Carthage

Seriously, why?

I consider myself an objectivist, so I need a reason. Mine is thus: If we take the Law of Identity in the way that Rand described it, then the universe, and existance, cannot have come out of nothing. Nothing is nothing, and it behaves in a like manner. It cannot produce everything. Therefore, there must have been a being to create something from nothing.
Now, Rand said that having a conciousness which is concious of nothing is a contradiction that cannot exist. But so is nothing producing everything. And seeing as how man does not have an understanding of what is beyond this world, we can only associate God's mind with our conciousness, but I believe that they are only the closest we can come to understanding. So God is a sort of super-conciousness, above our understanding.
Why am I a Christian? Because it's the most rational religion, in my opinion.

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Ria

This is a duplicate thread in same section.

dt3

Why do you believe what Rand said?

Dana

You're an odd kid

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Carthage

Yeah, I get that a lot.

It's the most logical approach. In an objective reality, which we have proof of via our senses and mind, A=A.

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All Else Failed

This applies to god as well. You're going to say "well god has always existed" but that doesn't address my point.


And actually matter has formed out of "thin air" in some experiments in vacuums.

NicAuf

This is why I love not caring about the existence of God...makes life easier.

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sharpies

... which God?

Allan

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"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin."

-- Cardinal Bellarmine, during the trial of Galileo, 1615

All Else Failed

Odin. He owns Christ so hard.

satinbutterfly

Because some day he'll let me part the Ohio River like he let Moses part the Red Sea.

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Pudding Time

I'd like Rand to explain Ball Lightning with his logic.

Elle

*sigh*

It's unfortunate, and I need to do more research as to why I cannot answer this with validity.

Just saying, "because I do," just doesn't seem good enough, or fair enough within a discussion.

I'll get back to you.

All Else Failed

Most people believe because they were raised to do so.

Temperamental

I believe in God because God's existance has been proven and backed up by science. In some religious books, there are evidence that can prove the existance of God. Darwin's theory of Evolution has been proven wrong by science. Dr. Albert Einstein proved that the Big Bang and Redshift Theories are false. Nothing supports Atheism except for fictitious beliefs.

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