There are two points to make about this. First, any notion of probability that depends on a “degree of likelihood” in cases such as these depends itself for its calculus on the background knowledge of the calculator. As Copi notes, “[An event] can be assigned a probability only on the basis of the evidence available to the person making the assignment.”29 But we have already seen that “the evidence available to the person making the (probable) assignment” will automatically exclude the fact that God’s character is patently obvious in every bit of evidence used.30 There is a determined bias and
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