like to see this scheme layed out (perhaps in a new thread?)
So here it is:
There are 2, and only 2, possibilities for the origin of the universe:
1. it was created by an eternal Being
2. The universe has always existed in some form
All other possibilites can be reduced to these two. A Pagan-style God, for example, a God that arose from nature, would reduce to option #2. Such a God would be logically unnecessary. It we say that perhaps the universe came into existence as a result of some other universe, that also reduces to #2. The options are Nature (an eternal thing) or a god (an eternal being).
Now, if all we consider is the fact of creation (rather than the nature of that creation--problematical to say the least), there is no reason to choose either option 1 or option 2. We might as well flip a coin. The odds are 50/50.
Faith and belief forum, perhaps.
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God does not "exist."---Paul Tillich, Christian theologian
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