== Have any of you ever read her work? == 

    Objectivism is a philosophy not a cult movement.  I understand that this is a point of view, but I believe that it is the correct one, and being an objectivist myself I leave you to interpret it how you will and do not care what you think.  The very essence of objectivism would not allow any "Cult" forming from it and any signs of this happening would be a perversion of Mrs. Rand's basic ideals.  There are many cults formed around many belief systems in the world, but do you not agree that most of those are so named because of a darkness or fear associated with the public's perception of the group (excluding the occasional religious fanatics).  People fear objectivism who do not understand it's possibilities.  In reading some of your commentaries on the preceding pages I have found every point of view but that of a true objectivist.  I mean no negativity in these statements, only objective observation, of course.  Jacob Spirit