I'm Christian and Atlas Shrugged is among my favorite books. I admit though that her anti-God rant in the second half didn't sit well.
How someone could be so enlightened in so many ares yet be so devoid of spirituality still puzzles me. Her belief that true happiness is found in accomplishment coincides perfectly with what I believe God wants from us all - our best effort.
That "true happiness" comes directly from pleasing the thing she didn't believe in, her creator.
That "true happiness" comes directly from pleasing the thing she didn't believe in, her creator. Amen.
What is so sad about Rand is that as an unbeliever she had no hope.
After her husband did, she knew she would never see him again.
How different from the Christian who knows he will see those loved ones who have received the free gift of salvation.
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope (1Thes.4:13)