Balance Quote by J. L. Mackie Download Open image “The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god.” — J. L. Mackie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Balance Existence Life Probability
There is no reason to regard God as immune from consideration along the spectrum of probabilities. And there is certainly no reason to suppose… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe. — Menander Copy Share Image
To admit that there is any such thing as chance, in the common acceptation of the term, would be to attempt to establish a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination. — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The argument from improbability, properly deployed, comes close to proving that God does not exist. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
As you learn more and more about the irrelevance of human life to the general mechanism of the universe, the idea of an interested… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Belief in God is an act of faith. But so is believing our existence is simply the result of chance. — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
God tends to do his best work when the odds appear stacked against him. — Kevin DeYoung Copy Share Image
There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance... — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Even God cant get by without using statistics to conceal uncertainty. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
If we do take statements to be the primary bearers of truth, there seems to be a very simple answer to the question, what… — J. L. Mackie Copy Share Image
I myself find it hard to accept the notion of self-creation from nothing, even given unrestricted chance. — J. L. Mackie Copy Share Image
...it is absurd to try to confine our knowledge and belief to matters which are conclusively established by sound deductive arguments. The demand for… — J. L. Mackie Copy Share Image
God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if… — J. L. Mackie Copy Share Image
Balance suggests a perfect equilibrium. There is no such thing. That is a false expectation… There are going to be priorities and dimensions of… — Denise Morrison Copy Share Image
The bones of my architecture are very much related to the structure, to the physical fact of how a building can stand up; it's… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it… — Laura Regan Copy Share Image
she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
“We don't need to strive towards balance, we rather need to work on the obstacles that are preventing the natural flow of balance.” — A.A. Alebraheem Copy Share Image
I think that kind of balance comes with the process of growing together as a band, the Little Dragon. We love to write, we… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
Balance is the ability to be happy in the midst of the most chaotic or even boring or transient circumstance. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
At times of recession, running a budget deficit is highly desirable. Once the economy begins to recover, you have to balance the budget. But… — George Soros Copy Share Image
It's my intention to make something stand outside the realm of album art, but it also feels comfortable to me to be in it.… — John Dyer Baizley Copy Share Image
Once you've gotten your money in balance, you know how much you have to spend on things that are just fun. — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I never understood how much running changes your life. I'm now obsessed. When not trying to beat my personal best, I'm talking to other… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image