What is the opposite of Altruist, is Rand that? Is Christianity altruist? Christianity could be argued to be egoist because it’s mostly about making ones own self right before God and not purely other focused.
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Replying to @Ahimsa_Satya_ @BrianZahnd
I don’t think that’s an accurate description of Christianity.
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Replying to @JordanMagill @BrianZahnd
Well, okay, are you arguing that it is purely altruist though because I don’t think that is accurate.
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Replying to @Ahimsa_Satya_ @BrianZahnd
Rand herself knew how incompatible her teaching is with Christianity. That’s why she so virulently rejected it. And thought Christian teachers of her day, like CS Lewis, were hucksters and charlatans.
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Replying to @JordanMagill @BrianZahnd
I’m not disagreeing with that but I don’t have to agree with Rand 100% to agree with some of what she is saying. You are arguing that one must accept her ideas as a totalizing system, wouldn’t expect any less from a theology student though.
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Replying to @Ahimsa_Satya_ @BrianZahnd
I’m not sure if that’s intended as a dig, but I’ll take it as a compliment. I wish more theology students were aware of Rand’s corrupting influence. Because for Christians, Jesus’ command to live for others is totalizing.
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Replying to @JordanMagill @BrianZahnd
Have you ever actually read Rand is a more important question. I agree with you but that doesn’t mean self sacrifice for the wrong reasons, and it doesn’t mean not having self esteem or love for oneself because one cannot love others if one does not love himself
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Replying to @Ahimsa_Satya_ @BrianZahnd
I’ve read some of Rand’s work. And quite a bit more of her own extra-textual perspectives on her work. And do I think we should love ourselves? Yes. But we can get that same lesson from better teachers who don’t advocate self-interested living
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Replying to @JordanMagill @BrianZahnd
Well most of them are not set within a political economy framework that advocates a more Austrian view over collectively controlled economies. As an economist that is interesting. There are also sacrificial themes with the railroad crash, etc.
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Replying to @Ahimsa_Satya_ @BrianZahnd
I’ll let my economist friends tell me whether her views are bad economics (I’m told they are), but my job is to discern whether they’re bad morals. And they most definitely are.
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Well as an economist by education & profession I can tell you that you can find economist friends who will tell you two completely opposite things with data to back it up. Anyway my job is to decide on moral grounds as well, as a human being & a Christian and whatever else I am
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