squirrelyguy
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This question is mainly intended for Christians, or at least those who believe in God; but it has relevance for an atheist too I suppose.
It seems to me that the odds of my existence must have been insurmountably high, yet here I am. And the same goes for you. Just as you or I have an infinite possibility of numbers we could choose to write on a piece of paper*, so God had an infinite number of souls He could have chosen to exist in our place. But here I am, and here you are.
I'm asking this question because it might be helpful for someone who is better at math than I am to weigh in on this. Is it necessarily true that an infinite possibility of other souls could have existed in my place?
* Limited of course by the dimensions of the paper, the tip of the writing utensil, as well as one's ability to write tiny characters. But in the abstract, there would be no limit on the possible numbers one could name at random.
It seems to me that the odds of my existence must have been insurmountably high, yet here I am. And the same goes for you. Just as you or I have an infinite possibility of numbers we could choose to write on a piece of paper*, so God had an infinite number of souls He could have chosen to exist in our place. But here I am, and here you are.
I'm asking this question because it might be helpful for someone who is better at math than I am to weigh in on this. Is it necessarily true that an infinite possibility of other souls could have existed in my place?
* Limited of course by the dimensions of the paper, the tip of the writing utensil, as well as one's ability to write tiny characters. But in the abstract, there would be no limit on the possible numbers one could name at random.