The most interesting thing about this post, to me: it's a reminder that religious people rarely get taken at face value. Which I think is unfortunate for commun

The most interesting thing about this post, to me: it's a reminder that religious people rarely get taken at face value. Which I think is unfortunate for communication. I read the linked Andy Rutledge post in which a religious fundamentalist tells the sinners he knows the truth and they better learn it and change their ways or they'll go to hell. In this case the religion is Objectivism, but fundamentalists of Marxism, Christianity, and Islam all speak the language. The thing is no one takes him seriously. He wrote a post that's explicitly all about morality, truth, and changing people's evil ways. The OP, the commenters who mention him (pro and con), they can't seem to process it. They invent their own motivations and pin them on Andy. The OP even calls him a troll. Um, no. More like a missionary. The book What's the Matter with Kansas is a semi-famous example of the same phenomenon. The author of the book insists that the Christians of Kansas vote against their own self interest because he doesn't take their faith seriously.