No. It seems you are having a very difficult time following an analogy. I really, at this point, am begining to wonder if you even understand what an analogy is.
When I see analgy's that make sense, then I will accept them.
The way you analogize, its no wonder you think the way you do.
You seem to thin if I jump off the bridge, that it would make some kind of difference in the actual odds.
I'm telling you, that you cannot figure out the odds, not even by jumping off.
How do you justify believing that you won't be killed by a ten ton boulder falling from the sky the moment you walk out of the front door?
My point is, what does that have to do with the price of milk?
After all, didn't you say that it is not justified to believe in something just because it is likely to produce a certain outcome?
Unless it was 100% proven, than I wouldn't have to "believe" in it.
I believe Happy Atheist is saying the same thing I am in different words, but you pick on me because I am the Christian?
It's called an A-N-A-L-O-G-Y.
Your ANALOGY is a scewd.
It is a hypotheticall exapmple which illustrates your statement taken through to it's logical conclusion.
That would be cool, but you like to compare apples to oranges.
Your saying because there is a high chance that my head will get crushed after jumping off a bridge, that I should accept all science.
You just said that you wouldn't jump off the overpass even if your chances of dying were only 1%, but all along we have been discussing your statement:
Which is why I take science for what its worth, and its not my God.
Understand?
So, according to you, the outcome of something happening, no matter the odds, will be different than what is likely to happen.
You see, thats not what I said. I said if the odds are that it will change, then it will eventually change. It's murphy's law.
What makes one weeks lotto have winners of several, and the next weeks not have any? It cannot be explained by odds. You can attempt to, but it has no bearing on the actual outcome of a given situation. So I cannot justify believing in something based on the odds.
Why bring up your 1% if the odds don't matter?
Because unlike you, I do not claim to know the odds, only that they will change.
Upon what data do you base your idea that your odds are going to be different than anyone else's?
The FACT that some people would die, while others would live. Isn't that evidence that odds are person specific? But I guess it doesn't fit into the sceitific model you have in your head already, and you are not being unbiased in your thinking process. Therefor you are not scientific, and science is your faith.
Um, all of science operates by using statistical analysis of data.
All of it. Including Astronomy, the branch of science you claim to be able to contribute to.
Lights on but no-ones home?
Thats what I'm telling you, that is why I take science for what it is worth, and it is not my God. That doesn't stop me from enjoying science, which I Love, just not as much as God.
Please complete this sentence fragment.
I have no idea what you are trying to say.
I guess not, am I losing you?
Go back a few posts and read. I said that gravity would have an affect, if it was in effect, and no outside forces were involved. But then you said what if an outside force was involved, so you completely missed my point.
Then why do you say that you could accept Gravitational Theory, and not Evolutionary Theory, even though we don't know much about Gravity, and there isn't even consensus on a single theory of Gravity? By contrast, we understand a great deal about how evolution works, there is an overarching Biological theory of Evolution which incorporates and unifies many disciplines and fields in the life sciences.
Because if I jump off a bridge I fall.
Now please, mutate yourself into a whale, so I can see evolution at work. If you do that, I'll jump off the bridge.
Can you show me an example of religious-type faith from any statistics textbook?
I am not comparing religion to science. I said it wasn't my religion, because I am right, science is not a religion, but some would appear to treat it as such. What is it you are really trying to say?
I don't need faith to know that a hurricane is extremely likely to hit Florida. I can see it. I can see the direction is moving.
So you never seen a hurricane change it's path at the last second?
Or weaken?
So many different things can happen, so its by faith that they are leaving. It's not a lock that it will happen, just like the rest of science.
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