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- From: gdm7238@summa.tamu.edu (MCBRIDE, GARY DEAN)
- Newsgroups: alt.philosophy.objectivism
- Subject: Re: Evidence vs Faith
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 15:36 CST
- Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
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- In article <C168GK.Co8@SSD.intel.com>, pandit@ssd.intel.com (Milind Pandit) writes...
- ]In article <C14zCx.LIy@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jlamb@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey Richard Lamb) writes:
- ]>The person
- ]>above said that the "faith" in the free market was based on 1) ethical
- ]>arguments, historical and empirical evidence, political theory, etc. this
- ]>leads to 2) a belief that is not based on faith. My point is that the same
- ]>arguments can be used to show the existance of God. I may be wrong (and
- ]>that's very hard for me to admit), but don't tell me I'm making a choice
- ]>based on blind faith. I'm as sure of my "faith" as you are that there is
- ]>no God (or more so depending . . . ).
- ]>Some information about myself. I have read Rand exstensivily and find
- ]>her ideas interesting and true in many cases. Her ideas about ego and
- ]>existance are right on, but I totally disagree with her theory on God.
- ]>I know God exists and I have come to this conclusion through logic.
- ]
- ]I (and others, I'm sure) would honestly like to hear at least some of
- ]your arguments that God exists. At least tell us something about the
- ]God that you argue exists. I promise not to flame you.
-
- I too would be very very interested in hearing it as well. I have never
- seen a truly logical argument for god's existence that was not just dripping
- with flaws. And, yes, at least some idea of what "God" is would be appreciated.
-
- ]--
- ]Milind S. Pandit | pandit@ssd.intel.com
- ]Operating Systems Engineer |
- ]Intel Supercomputer Systems Division | Standard Disclaimers Apply
-
- Gary McBride
-