dwall
2011-10-31 15:31:24
The founders were more products of the Renaissance and the Age of Reason than specifically products of Christianity. But of course, Christianity of the time was also under the influence of the Renaissance and had been since Thomas Aquinas.
The point is that the most important tenets of Christianity are incompatible with capitalism. Capitalism’s proper defense is based upon observable fact, reason and logic, not faith, and the self-sacrfice espoused by Christianity. That is Ayn Rand’s greatest contribution. Hopefully, the Tea Party will not make the same mistake as Bill Buckley and the conservatives of the 1950s and reject Rand because of her atheism. She offers the moral defense of capitalism it deserves. Christianity does not.
