It seems to me you are saying we cannot use reason until we know everything. That is a problem in the realm of epistemology which remains open-ended until such time as we do know everything. But failure to know-all does not preclude one's ability to use reason particularly because of the very statement that you make. What do you propose instead?

No, John Allison has not been at FIT. BB&T does have banks in our area.

That would require someone else to live for you.

That's incredible! I wasn't even aware that they were made with the long barrel.

okee dokee, I engaged. I don't have time to engage again, however, so that response will have to suffice.

You can broaden your definition of worship as much as you like, but you're the one who directly compared worshiping god to worshiping man: "if it isn't in the worship of God, is has to be in worship of man". My response used the definition of worship that you chose, not one I made up. BTW, unless one is engaging in hyperbole (e.g. I worship the ground that Meryl Streep walks on.) then worship denotes a religious, or mystical, activity.

My claim that "eventually we will know" couldn't possibly be any further removed from a statement of faith. I based that statement on the stupendous progress man has already made in understanding the universe, and the rate at which breakthroughs are achieved in virtually every field is accelerating. I can buy a 3 1/2" form-factor hard drive today that's filled with helium instead of air and uses shingled, perpendicular recording THAT CAN STORE 10TB of data. 5 years ago it was a theory that IBM hoped to test very soon. A couple of years ago I did a calculation that compared the cost/MB for a 5MB hard drive in an IBM PC model B circa 1983(ish) versus a 3TB modern hard drive that I had just bought for $99.00. If a person in 1983(ish) wanted to buy enough 5MB hard drives to store 3TB of data it would have cost millions of dollars. Sorry I can't be more specific but I don't recall the exact number.

The technological advancements that allowed me to purchase 3TB of storage for $99 instead of $1M+ only 30 years ago is astounding. I feel completely comfortable claiming that "eventually we will know."

Your claim that "eventually we will know" is a statement of faith is nearly identical to the statement so often made by believers to atheists, "You accuse me of being irrational for having faith in god when your claim that there is no god is based completely on faith!"

Only a liar or an imbecile would ever say that. An atheist's conviction that there is no god is based on a complete lack of objective evidence for such a being. You cannot point to a single piece of physical evidence that shows that god exists. No, pointing to a woman giving birth and saying 'There's god for you' is not acceptable. All I see is an everyday, naturally occurring phenomenon.

You wrote further down that, "Math isn't my problem, it is Objectivist logic." If you have read any of Ayn Rand's non-fiction and were unable to follow her line of reasoning then I feel sorry for you. Her starting conditions and subsequent explanations of Objectivism and its requirement for rational, objective thought are clear - although I'll admit that one or more books are quite academic and require some work to get through. If you don't understand Objectivist logic then I propose that you don't understand any logic.

That statement also makes me wonder why you are here. You're not going to talk any of we atheists into being believers and none of us will waste our time trying to talk you out of believing in mysticism. What did you hope to accomplish? If you wanted to learn about Objectivism (good for you) then your admission that logic escapes you has shown that you are unable to learn about Objectivism.

our purpose is us, individually, and if you want to support
a cause, do it! -- j
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Explain.

James, why are you asking the question? Your previous responses all indicate you are impervious to any reasonable discussion.

It's hard to respond to someone so committed to the false alternatives and premises in your replies.

Don't confuse me with math. (LOL?)