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XxxRDTPRNxxX 8 points ago +14 / -6

Just out of curiosity, does anyone care to explain to me how they know that god exists and it's just made up?

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Kentucky_colonel 2 points ago +3 / -1

I'd be happy too. But first I'd ask if you ever considered the possibility that reality being purely determined by mechanical cause and effect isn't itself simply a "made up" perspective. Assuming of course that a modern secular mindset is the one you are coming from.

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atheist 1 point ago +3 / -2

Actually according to quantum mechanics, we know about states which aren't deterministic. Unless we have a non local deterministic theory, it is safe to assume that it is non-deterministic.

Assume a true random number generator made up of a qubit is used to decide upon a classical deterministic decision. The randomness of the previous random number generator will make sure that the further action cannot be predicted through deterministic mechanics.

So, reality needn't be deterministic. Yet, it can still be predicted to a certain degree. If anything, people can consider axioms which explain things the truth. We probably don't need a god for explaining that.