Store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven
where moth and rust cannot destroy and thieves cannot break in and steal

Friday, April 29, 2011

The Atheist’s Hero

Now may I define what my morality is? Since man's mind is his basic means of survival he has to hold reason as an absolute, by which I mean that he has to hold reason as his only guide to action, and that he must live by the independent judgment of his own mind; that his highest moral purpose is the achievement of his own happiness, that each man must live as an end in himself, and follow his own rational self-interest.
Ayn Rand

I guess atheists really do have meaning in their lives!

1 comment:

  1. As basic principles, what is the difference between Ayn Rand writing that the "highest moral purpose is the achievement of his own happiness" and you saying that you'll spend eternity in Heaven?

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