What if you think for yourself and decide that God is wiser and can make better moral decisions than you and can teach you a lot?
I guess the objectivist collective would object to that level of individuality.
I guess the objectivist collective would object to that level of individuality.
"Objectivist" and "collective" are contradictory terms; but letting that go, Objectivists defend the right of every individual to believe and practice their beliefs and teach their beliefs, no matter what those beliefs are. No Objectivist would ever attempt to prevent any individual from believing or worshipping as they choose.
An Objectivist might not agree with what you believe, and might exercise their own right to teach what they beleive, but would never prevent you, or, if it were in their power, allow anyone else to prevent you from believing and choosing the way you are convinced is correct.
The question is, are religious people willing to extend that kind of freedom to all others? Everyone would enjoy freedom of religion under an Objectivist system. This is not true under most religious system.
Hank
Which God? Just about everybody has their own version. Do you really just get to pick and choose? I am convinced the Moslem GOD is about as evil as it gets but one billion people seem to follow that one. How do you decide when the criteria of choice is faith? When you have automaticly thrown out reason from your decision? Just go with the one your parents taught you? If among all the Gods presented to us do we have any that are consistant with scientific discoverys or that actually predicted them? If there is a God why should he care about us at all? We'd be to Him like Bacteria are to us. Small, numerous and easily ignored.