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The hole in her universe: On the anniversary of Ayn Rand’s classic, some lessons on God and values
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| October 27, 2007
| John Piper
Posted on 10/19/2007 6:35:11 AM PDT by rhema
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To: stuartcr
Individually yes, although many follow the same standards as others,...Morality and all of its associated ideals are rooted entirely in the presupposition some higher power defines what is correct for human behavior.
Test it with propositional logic or use categorical logic and Venn diagrams...
...they still have to obey societal laws, or suffer the consequences though.
The rule of the jungle... the strong prevail... or those with a greater army...
People usually do what they want anyway, regardless of laws, don’t they?
They keep sneaking across the border, so why bother?
You’re not the same person that asked this earlier, are you?
No. I didn't see the previous response from my new messages page...
To: Das Outsider
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posted on
10/19/2007 10:10:33 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Spanish is the new English)
To: Pelham
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posted on
10/19/2007 10:17:16 PM PDT
by
Das Outsider
(Ideas have consequences, actions have power, and words have meaning.)
To: Sir Francis Dashwood
Red Badger attributes that quote that Ayn Rand had no mercy to me. It’s actually from the article.
Windex! And make sure you do a good job. OJ is sticky stuff!
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posted on
10/20/2007 4:47:29 AM PDT
by
saganite
To: Sir Francis Dashwood
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posted on
10/20/2007 7:53:44 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: Sir Francis Dashwood
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posted on
10/20/2007 7:55:18 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: Pelham
She abominated altruism. All self-sacrifice is evil because: "Sacrifice is the surrender of a greater value for the sake of a lesser one or of non-value. Thus altruism gauges a man's virtue by the degree to which he surrenders, renounces or betrays his values (since help to a stranger or an enemy is regarded as more virtuous, less 'selfish' than help to those one loves). The rational principle of conduct is the exact opposite: always act in accordance with the hierarchy of your values and never sacrifice a greater value to a lesser one."
And some balk at the fact that I would dare draw comparisons between Rand and Nietzsche. Thanks for the ping, Pel.
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posted on
10/20/2007 6:58:37 PM PDT
by
Das Outsider
(Ideas have consequences, actions have power, and words have meaning.)
To: rhema; Pelham; Das Outsider
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posted on
11/26/2007 6:06:35 PM PST
by
Jo Nuvark
(Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
To: Dumb_Ox
Shew was a complete jerk. Had a long going affair with her friend’s husband which she objectively rationalized.
Destroyed two marriages because she was an over bearing creep.
An elitist snob with contempt for the masses.
I’d hate to see the totalitarian regime she would
have created.
I believe our founders did a pretty good job with out
the incredible inteeligence of Rand.
Happily say most people learned these lessons through
the belief in a living god.
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12/08/2007 12:19:56 AM PST
by
ChiMark
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