Dot Calm's shadow here...

Paul Ryan portrays himself as a practicing Roman Catholic.

Hate to say it Paul Ryan but if the writings of Ayn Rand is your idea of a moral case for capitalism and individualism, you are one phucken sick puppy who should stay away from American politics! Go find your own country and take that bat crazy Sarah Palin with you!

Dot Calm

Ayn Rand distanced herself as far as possible from the teachings of Jesus Christ, upon which Roman Catholicism is ostensibly based.

Anton LaVey did the same thing, using the concept of Satan as an easily understood representation of everything that is not Jesus Christ (i.e., you don't have to believe in a literal Satan to be a Satanist--all you have to do is put yourself above all else).

Conclusion: you can't follow both Jesus Christ and Ayn Rand.

Sorry, Paul--Supply Side Jesus doesn't count.

"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon."

Matthew 6:24

(Mammon refers to the debasing love of money, power, and self. Sounds like what Ayn Rand worshiped to me.)

 

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The Four Dingbats of the Apocalypse:

Ayn Rand Paul Ryan

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If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.

Penn Jillette,

God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales

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