Sunday, March 30, 2003
What are the Odds You're Right?
As I mention, god is on your side not matter which side you're on accordingly to the various leaders of whichever country you wanna pick. This isn't just true in times of war of course but it's more apparent in the headlines and speeches. There are many who believe that their religion is the one true religion. There are quite a few of those that would have you believe if you don't cotton on to their system you're doomed. So what to believe becomes a serious question if you believe in the consequences too. So pick one and pray? Not sure how you'd nail down a definition of a religion but I've read that there are about 150 religions world-wide. Picking a few there are about 2 billion Christians (of a sort), 1 billion Muslims, 750 million Hindus, 13 million Jews, 16 million Sikhs, 3 million Buddhists, oh the list could go on of course. All are divinely inspired in one way or another with their own sacred texts. Surely they can't all be right can they? You'd think the one true god would surely want to be known no? Well, for ease of argument, if each have an equal chance at validity I'd say you have about a 0.667% chance of getting it right. God luck ...
As I mention, god is on your side not matter which side you're on accordingly to the various leaders of whichever country you wanna pick. This isn't just true in times of war of course but it's more apparent in the headlines and speeches. There are many who believe that their religion is the one true religion. There are quite a few of those that would have you believe if you don't cotton on to their system you're doomed. So what to believe becomes a serious question if you believe in the consequences too. So pick one and pray? Not sure how you'd nail down a definition of a religion but I've read that there are about 150 religions world-wide. Picking a few there are about 2 billion Christians (of a sort), 1 billion Muslims, 750 million Hindus, 13 million Jews, 16 million Sikhs, 3 million Buddhists, oh the list could go on of course. All are divinely inspired in one way or another with their own sacred texts. Surely they can't all be right can they? You'd think the one true god would surely want to be known no? Well, for ease of argument, if each have an equal chance at validity I'd say you have about a 0.667% chance of getting it right. God luck ...
