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    Challenges→There is at least some non-zero probability that God does not exist, given our background knowledge (premise 2 holds).

    If background knowledge inductively entails God's existence with probability approaching 1, then P(~God | background knowledge) converges to zero without requiring strict logical entailment.

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    Converges to zero(as used in mathematics and logic)
    Gradually gets smaller and smaller, approaching the value of zero (meaning the probability of God not existing gets weaker and weaker).
    Inductively entails(as used in logic and reasoning)
    Provides strong evidence or reasons for something to be true, based on observed patterns, even if it doesn't prove it with absolute certainty.
    P(~God | background knowledge)(as used in probability notation)
    A mathematical way of writing 'the probability that God does not exist, given all the background knowledge we have'—the tilde (~) means 'not,' and the vertical bar (|) means 'given that.'
    Probability approaching 1(as used in probability and statistics)
    Something becoming increasingly likely, getting closer and closer to being almost certainly true (where 1 means completely certain and 0 means impossible).

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    Strict logical entailment(as used in logic)
    A guarantee that something must be true based purely on the rules of logic alone, with no exceptions or uncertainty.
    background knowledge(Popper's philosophy of science)
    Items that must be taken for granted during scientific criticism, but which are not conclusively established and may be challenged at any time, especially if their uncritical acceptance is suspected of causing subsequent difficulties.
    knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
    Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.

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