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Talk:Mystery:What Percentage Go To Hell? (view source)
Revision as of 23:38, September 21, 2011
, 23:38, September 21, 2011→A mathematical approach
::::I should be clear - I don't think this is a very good approach to the question at hand, but that if you take it, be sure to consider the flood and not use secularly-sourced figures. [[User:AlycaZ|AlycaZ]] 18:19, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
::::I should be clear - I don't think this is a very good approach to the question at hand, but that if you take it, be sure to consider the flood and not use secularly-sourced figures. [[User:AlycaZ|AlycaZ]] 18:19, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
I don't mean to be offensive, but you kind of butchered the geometric series. For example, when you go from doubling to tripling, total population goes down? But using this, for 8*r^n = 7bn, with n=6000/25 (one generation every 25 years, over six years), we get an r=1.0895. Using this in the geometric series summation, we come to a cumulative population of 77bn. Even a slight increase in the more recent years will easily get you over 100bn <br />Anyways, I don't think this model is great anyways, but whatever. We can quibble about exact number, but I think my question remains. If we're really trying to put a percentage on the number of souls in Hell, we need to consider our assumptions. And I think secular and biblical assumptions both generally assume the start of civilization (and, coincidentally, significant population growth) at around 4000BC, so cumulative populations should tend to converge.[[User:EricAlstrom|EricAlstrom]] 19:38, 21 September 2011 (EDT)
==Suggest a third or fourth==
==Suggest a third or fourth==