The "false gospel" of Ayn Rand

Father Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute, talks about Ayn Rand's "false gospel" and "counterfeit form of Christianity."

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[Mike Hunt]

Rand was first and foremost an Occultist.  The esoteric 'tools' she utilized speak to her power and 'mission' (as well as who/what deployed her in the first place) moreso than any exoteric heroisms proclaimed in her novels.

[TimeOfRose]

Ayn Rand's ideology is the total antithesis of Christianity.

[oneblueorange]

Yes I was right...rather nasty...but most assuredly not dangerous

[magiccasements]

Martin (real name Michael) was a communist who cheated on his wife multiple times. Most married women would consider cheating / adultery nasty.

[oneblueorange]

Not so....A dangerous man is not necessarily a nasty man...Martin Luther King was a dangerous man...but certainly NOT nasty...you on the other hand are nasty...but certainly not dangerous

[magiccasements]

Nasty goes hand in hand with dangerous. There's no such thing as benign danger. You're silly. Go back to school, what are you, 12?

[oneblueorange]

LOL...no they weren't considered "nasty" they were considered dangerous.....dangerous is in a completely different league to nasty.....you're comments are just plain old mediocre nasty

[magiccasements]

LOL, well they sure were considered nasty at the time, they helped put Him to death! Toodles!

[oneblueorange]

No. words spoken by Jesus Christ in anger could never be considered nasty.....however "Better have a nice cool glass of water before you croak your last breath. It's the last cold thing you will ever experience" is most definitely nasty....Be calm...be peaceful

[magiccasements]

"I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh." Proverbs 1:26. "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness." Matthew 23:27. Golly, these are nasty comments by the Holy Spirit and Jesus too. What makes you think God is just some wishy washy hippie beatnik who wouldn't judge anyone or anything?