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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Again you are throwing a NS quip into the mix. We are talking about the philiosphy of A/S, not the lifestyle of the author. Unless you can you explain how going Galt translates into atheism and pro choice.


33 posted on 06/24/2011 4:22:42 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: catfish1957
From what I've read about objectivism, atheism is at the heart of her philosophy and not incidental to it. I had this same discussion with my brother and his wife who returned from the theater with fervent praise for the Atlas movie and they didn't believe me either.
34 posted on 06/24/2011 4:31:55 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: catfish1957; Colonel Kangaroo
Unless you can you explain how going Galt translates into atheism and pro choice.

"Rationality is the recognition of the fact that existence exists, that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it, which is thinking-that the mind is one’s only judge of values and one’s only guide of action-that reason is an absolute that permits no compromise-that a concession to the irrational invalidates one’s consciousness and turns it from the task of perceiving to the task of faking reality-that the alleged short-cut to knowledge, which is faith, is only a short-circuit destroying the mind-that the acceptance of a mystical invention is a wish for the annihilation of existence and, properly, annihilates one’s consciousness."

Sounds atheistic to me.

"Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter of choice-and the alternative his nature offers him is: rational being or suicidal animal. Man has to be man-by choice; he has to hold his life as a value-by choice: he has to learn to sustain it-by choice; he has to discover the values it requires and practice his virtues-by choice."

Sounds pro-choice to me. Both of the above quotes are from Galt's speech, ergo "going Galt" does indeed translate into an atheistic, pro-choice worldview. Just like his creator.

So, have you read the book?

53 posted on 06/24/2011 12:19:41 PM PDT by TradicalRC (Racist! is the new nigger.)
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