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  1. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    I would agree and disagree with you to say there was a winner in war. Once the average in morality falls to death and destruction then death and destruction wins. Once the average in morality rises to peace and progress, than the average wins. Politics and people are proving this day by day and...
  2. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    I completely agree. I believe we could have all the truth come down from heaven in a tornado of fire and still be able to worship exactly the way we wish because we are the true capitans of our soul. We decide where we want to be. No one or nothing can take that away. Still I think a lot of...
  3. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    Who won the war? My argument is The average did.
  4. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    Answer: My mind is never fully fixed, it was satire. Regardless, I don't want this to change people's mind rather provide a truth based on science and mathematics. Whether I stay in my ways or everyone here does too, is not the point of this OP.
  5. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    Even in this OP, I think many people were misled to believe that based on my initial statement, that this practice would only be in benefit of me, which in hindsight is counterintuitive. My theory would use raw data not influenced by any one religion rather just personal raw beliefs that...
  6. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    That was by design, I fully intend as most people to believe the way I believe regardless of what anyone says, but if you put my beliefs in a pot with everyone else, liberal, conservative, orthodox, unorthodox and you would come up with an average of beliefs or ideas I think truth could...
  7. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    I would say we are given a set of possibilities (churches, religious organizations), however large still reasonably countable, and the probability of truth is the outcome we intend to find. It could help us find the equilibrium of what everyone believes, not just a church or a religion but as an...
  8. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    Which we can mathematically determine is two, because no human has 1.9995 legs. they either have 0,1, or 2.
  9. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    I tried to show this in my example in the OP. Just because I'm Christian, doesn't mean than I don't pray five times a day or more. Prayer is a concept that most religious people hold onto. If we all believe in prayer, than any religion would contribute objectively to Islams Pillar of Faith...
  10. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    I wouldn't say fixed. I would argue that most people want to know what truth is and they would follow it. This is just providing them a solution that doesn't involve faith or personal belief..
  11. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    I don't understand your reasoning. You would never ask that question for averages. You would ask how many people believe humans have two legs and then you take the average of that answer. If the average is 2 legs than we must agree that humans have two legs. There is nothing flawed in that.
  12. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    Yes! You will never escape the gumballs, no matter how far you travel in the universe, the gaseous stars and planets will only remind you of gumballs and nothing else. Plus, the answer to my question of how many gumballs there are in the machine is 42. Voila, you need not worry about anything...
  13. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    Individually I don't think so, but if you evaluate from many different guesses, you might get really really close if not exact. Who knows? That is my question.
  14. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    Perhaps, but my sample size would not be nearly as big as it is today. Plus, not many people had freedom of thought anyway back then with the large majority as serfs and peasants. Of course, I think it is better to consider from a more civilized free society where diversity exists in every type...
  15. Jacob Samuelson

    "Born of water" - meaning what exactly?

    You are going to have to define the other interpretations in order to best answer your question. As for the born of water passage in John 3, I believe it will always refer to baptism by water. The main reasoning is when Jesus gets baptized in Matthew, He states that by getting baptized with...
  16. Jacob Samuelson

    Would Law of Averages Work in Determining the Truth?

    I'm going to break the ice for everyone and say I absolutely know that my beliefs are the most correct. This is based on thousands of years of data and hundreds of hours research on my end to come to this determination and no one can or will convince me otherwise. That being said, How many of...
  17. Jacob Samuelson

    Objective Naturalism vs. Subjective Reasoning

    Summary: This post is mostly my theistic thoughts on Objective Naturalism in respect to Subjective Reasoning.
  18. Jacob Samuelson

    Objective Naturalism vs. Subjective Reasoning

    Very well could be. The world may never know.
  19. Jacob Samuelson

    Objective Naturalism vs. Subjective Reasoning

    Haha Considering the length of how much I could write about this subject, I would say this is already shortened by 90%.
  20. Jacob Samuelson

    Objective Naturalism vs. Subjective Reasoning

    I think the most difficult task for a theist is to differentiate the two above philosophies. We look at an event with the same object in mind, yet perhaps view it with varied complexity. Like if I, a theist, look at a rubber ball, and I was told to study this ball and bring back a report of its...
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