Her books are not about the ins and outs of religion - which is a good thing, for then everyone would be screaming 'but it's not what MY church teaches.' Her book is not filed in the library under 'religion.'
Her books are about the destroyers vs the builders in gov't and industry - the people who ultimately 'rule'.- that have been in every society. Her books are about what happens when the balance starts to fall in favor of the destroyers. "Atlas" is quite a tome as it is. How big would it need to be to also get into the religious aspects?
THAT is what her 'novels' are about - a blueprint for us to understand the who, what and how our society can/will be destroyed. THAT is the message - to wake up before it's too late.
For stiff necked people to refuse to read the books because it doesn't also cover one's religious beliefs is to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Also, your freedom to exercise your religious freedoms will be null and void if we don't stop this Socialist takeover.
If you want a religiously pure book - go read books of religion.
(Note: I totally disagree with Rand's personal life. I believe she was pitifully devoid of any faith in a higher being. That is a frightful place to be. As a result, her personal life - and of those around her - was a mess.
That does NOT negate her message in "Atlas")
I suspicion that a lot of what doomed her personal life to failure was that, inward, she perceived herself a tall, stunning, blond heroine - i.e. a Dagney - but the mirror reflected a short, dumpy, not attractive, dark haired woman. She was Dagney trapped in an alien body.
I think that's true for the most part. But more importantly, she saw what could be accomplished when a person with dreams and goals puts serious, dedicated effort into their passions and pursuits.
Rand was, for much her life, physically as you describe her. Yet she managed to work as an extra in Hollywood films, wrote a couple screenplays; married a minor Hollywood star in Frank O'Connor; wrote a couple bestselling novels and several widely influential manifestos and treatises on her philosophy; and surrounded herself with educated and erudite people. It's no small feat that a "disciple" like Alan Greenspan was able to hold a long tenure at the Federal Reserve.
If she limited herself to the dumpy, unattractive woman with the thick Russian accent she saw in the mirror, or allowed others to convince her that her looks were all she were...Well, would we ever imagine to have even heard of such a person?