Well, probability can be an overrated thing. There's
experiential knowledge too, which is a numberless thing.
My mid 20s, I was heavily into religious questing. Raised
Methodist, which didn't really have a Devil concept per se, more
psychology than anything, and a "do good things / be good" way
about it. I'm glad for it. Thought the place needed more
candles.
Did the Buddhist, Unitarian, Quaker, Anglican, among many
others, almost became a Catholic priest, then ended up finding
Eastern Orthodox in the yellow pages and checked it out.
Converted. Stayed at a monastery for few weeks. Learned much,
even came up with a retirement plan. Moved to Florida, studied
science in my spare time for about 10 of those years, getting
all quantum-mystified and holographic-nature-of-reality stuff
until I saw the religiousity in *that* and now, well, in a
process of synthesis I suppose.
The experiential nature of mystical awareness (man that sounds
stupid and new age-y but I need coffee) is missing from
probability, objectivism, numbers, etc. It's the trouble of
categorization: How do you categorize when there is only one and
no other for contrast/comparison?
So, yeah. Still staying open on the question. I also have a very
analogical view of God; it's a word. It has analogous forms in
areas that don't seem related to religion but are. Anything
that's has a deep ? and a bunch of people going "ooh and ahh"
over it, well, there ya go. That's their God.
