To: Kaslin
I have never understood the fascination with Rand. She was a pompous atheist, nothing more than a early 20th century Eastern european intellectual which today we would call a secular humanist. Is it because she was pro capitalist that many people here read her works with enthusiasm?
8 posted on
04/16/2011 6:00:17 AM PDT by
sueuprising
(The best of it is, God is with us-John Wesley)
To: sueuprising
I have never understood the fascination with Rand. She was a pompous atheistWe are fascinated by her ideas. That she didn't always live up to them only shows she was human. Your attitude reminds me of liberals who dismiss the Constitution because some of the signers kept slaves.
23 posted on
04/16/2011 7:42:26 AM PDT by
BfloGuy
To: sueuprising
Your ad-hominem attack on Rand is illustrative of the fact that you clearly don't know what you're talking about. It also means that that you've already lost both the argument and your credibility.
People read Atlas Shrugged for its ideas, ideas which have proven to be one the cornerstones of human freedom. Read the book, then get back to us.
27 posted on
04/16/2011 8:05:48 AM PDT by
Noumenon
("How do we know when the Government is like that guy with the van and the handcuffs?" --Henry Bowman)
To: sueuprising
In answer to your last question...YES.
30 posted on
04/16/2011 8:51:38 AM PDT by
rlmorel
(Capitalism is the Goose that lays The Golden Egg.)
To: sueuprising
Rand was more pro-individual, than pro-capitalist. She abhorred the big government style crony capitalism that we see today.
41 posted on
04/16/2011 12:55:42 PM PDT by
Eva
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