To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
It's been said that Atlas Shrugged is the most influential book of all time, after the Holy Bible. I could certainly agree with that statement.
Many Christians have an issue with Rand as a whole because of her professed atheism. That by itself does not mean Rand is incapable of declaring one economic system immoral while another is moral.
BTW I'm a Christian. I completed reading Atlas Shrugged long before I completed reading my Bible. I would absolutely admit that Atlas Shrugged shaped much of my political and economic world view while the Bible shaped my moral and spiritual world view.
None of those world views are incompatible and I've no issues resolving and placing Rand's views in political and economic context which is really where they belong.
I just get tired of Christian's who declare her political, economic and moral objectivism views "irrelevant" because she's an atheist. Those are the folks who've typically not read a single page of Atlas Shrugged.
20 posted on
07/24/2014 7:59:51 PM PDT by
usconservative
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To: usconservative
The problem with Rand is that she rejected the very idea of Christian charity. The very concept of self-sacrifice was abhorrent to her. The idea of sacrificing one’s life for one’s nation was to her just “collectivism.” This is the very idea that drives the anti-American isolationism of modern libertarianism. Libertarians never find any cause worth America fighting for because everything is “not our problem.” Nothing is their problem because they care only about themselves. So they just shrug and let civilization collapse.
To: usconservative
I just get tired of Christian's who declare her political, economic and moral objectivism views "irrelevant" because she's an atheist. I get tired of Conservatives that support choice, open borders and RINOs in general.
56 posted on
07/25/2014 12:24:27 AM PDT by
itsahoot
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