Would Jesus Love Ayn Rand Economics? | Consortiumnews
In response to this article, I say that there are fundamental misunderstandings about both Ayn Rand and Christianity. Defining world views by their differences, however, leads to stalemate. As Americans, we need to focus on the principles that unite us and act on them. How do you respond? (See http://atl.as)
The key phase for me "and in the teachings of Jesus and other great religious leaders. " To that I ask what other religious leaders? Jesus only get cursorily mentioned because it is not about Jesus dying for our sin but shoehorning Jesus into one's ideological agenda. I created a new acronym for them JINO or PJONO (Preaching) Jesus in Name Only. .
"When I hear the word 'culture'
I reach for my revolver."
After many lectures at school 'some' years ago,
and from life experience,
I feel like that when I hear the words 'common good'
along with Mark's point about fundamental misunderstanding about Rand, I would add: it seems interesting that the discussion in the article needs to intertwine faith with which economic system is best. I guess one could say Rand would be clear that capitalism is the only moral economic syste. But in order for the discussion to progress, one would have to agree on how that morality is defined. Here it assumed based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. If you are a Christian, you should not believe capitalism is a just and moral system. At what point does the reason cease to be as important as an overall belief? T he author does not define that. It becomes more of a guilting argument. "You should," "we must."