Three years ago I read the large book "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. I still have little yellow stickys marking passages. I may be sharing some of those with you. Overall the book is warning about big government, intrusive government, government that picks winners and losers, government that takes from fewer and fewer makers to 'feed' the masses, and government that is the moral dictate.
Sound familiar? If you have read this tome, please share here. If you have not, get a copy and allow yourself to be swept into the world (remember it was written in the 50s) of railroads and a female center character. It has adventure, mystery, and sex. It was recently released on film in two parts. I have requested both parts on DVD when it is released.
Ms. Rand wrote this book following the huge success of her novel "The Fountainhead" in the 1940s.
"To all the readers who discovered The Fountainhead and asked me many questions about the wider application of its ideas, I want to say that I am answering these questions in the present novel, and that The Fountainhead was only an overture to Atlas Shrugged. I trust that no one will tell me that men such as I write about don't exist. That this book has been written - and published - is my proof that they do." --Ayn Rand
Pick up the book and stay tuned. The first line is answered later.
"Who is John Galt?
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Ayn Rand was very against religion:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/11/14/142300606/ayn-rand-conservatives-pro-abortion-anti-religion-inspiration
Also, isn't Christianity supposed to be about taking care of the poor? I seem to remember Jesus saying something about that...
Read both of Ayn Rand's books several years ago. They really helped solidify my road to being a true conservative. Another book well worth reading is "The Forgotten Man". It is a more recent book and is an accounting of the Great Depression that is different than most books on the subject. It will give you a different perspective than the others written about the subject and about FDR.
As a point to the previous comment, we as Christians do need to care for the poor, but there is nothing in Christianity about the Government caring for the poor.
Those who are so happy about the results of the elections do need to just wait to see what is in store for them. Elections do have consequences. In 2013 and 2014 the consequences will begin to happen. Let's see how people feel and think in 1 or 2 years.
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