"John" wrote

We place ourselves at the level of gods, thinking that if we can reason
something out, we can then understand it and thereby bring it under our
control. That is the essence of our "sin" - we think we have a right to
ourselves and to control our destiny.

What a profoundly depressing view of one's life. We have no right to
attempt to control anything about ourselves or our destiny. And if we
attempt to do so via Man's greatest capability, the ability to reason,
then we are sinners. If I believed that I'd probably just go jump off
a bridge right now.

Fortunately, I don't believe any of it. In fact, reading it makes me
want to go out and reread Atlas Shrugged.

Jim Rosinski
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