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Maggie's avatar

He didn't realize Ayn Rand was an atheist until 2012? He didn't pick that up from the whole "me is the highest power" undercurrent? If you can even call it an undercurrent, it's more like a firehouse of morally-unmoored egotism!

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Mark W. Bantz's avatar

Hey, nothing wrong with being an atheist!

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Ben Gruder's avatar

A special challenge for atheists is making sure they don't start worshipping themselves. I think Bob Dylan was on to something when he said "you gotta serve SOMEbody". (yes, I know it's also true that too many theists think they are worshipping God, but that somehow, pure coincidence, I am sure, their God wants exactly what *they* want).

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Mark W. Bantz's avatar

What a broad generalization.

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Ben Gruder's avatar

No not broad. I said it can be a challenge, not that most, many etc atheists do this. But Rand did.

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Craig Butcher's avatar

Somehow this comment duplicated duplicated itself

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Sko Hayes's avatar

When you're a fan of Ayn Rand, it's always good to ignore stuff like her atheism or collecting social security.

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