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After Previously Praising Her, Paul Ryan Now Disses Ayn Rand: ‘I Reject Her Philosophy’
In 2005, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) heaped praise on Ayn Rand, a 20th-century libertarian novelist best known for her philosophy that centered on the idea that selfishness is virtue. The New Republic wrote:
The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand, Ryan said at a D.C. gathering four years ago honoring the author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead.
Ryan also noted in a 2003 interview with the Weekly Standard, I give out Atlas Shrugged as Christmas presents, and I make all my interns read it. Well I try to make my interns read it.
But today, Ryan is singing a far different tune.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/04/26/471730/paul-ryan-ayn-rand/
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is not strange if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
~2 Corinthians 11:13-15.
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After Previously Praising Her, Paul Ryan Now Disses Ayn Rand: ‘I Reject Her Philosophy’ (Original Post)
Galraedia
Apr 2012
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meow2u3
(24,743 posts)1. They shall be known by their fruits, and Ryan's is rotten
and this means you, Ryan! Why don't I believe this snake? Would this answer it?
The Tradition of the Elders.* 1a Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, 2b Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders?* They do not wash [their] hands when they eat a meal. 3He said to them in reply, And why do you break the commandment of God* for the sake of your tradition? 4c For God said, Honor your father and your mother, and Whoever curses father or mother shall die. 5* But you say, Whoever says to father or mother, Any support you might have had from me is dedicated to God, 6need not honor his father. You have nullified the word of God for the sake of your tradition. 7Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy about you when he said:
8d This people honors me with their lips,*
but their hearts are far from me;
9e in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines human precepts.
10f He summoned the crowd and said to them, Hear and understand. 11It is not what enters ones mouth that defiles that person; but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one. 12Then his disciples approached and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said? 13He said in reply,* Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14g Let them alone; they are blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a pit. 15Then Peter* said to him in reply, Explain [this] parable to us. 16He said to them, Are even you still without understanding? 17Do you not realize that everything that enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine? 18h But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile. 19* For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, blasphemy. 20These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.
8d This people honors me with their lips,*
but their hearts are far from me;
9e in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines human precepts.
10f He summoned the crowd and said to them, Hear and understand. 11It is not what enters ones mouth that defiles that person; but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one. 12Then his disciples approached and said to him, Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you said? 13He said in reply,* Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14g Let them alone; they are blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a pit. 15Then Peter* said to him in reply, Explain [this] parable to us. 16He said to them, Are even you still without understanding? 17Do you not realize that everything that enters the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled into the latrine? 18h But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile. 19* For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, blasphemy. 20These are what defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.
http://www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/15
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Paul Ryan and those other conservative Catholics remind me of the Pharisees back in Jesus' time: hypocrites intent on paying lip service to Church teachings while they're practicing its polar opposite.