Can Voting Determine the Existence of God?

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The discussion centers on the futility of voting on the existence of God or the nature of reality, emphasizing that consensus does not equate to truth. It highlights the limitations of human understanding and the influence of biases in shaping opinions. The conversation references the historical context of scientific theories, such as the cosmological constant, to illustrate how prevailing beliefs can change over time and how a vote reflects subjective views rather than objective reality. Ultimately, the argument suggests that current knowledge is limited, and voting on such profound questions yields little meaningful insight.

Does god exist?

  • how else do you think the world created?

    Votes: 3 37.5%

  • yes, and his name is SCIENCE.

    Votes: 5 62.5%
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"...if god exist..."

... and in the spirit of all those replies...


... let us vote!...
 
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hen said:
... and in the spirit of all those replies...


... let us vote!...

I won't vote because a vote about the nature of reality means absolutely nothing. If everyone agrees God is . . . that doesn't mean God is. Everyone votes science is . . . that doesn't mean science is.

I was watching a special today on how regretably the idea of a cosmological constant was allowed into theoretical physics. If you took a vote when everybody wanted the universe to be static, guess what the answer would have been; take a vote now and you get different results.

Right now we have no idea what we don't know, and so the experts are "convinced" the universe has to be or can't possibly be certain ways. Take a vote and mostly what you get is people's unsupportable opinions and biases.
 

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