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Richard Dawkins argues that the probability of God's existence must be very low (but not zero):
Dawkins appeals to multiverse theory to explain why things having very, very low probability (but quite necessary for life) have occurred:
According to Dawkins, God is improbable -- but so also are aspects of this universe. If it's legitimate to pose an infinite number of universes to make improbable events probable -- or even certain (by increasing the total probability space) -- then the probability for God must also increase accordingly (as the space in which he can occur is also increasing), also thus arriving at near certainty. Further, Dawkins believes if God existed, he must have required time to evolve:
So God could have been produces as the result of time in some kind of universe, and there are a huge or infinite number of universes, then one of them almost certainly should have produced a God of the kind required to make this one. I agree, this isn't a "proof" of God's existence, as it only shows that, by Dawkins own rules, and his new appeal to multiverse theory, he must now also admit that the has made the probability of God very high. If "very low" probability is sufficient grounds for Dawkins to disbelieve in something, then "very high" probability must also be sufficient grounds to believe in it. So by Richard Dawkins own logic, he should be now quite open, if not nearly positively sure, that God almost certainly must exist. Ah, but with a nearly infinite and ever expanding probability space (more universes) the odds that this "God" did create our universe and the existence of universes with mallable laws becomes very high. That is the point that Tim is trying to make, you can say the odds of anything being true are high if the probability space is essentially infinite. Posted by: Troy on June 25, 2008 05:44 AM Add your two cents...
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This is the argument of "Calculating God"... well, sort of. The problem with this is even if a universe creates a God, that doesn't mean he made our universe... and it relies on universes being completely mallable, law wise.
Posted by: Samuel Skinner on June 22, 2008 03:18 PM