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Tag Archives: miracles
Statistical anomalies: are they divine?
Religious people love to claim that God personally intervened in their life. They will give you a touching story about a statistical anomaly which they know couldn’t have happened unless “something else was going on”. That one time that mistake … Continue reading
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Tagged God, miracles, statistical anomaly, statistical improbability, statistics, theism, theist
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One destruction of a-theism
(To see the related destruction of theism, go here) If you read the de-conversion stories of atheists, many started losing their faith in religion and the supernatural because they realized the universe seems to function without divine intervention. If you … Continue reading
Posted in God, How to Think Critically
Tagged atheism, God, how to think critically, miracles, statistical improbability, structures, theism
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One destruction of theism
Can absurd statistical anomalies be explained without a god? We’ve all heard it: our universe is so complex, so finely tuned, it is statistically impossible for us to exist (let’s say, 1 in 10 to the 100th power). Therefore, we … Continue reading
Posted in God, How to Think Critically
Tagged God, miracles, statistical improbability, statistics
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