Respectfully, both religious Theology and the integrated philosophical system of Objectivism are ideologies with identical psychological and social functions.
YourDictionary.com defines Theology as:
1. The study of the nature of God and religious truth; rational inquiry into religious questions.
2. A system or school of opinions concerning God and religious questions: Protestant theology; Jewish theology.
3. A course of specialized religious study usually at a college or seminary.
The only significant difference that I’m aware of between a religious theology and Objectivism is that one claims to be inspired by God and the other claims to be developed through observation of and reason. Granted, religion leads itself to reverent contemplation much more than does Objectivism, but a “church-like” sermon or inspirational story is not necessarily inconsistent with Objectivism. Honestly, I’m hard pressed to come up with a good example, but I’m asking this more in the abstract than for permission to call any specific Objectivist piece a devotional here.
Thank you for your work here.
Sorry, elfman2, but I will not recognize secular philosophies as qualified subjects for devotional thread protection.
Jumping in, if what you post sounds like Epicetus or even Lucretius, it should not offend anyone. In all these matters, tone is what counts, right?