Ayn Rand's stuff informed my atheism with a backing philosophy when I was younger, steering me towards "reason as my epistemology", as she wrote.
Of course, the internal contradictions inherent in her views, not to mention where the go against science (i.e., on altruism) led me away from Objectivism.
Nowadays the only label I wear is (agnostic) atheist. Everything else is decided on a case-by-case basis with no group ideology or identification needed, or even wanted.
Of course, the internal contradictions inherent in her views, not to mention where the go against science (i.e., on altruism) led me away from Objectivism.
Nowadays the only label I wear is (agnostic) atheist. Everything else is decided on a case-by-case basis with no group ideology or identification needed, or even wanted.