Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Great Regulars: A few years ago, Stephen D. Unwin,

a theoretical physicist turned risk analyst, wrote a book called The Probability of God, in which he used Bayes' Theorem to calculate the likelihood of there being a supreme being.

In general, the odds are only so-so. That changes if a person has had what he regards as a religious experience. This underscores that, while religious faith may not be arrived at by reason alone, it is by no means unreasonable.

from Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That's What He Said: Experience trumps all theories

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