Objectivism, Atheism & Conflict Between Religion & Science -- Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights

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Dr. Yaron Brook, executive director of the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights, and Dr. Keith Lockitch, fellow at ARC, explain briefly why Ayn Rand and her philosophy, Objectivism, are atheistic.

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[rationalselfish]

@derfos666 A fact is that which *is* known. Your premises don't make sense.

"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong." ~Ayn Rand

[Sivels]

@cirosuperiore Faith is by definition a belief that is supported without any empirical evidence.

Sure I don't know if there's a Batman on mars, or whether there are flying unicorns flying around in space, but you're not called upon to prove a negative.

[cirosuperiore]

@Sivels you are delusional. people like you are what Eric Voegelin called Gnostics. people who think they can know the truth of everything if they only had the right method and means....keep dreaming, you provide not only bad philosophy but BAD SCIENCE.

[Sivels]

@cirosuperiore There's absolutely no knowledge that can be attained that can't also be attained by science, reason and logic.

[MELOS75]

a man slipped and fell over a cliff edge. he found himself hanging from a small tree unable to climb up. He spoke to the heavens "is anybody up there?" . A voice replied "I am your God, have faith in me and let go of the branch". The man replied "umm, is there anybody else up there?"

[Ataensic]

Faith, by definition, is an assumption: a belief without evidence or proof.

[derfos666]

Facts alone cannot ground our knowledge of the world. Consider

P1: there is a fact F: "my beliefs correspond to reality."

P2: F is unverifiable. I cannot *know* that F.

P3: F grounds my knowledge of the world.

C: The grounding of my knowledge of the world is unknowable.

P2 is key: There is no method of verifying whether our beliefs are true. Even if they are, the fact that they are is not enough to justify my knowledge in them.

[hrobertb]

@Philosophier121 Uncertainty is only a problem for those that lack a foundation for a solid worldview.

[mason72518]

@hrobertb Proof of the resurrection of Jesus?! Okay, I'll bite. Prove it here.

[hrobertb]

@mason72518 Ironically, you are the one that cannot be consistent. You are asking me to believe in things that can only be scientifically verified, but that statement does not even stand up to it's own assertion, i.e., it's self refuting! So, no, I am perfectly rational and you are dealing with a caricature of what faith is.