Tea Party Owes More to the Church of Satan Than to Jesus

[AnnieBW]

http://www.theprovocation.net/2011/09/tea-party-owes-more-to-church-of-satan.html

(Ayn) Rand's philosophy of Objectivism, delineated in Atlas Shrugged and expanded upon in subsequent works, foreshadowed the modern capitalist's aversion to big government. She once proclaimed that "government 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution" and that "the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off. " Such sentiments are certainly in harmony with the libertarian strain of tea party philosophy. They're also in line with the philosophy of Anton Szandor LaVey, founder and first high priest of the Church of Satan.

LaVey once declared: "I give people Ayn Rand with trappings" and that his version of Satanism was "just Ayn Rand's philosophy with ceremony and ritual added."

Far from seeking to obscure the relationship between Rand's ideas and LaVey's, the modern Church of Satan admits it right up front on its website: "Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, is an acknowledged source for some of the Satanic philosophy as outlined in The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey."