[dubyagee]

Just finished The Fountainhead; getting ready to start We The Living. I'm a Christian, but contrary to many on this forum, I find I am a fan of Ayn Rand's writing. She was very good at getting into the heart of man. The good and the evil.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

I find the idea of cooperation to be common between both Ayn Rand and Christianity.

[NatureGirl]

I consider myself Christian as well, but also enjoyed her writings. She never actually said that people couldn't be charitable to others - she maintained that you couldn't force charity from people.

If people didn't have a large chunk of their paycheck forcibly taken from them, I do believe that people would give more to charities that they believed in. No one forced the outpouring of money after 9/11, for instance.

I believe that the problem second-handers have with that concept is that they couldn't siphon off cash for all their "pet" projects and causes - we have to be "forced" to support their causes.