Thanks, Objectivist, for your explanations on what objectivism is about. A few years back, I read a book on atheism by George Smith (who himself is/was an objectivist like you) and he brought up a lot of stuff that you've been bringing up in your posts, but since his book wasn't about objectivism perse, this is the first time I'm reading about this stuff in a fairly indepth manner.
And despite being on two opposite ends of the debate regarding God's existence, it also sounds quite similar to Thomism in terms of it being so methodical and precise with the definitions given to key terms, and its apparent aversion to modern analytic philosophy.
Still struggling with understanding some of the stuff you're talking about, though. And not really sure about existence being automatically necessary existence. I can make sense of such an idea in something like modal realism, but otherwise, it doesn't seem like my limited existence/being is necessary in any way. I seem to exist even though reality could've manifested differently in a way that never led to my existence eventually.
And despite being on two opposite ends of the debate regarding God's existence, it also sounds quite similar to Thomism in terms of it being so methodical and precise with the definitions given to key terms, and its apparent aversion to modern analytic philosophy.
Still struggling with understanding some of the stuff you're talking about, though. And not really sure about existence being automatically necessary existence. I can make sense of such an idea in something like modal realism, but otherwise, it doesn't seem like my limited existence/being is necessary in any way. I seem to exist even though reality could've manifested differently in a way that never led to my existence eventually.
