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Old 08-14-2007, 12:55 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sear View Post
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did I get my math right?

I used a pocket calculator, and divided 1 by 600.

But w/ %, should I have moved the decimal point?

Correction invited.
Your math is correct (when you multiply by 100) only insofar as one of the 600 religions represented in LA is actually correct. Because religion is created by man, and therefore subject to the confines of subjective human experience, the chances of even one religion being correct about the ultimate reality of the universe is astronomically more unlikely than the figure you gave.

I think I'll take my chances with the near 99.99-repeat% chance that we just don't know what the hell is going on in terms of ultimate truth (or if there even is an 'ultimate truth').
"If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, then have faith; if you want to be a disciple of truth, then search" -- Friedrich Nietzsche

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