tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post9204138923041636677..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Atlas Shrugged and Christian EschatologyLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-84912500157509900832008-09-28T06:25:00.000-06:002008-09-28T06:25:00.000-06:00Jesse: Yes, Rand deserves unqualified credit for h...Jesse: Yes, Rand deserves unqualified credit for her confident atheism.<BR/><BR/>Paul: Ooh! Very nice!Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-29961764548314143982008-09-27T21:35:00.000-06:002008-09-27T21:35:00.000-06:00I among others have noticed some religious symbolo...I among others have noticed some religious symbology in Atlas Shrugged. Galt is offered the opportunity to run the world at the last supper, err, excuse me, the state dinner at the Wayne-Falkland hotel. Then Judas betrays him for 30 pieces of silver, err I mean Dagny betrays him for $500,000. Then he's crucified, err, I mean he's attached to an electric generator and tortured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-80831756112206982852008-09-27T19:28:00.000-06:002008-09-27T19:28:00.000-06:00Rand deserves the ripping, especially since for a ...Rand deserves the ripping, especially since for a supporter of reason, she sure didn't like dissent.<BR/><BR/>I do credit her for being the first person to really make me understand how wrong religious thinking is.<BR/><BR/>I first really begain to think God was fiction after I read her work.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11805021768974135945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-82328549655835922742008-09-27T16:20:00.000-06:002008-09-27T16:20:00.000-06:00You mystic, you. :)I'm a bit perverse, I suppose. ...You mystic, you. :)<BR/><BR/>I'm a bit perverse, I suppose. I am deeply intrigued by Objectivism, but love to see a good Rand-ripping. <BR/><BR/>Not that I'm on your team, but bravo for the drama and intelligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-8822327417627547482008-09-27T15:58:00.000-06:002008-09-27T15:58:00.000-06:00A+ for being provocative.A+ for being provocative.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310857099888663696noreply@blogger.com