If a Christian's happiness is manifested in a rational desire to reach Heaven and avoid Hell while taking others with him, that'd seem consistent.
"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."If a Christian's happiness is manifested in a rational desire to reach Heaven and avoid Hell while taking others with him, that'd seem consistent.
Here is the missing element of Objectivism that many "Christian Objectivists" miss entirely. From an academic treatment, it is the subject of epistimology. Objectivism holds that reason is the only tool for acquiring knowledge. This differs fundamentally from religion in that a base "leap of faith" must be made.
Some will argue around the edges that there's a scientific approach to God. But as Martin Luther said, "To be a Christian, you must pluck out the eye of reason". No mincing of words there. In the end, you must believe.
An Objectivist must be swayed by logical argument and facts. One of the most powerful words to an Objectivist is "why?".
In my personal experience with Christians in moments of deep questions and candor, many would have a hard time of things like death, how the world was created, etc. They ask if I as an Objectivist has problems with that. To which I answer, yeah, it would be nice to know some things that are not knowable, but I would rather deal with a no-answer situation than a made up answer I don't really believe.
I can live with the fact that I don't know for sure how the universe was created. And as far as death is concerned, as Miss Rand herself put it. Life is not a dress rehearsal. I try to live life with that in mind.