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10 questions linked to/from Can a coincidence be evidence of a god?
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Is there any surprising coincidence that God solves? [duplicate]
In the case of fine tuning, does God really explain the improbability of the right constants being chosen for life? I’m failing to see how “God wanted the constants to be so” tells us why a particular ...
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Do extreme coincidences have scientific meaning?
Let's say a 1 in a trillion world destroying asteroid is expected to hit on some important day (e.g. the inauguration of a president). Does the sheer weight of coincidences by itself provide evidence ...
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Should religiously significant coincidences be seen as miracles?
It seems that in most of philosophical history, the attention of the word miracle has referred to a direct violation of a law of nature.
It would, however, be naive to not notice how religious ...
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Can God make the belief in His own existence justified (if He exists)?
In a hypothetical scenario in which God exists, would God be able to make the belief in His existence justified for humans? If so, how? What would God need to do to accomplish that goal? If not, does ...
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Should the length of time of absence of evidence count as evidence of absence for god?
Imagine a hypothetical universe where 1 million days have gone by.
Imagine another where 1 billion days have gone by.
Assume that in each case, one has found no direct evidence of god operating in the ...
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Is having no good reason to believe something the same as having no evidence?
What exactly does it mean to not have evidence of something? Is it functionally and exactly equivalent to having no reason to believe in something?
Let us take the example of God. Let us now imagine ...
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Does an improbable outcome under a known hypothesis increase the probability of an alternative hypothesis?
Suppose you observe a claimed psychic get 10 guesses right after he says he will guess a number between 1 and 10 that you’re thinking of.
After this happens, should your credence in psychism increase? ...
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Would a reformulation of Sherlock Holmes’s statement on impossibility be valid?
Sherlock Holmes said, “How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?" Although the statement may be valid, ...
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If the universe wasn’t fine tuned, would the existence of a designer be less probable?
I understand that the fine tuning argument claims to atleast make a designer’s existence more probable. But when phrased in the inverse way, is it even true?
If the constants to produce life were not ...
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How do I justify that prior evidence matters?
Suppose we lived in a world where regular interactions with the supernatural was common, so common to the point that it was independently confirmed. Imagine as if we could literally see gods and ...
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