Ayn Rand On Freedom

Ayn Rand taught me about the blessing of freedom as set out in the construct of the U.S. Constitution.  All of the pieces of this precious puzzle can be found buried in her writings.

All but one.  Ayn Rand was unable to acknowledge that the U.S. integrity she so loved was a manifestation of Protest-ant faith that in turn grew out of a profound understanding of the Judeo Christian Bible.  Faith was the gift that yielded revelation.

Ayn Rand was an atheist.  She was never able to find contentment in Utopia.  She was given the roadmap to universal understanding and denied the knowledge of the source of this gift.

While I am not an atheist, my recognition of the existence of God has unfortunately served to make me painfully aware of the cruelty of the many roadblocks that decent people now face in life.  Ayn Rand denied God.  Many of the rest of us are denied by God.  Faith is no longer enough.

Today, Ayn Rand is gone and the gift of faith that created the world she so loved is sterile too.  I’m glad that she was with us to leave her record of a fleeting miracle – freedom.  God has gone on strike.