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| quote: | Originally posted by Moral Hazard
We aren't talking probability in terms of odds here... we're talking about something being probable; meaning very likely. |
No, this is where, we go past each other. We're talking specifically about the statistical odds.
All you have shown regarding Jesus's existence as a human being, is that there is a relatively high statistical probability that a person named Yeshu who also was a teacher, existed in Palestine shortly after the year 0. thats not trustworthy, it is purely odds.
I admit, probability is an ambiguous word in this context, but if that is where the misunderstanding lies, everything else is then resolved?
| quote: | | it is highly likely, probable, meaning that the possibility that it is not true is lesser then the possibility that it is; subsequently, it is reasonable to proceed on the presumption that it is true. |
And now you are calculating in low statistical odds again. Suddenly, you pull everything else back, and says 51% probability is enough to believe.
Again again again: no. Fact that something is a bit more likely than the opposite is not a reason to believe something, Belief is to believe it's true, not that it's likely.
| quote: | | As I stated earlier; you would be hard pressed to find many scholars that would hold the contention that it is improbable that a historical Jesus existed. |
Again an appeal to authority used. What scientists are believing is completely irrelevant, it's research that matters - and there is no evidence or research results, if you like, to suggest the existence of Jesus.
Furthermore you actually find more and more scientists who doubt that he ever lived. There's just an ancient cultural relic to go on.
| quote: | | I am perfectly capable, in fact, I have done so. |
Really? Could you repeat your convincing argument, since I must have missed it?
| quote: | | I have not attacked you; rather, I have shared my conclusions regarding your relative level of idiocy... |
Are you going after the price for most contradictory sentence? That was an attack. Seriously, what do you think a personal attack is, if its not to say "you are an idiot"?
Last edited by Znack on Apr-28-2011 at 08:32
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