Objectivism and your life

Okay, who are the 2 perfect people in the group :)

Post 1

Monday, September 16, 2002 - 3:17pm

One of them could be my cat; I saw him trying to crack root this morning.

Post 2

Friday, September 20, 2002 - 12:44pm

It's kind of funny to see that some polls generate much more discussion than voting and some generate lots of voting and little discussion. :)

I actually submitted this question and it's been interesting to see how the voting goes.

Of course, I'm one of the ones that responded 'Objectivism' saved my life/sanity and truly, it did. :)

For someone like me that was raised as a 'mystic' more or less, the idea that the world was real, that reality existed, that actions had consequences that we could use our perceptions and ability to reason as real tools was a shock. :)

It took me an awfully long time to shed the idea that 'fate' wasn't in control of MY destiny. It's such an empowering thought but I know I still have to guard against believing that, on a daily basis. LOL!

Mark -- one of the two perfect people in the group of respondees just has to be my ex husband (not that he actually does anything on the net though). He read Atlas Shrugged and a few of her essays and honestly, said to me, 'well of course, any idiot knows that.' as he continued on with his totally irrational life. Go figure! :))

Joy :)

Post 3

Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 10:50am

while intellectually the discovery of Objectivism has been a blessing beyond measure, i find that on an interpersonal level i have more and more trouble dealing with the people around me. i am constantly forced to go over 1st principles in discussion--over and over again--as everyone around me, left and right , seem to have accepted huge amounts of mystical and altruistic premises, almost as if they were taken with mother's milk. it is quite alienating. and also, i seem to be the only quasi-objectivist in philadelphia--i find myself with nowhere to turn. does anyone here know of any objectivist type groups in philadelphia? if anyone does, any info you could pass along to me would be much appreciated thx

Post 4

Sunday, September 22, 2002 - 7:45pm

Dana, I empathise with you; it is alienating -- and its sometimes tempting to look down on the mystic/altruists around oneself as if they were a lesser form of life. While my girlfriend's a deist, just about everybody else I know is on the altruist-irrationalist premise.

As a case in point, I'll mention that I'm the only one in my office who has not read any of the Left Behind novels that wrap the Christians' Apocalypse myth into a poorly-written action fantasy. Actually, that isn't quite true. I did read the first 50 pages of Left Behind back in 1999 and would have burned the thing if I hadn't borrowed it from a public library.

Now, if I have to read an "end of the world" myth I'd rather stick with Ragnarok; Loki's a hell of a lot more credible than the Christian devil. :)

Post 5

Monday, September 23, 2002 - 2:39pm

Everytime I'm in Barnes and Noble, I stick copies of Atlas Shrugged where they have the Left Behind series, so that people looking for truth will not be fooled, fiction-lovers will be pleased, and Christians will be P@#$@& OFF!

Post 6

Monday, September 23, 2002 - 6:02pm

I like it. I like it! That's even better than my site showing up on a Google search for "traditional family values" because of the slogan: "Threatening traditional family values since 1978!"

Post 7

Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 11:03am