Are you radical, irrational? The "Specific" ITAG Poll
 

Choice 3 is for folks who generally believe there is a God, but are not 100% certain.

Choice 4 is for folks who generally believe there is not a God, but are not 100% certain.

Well?

I will argue that folks checking either of the "100% certain" boxes are irrational.

I am 100% certain of that. :)

edit: I'm aware that the last two statements are logically identical, but choosing one over the other does show bias, IMO.

Best,

can't figure out the difference between choices 3 and 4.

See my edit, Logic Man. :)

Seriously, you don't see the bias of one choice over the other?

Would it be better to ask in the positive?

it is (highly) probable
it is (highly) improbable

In hindsight, perhaps!

I guess I didn't expect this much confusion. :confused:

This thread is much too young to die. :)

Those who are not 100% certain there is a God, will be soon...


KT

Stuart, the: you guys don't like the choice wording?

Choice 3 is for folks who generally believe there is a God, but are not 100% certain.

Choice 4 is for folks who generally believe there is not a God, but are not 100% certain.

Hmm, I may be 50/50 on the god issue, so both choices still look equally attractive to me.

guess your a radical flipflopper then :D

Well, the more difficult the choice, the greater the odds that your choice will be satisfactory.

You're radically moderate on this subject, it appears.

In the middle of the fence you straddle.

The likelihood of an invisible friend is infinitesimally small.

Define "soon" or give it a rest... :rolleyes:

I've been overrun by free radicals. :eek:

Poll results, so far, as I suspected. :)

Best,

is judgement day comin? if so, according to the mormons, there is only room in heaven for 100,000 people...JUST the AMISH have that covered..no way anyone else is more pius than themSmileWavy.

You hope...

what's your definition of "God"?

+1

I don't believe in a judeo Christian god, but I also think we humans are pretty primitive creatures. There is plenty left to discover in this universe of ours. I am sure that with time we will come to discover and understand forces that are beyond our comprehension today.

Is there a God?

If the answer is no, the question is of little consequences

If the answerr is yes, the question is of infinite consequences

Generic "god" entity, not any specific religion's deity.

I agree. There's nothing that we know now that excludes a creator or creation committee that created the known universe and then stepped aside.

The poll provides an option for such folks who believe this.

Is there anything we now know that excludes a creator or creation committee that continues to act in the universe?

Lack of evidence that rises up above the noise of simple chance or coincidence?

That's my opinion.

so low signal/noise is the answer?

I'm not sure that I'd hang my hat on that one, but everyone is free to their interpretation of the data or lack thereof. In the science world one can point to many low signals later being able to be pulled out of the noise.

Groups of men that squabble over religion. That's either a huge blunder (fire the god(s)) or there really is/are no god(s).

I'm careful what I hang my hat on. :)

Chaos theory comes to mind re low signal/noise, IMO, so I agree with your statement.

I think you might agree that humans also tend to create causal relationships for non-causal events, i.e. seeing "god" in good things and dismissing "it" when bad things occur. edit: This human trait creates the illusion of a "signal".

2¢

Best,

Totally concur. Just want to sort out the parameters.

I was gonna score a touchdown until Jesus made me fumble...

Which god are you talking about? Are you sure you've picked the right one and that you understand his requirements?