[newheart]

A good examination of some of the ways that Rand's philosophy is incompatible with Christianity and some of the ways that her thought can actually clarify a few things.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Many people act as if atheism has no fallout whatsoever. I think the camp that describes themselves as ‘Little L’ get the picture for the most part.

[Nateman]

Christianity was a side show to Rand. Her main enemy was socialism. If you believe in a reasonable God her writing does little to contradict that.

[Paperdoll]

How wonderful that Ayn Rand actually led someone to the Lord even if it was unintentional! I would hope that left wingers by reading her book, Atlas Shrugged, would scramble to Conservatism in double step fashion. Life as described by Rand was a completely joyless and hopeless one!

[RWB Patriot]

With all due respect, if Ayn Rand led this person to God, then he’s reading her works wrong.

[BfloGuy]

What tripe.

There's plenty in Objectivism that's compatible with Christianity (not that Rand would have wanted it that way). Foremost is the idea that you are responsible for your life and for the lives of those to whom you freely obligate yourself.

That's the "selfishness" that so many Christians abhor without bothering to read Rand (beyond excerpts of posts on bulletin boards).

[mo]

“self-interest” ideally WOULD lead one to Christianity

[x]

Rand is a lot of people’s first introduction to philosophy and serious thinking, so his argument isn’t as strange as it might at first appear.

[BraveMan]

God can use a donkey to chastise a prophet. Can he also use Rand as a kind of waystation on the road to Christ?

Rand's philosophy of pigeonholing any thought of a power higher than Man as mysticism was/is her undoing. Her world view would ultimately lead us back to the Stone Age. How ironically lucky for the author to find salvation via Ann Rand . . .