Well just not believing in something, or the chance of something because it is improbable tends to be a bad life decision.
There are a lot of things that are improbable in life: cancer, job loss, meteorite crashing into the earth, etc. However it seems very unwise to not accept these things as a possibility, for a possibility is also a probability.
Cancer: You enjoy the time you have left, or you put your trust in the medical feild to cure you. Job Loss: You try hard to look for a new job, and in the mean time you enjoy life as much as you can. Meteorite: You enjoy the time you have left, or put trust in the scientific community to stop it.
Those examples you gave aren't improbable, we know they exist as possiblities. I think you must be confused about what I meant when I said god's existence is improbable.
Theres no proof to suggest the possibility of a god is true. There is proof for example, that you might get cancer.
I'm tired and do not feel like having this debate anymore. We are like NASCAR, all we do is go in circles. I mean, it doesn't really matter if there is or isn't a God. We'll all find out eventually.
If a god does exist (and there's an afterlife) then yeah, I suppose we'll all find out. However, if a god doesn't exist, then we will never find out.
How about we argue about the morality of God again ? That was a lot of fun before.... Let's ask the the theists..... what does God do? Did he create the universe? Does he sit back and watch events unfold? Does he perform miracles? Does he cure disease? Does he answer prayers? To me, atheism stems from the concept that God does nothing to affirm his presence the universe... but perhaps that's a personal thing... If you can't reliably contact god for altruistic reasons, then what is the point of acknowledging his existence?
The pursuit of G-d and spirituality is intended to make it more than just death. That isn't the only reason, but it is a main one. Most people use religion in a attempt to justify to themselves that we don't all just turn into a pile a dirt after death. Although even as a devout Jew I am perfectly fine I turn into a pile of dirt. I am also fine if it turns out my religion is completely wrong. What matters to me is that the fact I lived my life to the best of my abilities, and that I found my religion spiritually fulfilling. And if I found it fulfilling, what difference does it make if it was off track?
I don't see a point in trying to understand something that is meant to not be understood, or to believe in or not believe in a god. To me, Atheism is just as dumb as taking the bible literally. Why fuss about it when you will never know. So no, I don't believe in god, but I also don't not believe in god. I don't care.
It's about as stupid as stating that, beyond a shadow of a doubt, Stalin isn't secretly a leprechaun. Which is to say not stupid at all.
In our Universe there is Thesis, and there is Antithesis. Good and bad. Light and dark. Legion and NCR. I have thought on this, and decided, for now, that if this is so, then there must be an antithesis to all that is thesis. The thesis in question is the Universe. The Antithesis must be all that isn't what the Universe is: mortal, limited, etc. Then the Antithesis must be infinite, limitless, imortal. That is what I believe to be a God.
What isn't us. What isn't what we know. In fact, trying to comprehend God is in fact limiting because whatever God may be, it would be beyond our mortal comprehension. Think of it this way: to perceive the Universe, we have filters to keep us rooted in the present and to understand our current situation. A divine power has no filters and is not confined to any time, place, or direction.
