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Originally Posted by kerry
Reasons are things that exist in minds. If everything happens for a reason, then some mental thing (God, Universal Consciousness, The Giant Mind) would have to have comprehension of everything and act intentionally to bring all things about. I've never had access to this Giant Mind so as far as I know, there aren't reasons for everything only reasons for a few things--the things that intentionally thinking beings carry out.
Everything may have a cause, but I don't see this as a reason.
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Well put. When I was in college and took Philosophy (Intro) I really didn't like it. The funny thing is, now I think about things like this all the time. In reflection I think there could have been two reasons why I didn't like philosophy at that time-
1- I knew my professor was an atheist. I was naive and unnaccepting of other's views when I was younger.
2- My mind works like a philosopher and so I naturally found many problems with their thought processes.