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I don't need a God to see cause and effect in action. As a counterpoint, our warmongering, religious zealot of a president is an example of letting one's interpretation of religion get in the way of the truth. I would argue that in many cases belief in God either results from or leads to a dualistic mindset, which leads to conflict and the us vs. them construct. If I believe in God and I am weak-minded, I can twist his image in my favor. As in"God bless America, and you're either with us or against us." Or take Israel as an example. I didn't mean to get political, but I was fishing for examples familiar to us all.
And Ayn Rand's philosophy is incomplete in its implicit denial of interdependence, which is why her applicatioin was missing vitality. IMHO.
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