2011-11-09 13:07:49
Ayn Rand wrote this in a letter in 1963 (The Later Years):
“I am an intransigent atheist, but not a militant one.
This means that I am an uncompromising advocate of reason and that I am fighting for reason, not against religion. I must also mention that I do respect religion in its philosophical aspects, in the sense that it represents an early form of philosophy.”
–Ayn Rand
She was against using Faith to guide personal and political thoughts/actions but she recognized and complied with the nature of Reason – that each and every one must use his own reason and that all must be free to do so, in the social context, unless they violated rights of others.
