but thats not the saying.

You don't have to start with the assumption that the Holy Spirit inspired a text to assess the reliability of it. Just as you don't have to assume that the Rand McNally Atlas was inspired by the Holy Spirit to assess the reliability of it. The Rand McNally Atlas does not show every road, stream, or hamlet that exists. The editors chose which towns, roads, and rivers would be included and which would not. So do you judge the accuracy of the represention of the towns, roads, and rivers put in because you know that there were some towns, roads, and rivers that were not put in?

Incidentally, the DiLorme's Atlases have a great more amount of detail about the terrain, but, alas, also have a signficant amount of inaccuracy, based on the evidence I have examined in my own local area.

google maps

checkmate christians.

From Google no secrets are hid.

Code, Kant distinguished morality from religion in the 18th century. Ayn Rand is not as groundbreaking as you think.

I distinguished morality from religion when I was 12.

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Boogy; Shevar already mentioned Aristotle who did it way before either Ayn Rand or Kant. I agree. I guess what I was saying is that Ayn Rand is the contemporary who is behind it's resurgence; at least in my experience.

Also Aristotle and Kant surely are proponents of the theory before Rand; however I doubt that their impact on people today is as great as Rand's. Her writing is just more digestible to the general population (with her writing fiction and all).

Rand > Aristotle?????

Nope; Aristotle is the basis for most of Rand's work. So I certainly wouldn't say Aristotle < Rand.

"More people have died in the name of God than for any other reason."

Patently false. It's a common misconception that continues to be propagated. Pol Pot and Stalin alone were responsible for many millions of deaths.

It doesn't make either type any more palatable, but let's at least be accurate.