Thanks a lot for your mindful reply. It's the only one I've read so far that made sense. I've felt the same hate you are describing, from self righteous intelle

Thanks a lot for your mindful reply. It's the only one I've read so far that made sense. I've felt the same hate you are describing, from self righteous intellectual liberals so full about themselves. It is for such insightful posts that I love HN. BTW just one remark : "Yet if there is some true benevolent force, and a person knows about it, then is it not reasonable/logical, to expect said person to somehow convey access to that benevolent force's to others? Whether that's knowledge or some other beneficial thing?" It is not necessarily reasonable or logical if you consider the option that the benevolent force valors individualism (selfishness if you prefer) and figuring things out by oneself. In this case, it would even be against the spirit of the teachings to spread the word too much and ask people to share the belief. You want them to think by themselves and figure it out. It's something that seems present in buddhism, and unfortunately lost to many in objectivism. If you sincerely believe in something that values selfishness and freedom (as in free will), you don't want to spread the word about it - also because that would reduce other people freedom, and their own selfish pride of figuring it out by themselves.