The Uniqueness Argument

This is something I've been thinking about lately and I actually mentioned it out loud the other day so I thought it might be best to just post it. Perhaps I'll get some opinions in response ... that would be cool.

So, after reading [most of] Philosophy for Dummies during Lent, I came to the semi-conclusion that I am somewhat of a skeptic. If you're not sure what that means (or if you have the wrong impression) then I will be happy to enlighten you. A skeptic is someone who, without trying to disprove it, asks questions about something to sort of show that it is "soft." It's more of an argument tactic than a persuasion tactic; I don't really want to convince anyone of anything but it is my goal to help other people think.

That being said, and this blog being what it is, I thought up a skeptic's point of view on God that I haven't actually heard or read before. Hopefully this isn't too large of a concept.

We all see the universe every day, don't we? Other humans, trees, vehicles, computer screens, etc. Is there anything that we experience that is completely unique? If humans are the sum of their parts, trees all have leaves, animals are similar to each other, and even the thoughts we have can be traced to things we see and hear other people do then the best we can say is that we search for rarity in a world of likeness. But I don't believe there is anything unique under the sun. Even the sun itself is not unique; planets and stars litter our galaxy and galaxies likewise litter our solar system.

But all of that observation seems to fall away when we hit the giant roadblock that is the concept of the Christian God.

Now, if we want to split hairs and include the opinions of other culture (though the latter is rarely seen when discussing this particular topic) we can say that the concept of "God" is similar to what Jews, Muslims and Hindus believe - one or more powerful beings that exist above our usual material reality and, to sum it up in a single phrase, do as they please. But for this point to make sense I need to reiterate that the Christian God (further referred to merely as "God") is claimed to be unique and the only "god-like" being that "actually" exists. Whether that is true or not (or whether you believe it or not) is completely irrelevant for the purposes of my point.

If God is unique then God is the only thing in the entirety of reality that is so, isn't he? How is that possible? Nothing else we see or experience is unique. Songs we hear are made up of the same notes and instruments in different arrangements - combinations of existing pieces. The closest we humans come to experiencing uniqueness is our own personalities but the study of psychology blasts away the singularity of a human being because even our thoughts and feelings are similar to each other (and products of our environment and influences). So how is it that we have come to believe that a unique supreme being is even possible in a world where nothing else comes close to fitting that criteria?

Is it illogical?