These forces have always existed and that at the time of the big bang they came into contact with each other and that the big bang was the result.
And do you feel that this is a possibility? If you do, then you accept the possibility of the existance of the supernatural, and then you're just a small step away from accepting the possibility of God's existance.
As for me I won’t claim to know how the Universe was created, just that I perceive its existence, try to understand it and operate accordingly.
Well, same here. But I also know that something doesn't come from nothing, and so I don't rule out the possibility of a supernatural creator.
From reading Ayn Rand I don’t find atheism in the same style as many of those who call themselves atheists today. Most atheist that make it into the news today tend to be anti-theist in that they dislike God and any mention of God. Ayn Rand would fit more in line with an agnostic, professing to have no knowledge of the existence of God. Since you can not know or understand God through a completely rational process to accept or profess the existence of God requires going beyond reason. It can be useful to utilize theories as an aid to understanding; but to claim a theory or faith is superior is to accept a kind of magic. A magic that lessens the place Man’s rational mind plays in producing and creating the necessities that support the Six billion inhabitants of Earth. Ayn Rand’s attacks against religion were aimed at those who proclaim access to a higher knowledge not available to others. Who then attempt to use that claim of a superior knowledge to control and manipulate.