[buccaneer81]

My first post. Sorry if it is wrong.

Within hours(?) of signing up. Expect to be under the microscope for months.

You noobs think you're a big deal, don't you? If you had any integrity, you would name names instead of trying to have us follow a link of dubious origin.

[Shalmaneser]

The link is not dubious in any way. First Things is a reputable journal of religion in American life that has been published for several years.

There is no need to attack me personally. I am sorry you found the ideas in my first post to be offensive. I did not realize that criticism of Ayn Rand's ideas was forbidden here.

[iowamark]

Lighten up on the newbie.

First Things is a well respected Catholic opinion journal. There is nothing new here. Rand’s atheism has always been criticized by Christians. See Whittaker Chambers in National Review in 1957:

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/222482/big-sister-watching-you/flashback

[Ronaldus Magnus]

You noobs think you're a big deal, don't you? If you had any integrity, you would name names instead of trying to have us follow a link of dubious origin.

The link works just fine. First Things is a conservative Christian Magazine which is often cited here on the Religion Forum. Personal insults like the one you hurled above are generally not accepted here. It is true, however, that nasty responses like that are quite common on the Religion Forum after criticisms are leveled against another religion. In fact, your response bolsters the case made in the article that Any Rand's philosophy really is a religion!

[Religion Moderator]

Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

his organization's President, Burns Strider, is in a leadership of Jim Wallis' Sojourners...an organization funded by "ATHEIST" George Soros...