Comments on: I was Mr. Gray (part two) http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/10/i_was_mr_gray_part_2 Comeday morm and, O, you're vine! Sendday's eve and, ah, you're vinegar! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/10/i_was_mr_gray_part_2/comment-page-1#comment-886 Matthew Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:08:20 +0000 /?p=321#comment-886 I don't recall how I came to know Rand's work. My suspicion is that I first heard of her from a caller to Limbaugh's program. Limbaugh said he had heard of her but, not surprisingly hadn't read anything by her; but that did not stop him from adopting her as an intellectual Mother of the Conservative movement. I suspect she would be disgusted by what Conservatism has become, if she ever would have been pleased by it; Rand was a strident atheist. You're right, I never read that book. Do you still consider it worth reading? It's still on my book shelf. I don’t recall how I came to know Rand’s work. My suspicion is that I first heard of her from a caller to Limbaugh’s program. Limbaugh said he had heard of her but, not surprisingly hadn’t read anything by her; but that did not stop him from adopting her as an intellectual Mother of the Conservative movement. I suspect she would be disgusted by what Conservatism has become, if she ever would have been pleased by it; Rand was a strident atheist.

You’re right, I never read that book. Do you still consider it worth reading? It’s still on my book shelf.

]]> By: Todd http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/10/i_was_mr_gray_part_2/comment-page-1#comment-885 Todd Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:49:17 +0000 /?p=321#comment-885 I DID NOT introduce Matt to Rand's work, thankfully. It would have been either Historic Christian Belief or Contemporary Christian Thought that had so strongly influenced me during my undergrad years. Neither of these would impress me greatly today as they would have been taught by profs well within the modernist fold; people interested in proving God's existence when I find that idea totally wrong-headed today: what, after all, is the place of faith if God is proven? Anyway, I do admit to giving Matt a copy of EVIDENCE THAT DEMANDS A VERDICT at that time (which I am fairly certain he never read). Todd I DID NOT introduce Matt to Rand’s work, thankfully.

It would have been either Historic Christian Belief or Contemporary Christian Thought that had so strongly influenced me during my undergrad years. Neither of these would impress me greatly today as they would have been taught by profs well within the modernist fold; people interested in proving God’s existence when I find that idea totally wrong-headed today: what, after all, is the place of faith if God is proven? Anyway, I do admit to giving Matt a copy of EVIDENCE THAT DEMANDS A VERDICT at that time (which I am fairly certain he never read).

Todd

]]> By: Todd http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2004/11/10/i_was_mr_gray_part_2/comment-page-1#comment-884 Todd Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:56:35 +0000 /?p=321#comment-884 Boy, do I sound pathetic. I've changed a lot, really I have. Boy, do I sound pathetic. I’ve changed a lot, really I have.

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