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Does God Exist?

3.0 for Android
3.8 | 5,000+ Installs | Reviews

Michael Borland

Description of Does God Exist?

This application helps you explore an age-old question, "Does God Exist?" It starts by asking you to consider what you mean by God, then presents a series of observations. You'll be asked to indicate how consistent each observation is with the existence and non-existence of God. In the end, the odds that God exists are computed.
Obviously, this application isn't likely to settle the debate, but it should provide food for thought and lively discussion. I've had Christians tell me the app promotes atheism and atheists tell me it promotes belief in God. However,
the result is not predetermined nor is this app intended to expound one conclusion. Rather, it is designed to help you think about the issues.
After you've done a calculation, you can share the results via email, Google+, etc. (Facebook doesn't work, but that's Facebook's fault not mine.)
Some suggestions for use:
1. Facilitate discussions between believers and non-believers, to help understand differences.
2. Guide a discussion in an introductory philosophy class.
3. Conversation starter when you are sitting on an airplane or bus. (Ok, maybe not.)
Questions you can try to answer using the app:
1. Is an indifferent or evil God more probable than an all-powerful, loving God?
2. Is a God with limited power more probable than an all-powerful God?
3. How do your answers to the individual questions differ from those of a friend with different beliefs, and why?
Your suggestions for improving this app are welcome. Please use the "Email developer" link to send your suggestions.
Mathematical note: the app uses Bayes' theorem to perform the calculations, with a prior probability of 50%. Individual probabilities are restricted to the range 1% to 99% to prevent any single consideration from determining the outcome. Note that the reason that each observation has two questions is that we need these two responses to apply Bayes' theorem. If you are interested in Bayes theorem, check out my "Estimate Anything" app.

What's New with Does God Exist? 3.0

V3.0: Removed ads. Added one question.

Information

  • Category:
    Education
  • Latest Version:
    3.0
  • Updated:
    2017-01-14
  • File size:
    33.9KB
  • Requirements:
    Android 2.2 or later
  • Developer:
    Michael Borland
  • ID:
    borland.doesgodexist
Reviews
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    Great application ever can build your mindset toward the real God which indeed supreme & this app shows to everyone that how powerful God is, but for those who have the ability to think & use God's granted mind for his/her overlast life (hereafter). Such a helpful app ever!
    2020-01-25 10:09
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    Proved that God is unlikely. Thanks.
    2017-01-25 02:42
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    Time is precious! Don't waste it using this app.
    2016-12-31 08:39
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    I won't get into it to in depth about how flawed this app is. That said if a person dl's this to try to get an appraisal of likelihood of god's existence but then have 2 attributes to describe him with him or her with hmm 3 degrees of the traits and them are asked 13 opinion questions and givena 7 point rating scale to rate the attributes' consistency with their own description the results will be skewed biased unscientific and fundamentally flawed.
    2015-10-11 09:57
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    This app proves that I exist, but I already knew that.
    2015-06-27 10:58
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    So great
    2015-04-21 06:38