{"id":4669,"date":"2015-03-26T19:54:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T23:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2016-10-02T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T23:08:06","slug":"393-the-militant-atheist-the-choice-objectivism-vs-the-status-quo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/4669","title":{"rendered":"393 &#8211; The militant atheist? \/ The choice: Objectivism vs the status quo"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4387\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4669-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=4669-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3\">Download<\/a> (65.7MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('4669-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_4669-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_4669-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_embed=4669-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4670\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/393_Choice_168x100.jpg\" alt=\"Choice\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>00:07 The militant atheist?<\/strong> Conrad Black vs the militant atheist, using logic to justify faith, God as creator, God as standard of good, H.L. Mencken vs the militant theist, time and infinity, atheism is not a philosophy<br \/>\n<strong>14:15 Capital&#8217;s real Isms:<\/strong> capital is not an ism, claiming victims of capitalism, conservatism&#8217;s impotent defense of capitalism or freedom, misrepresenting capitalism as slavery<br \/>\n<strong>31:55 The choice:<\/strong> Paul McKeever, Ayn Rand or status quo, ad hominim attacks against Ayn Rand, Rand&#8217;s philosophy of Objectivism, rationality as the highest virtue<br \/>\n<strong>40:55 Just plain silly:<\/strong> right or wrong vs good or evil, silly assertion, arbitrary claims, insanity label is a judgement, Progressive Conservative moral and political record, Freedom Party moral standard, immoral Christian influences on the law, philosophy requires effort, faith is effortless, Objectivism unjustly vilified <strong>57:17 END<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3\"><\/a <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/393-clips-credits\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4389\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4669-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3\">\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=4669-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3\">Download<\/a> (65.7MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('4669-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_4669-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_4669-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?powerpress_embed=4669-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p>\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20150326-justRIGHT-393-atheism-capitalISMS-OBJECTIVISM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (65.7MB) | Embed &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Topics: 00:07 The militant atheist? 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