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What are the Odds of Christ being the Son of God?
From the book A Scientific Analysis of Genesis by Dr. Edward E, Blick, Ph.D. - he states that you have a greater chance of dying in the next second, that the chance of Jesus Christ not being the Son of God.
" There are three hundred prophecies in the Old testament that were fulfilled by the first coming of Jesus Christ. Professor Peter Stoner, a mathematician in one of California's colleges, gave a homework assignment concerning Old Testament prophecies and probability to students taking his course in mathematical probability. There were 48 students in the class and each student was assigned the problem of estimating the probability that Jesus Christ just happened to fulfill one of the prophecies by chance. For example, one student may have been assigned the prophecy in Micah 5:2 which states that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Well Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem, so this student had to estimate that out of all the places on the earth, what were the odds that Jesus Christ would be born in Bethlehem.
To get the total probability that Jesus Christ just by chance happened to fulfill 48 prophecies simultaneously, the individual probabilities had to be multiplied together. After doing so, Professor Stoner found that the total probability was one chance out of 10 to the 180th power (one followed by 180 zeros). To put it another way, the chances that Jesus Christ actually is the Son of God are greater than 10 to the 180th power to one. This was calculated using only 48 of the 300 prophecies, so undoubtedly the odds are extremely larger than 10 to the 180th power to one.
The odds of 10 to the 180th power to one are more than a "sure thing" than anything you can predict in your future. For example, let's suppose you are 20 years old and from insurance mortality tables we know the yearly death rate of persons 20 years of age. It turns out that the chances of you dying in the next second are one chance out of 10 billion, or to turn it around, the chances of you living the next second are 10 to the 10th power to one. 10 to the 10th power is an extremely large number, but infinitesimally small compared to 10 to the 180th power!! To put it another way, the chances that Jesus Christ is actually the Son of God are almost infinitely greater than the chances you have of being alive the next second!! "
By George Konig
3/16/2008
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