[identity profile] hardblue.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] politicartoons
"Ayn Rand was no fan of C.S. Lewis. She called the famous apologist an “abysmal bastard,” a “monstrosity,” a “cheap, awful, miserable, touchy, social-meta­physical mediocrity,” a “pickpocket of concepts,” and a “God-damn, beaten mystic.” (I suspect Lewis would have particularly relished the last of these.)"

-- Matthew Schmitz

This seems like a challenge for those who care for neither Christian mysticism nor Ayn Rand rationality.

Date: 2013-03-29 05:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com
Christianity posits that it's in your best interests, as that's the gateway to Heaven. So there's not a ton of conflict there except that Objectivism wants you to put a little more thought into it.

Date: 2013-03-29 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com
Rand being an atheist, you're probably correct. I would also think many objectivists would agree with you on this, but I think it comes down to how rationally you view religion at the end of the day.

Date: 2013-03-29 09:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yes-justice.livejournal.com
How rationally do you view religion?

Date: 2013-03-29 09:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com
Less rationally than most religious people, more rationally than most nonreligious people.

Date: 2013-03-30 01:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yes-justice.livejournal.com
Rationally = consistent with or based on reason.

Most atheists view religion rationally, all the religious require faith. Faith is not based on reason.

Date: 2013-03-29 05:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] american-geist.livejournal.com
It's definitely not that simple a point to resolve, there are many theologians who would disagree with you, but I guess that's how theology works. Still it seems extremely shallow, corporate, and in a way unchristian to reduce being nice to people to a metaphysical exchange of services for goods, so it's probably the perfect theology for today.

But hey what do I know, I'm not a Christian.

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