Would you rather have your son become a hipster Christian or Randian atheist?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

In b4 "Well they'd be in a cult either way."

[TNF]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

[TDAS04]

Option 1.

[Oakvale]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

The only correct answer.

[Torie]

Is my son sincerely try to live uo to the highest ideals of Christ, as to which most of us agree are what a "good" person should do, and does not demonize the other, and is just into pop culture as his aesthetic taste, or if a Randian is he more focused on encouraging productivity and excellence, rather than demonizing the unsuccessful as having character flaws that should be demonized, with narcissistic tendencies?  Or is my son the Christian subscribing to that more as a hypocritical affectation, and really does not truly walk the walk, rather than just talk the talk, and is intolerant of other leaps of faith, or a lack of faith, and the Randian son just doesn't give a damn about the community at large, and just wants folks to get out of his way?  Details matter. Thus I can't answer the question.

[Cranberry]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

The only correct answer.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

The only correct answer.

But still option 1.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

The only correct answer.

But still option 1.

You seriously think you'd be a failure as a parent if your son was a Christian even if a progressive one? I can see that from some of the others but not you.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Option 1 (Christian).

[Del Tachi]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

The only correct answer.

But still option 1.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

The only correct answer.

But still option 1.

You seriously think you'd be a failure as a parent if your son was a Christian even if a progressive one? I can see that from some of the others but not you.

"Hipster" is by far a bigger issue than "Christian", actually.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Randian atheist, of course.  Sorry, Red.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

NOTA (I would prefer my son to have a brain)

[SWE]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

The only correct answer.

But still option 1.

[afleitch]

As Torie said, none of these descriptors actually tell me anything about what sort of person they would be.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

The only correct answer.

[Mr. Smith]

Is my son sincerely try to live uo to the highest ideals of Christ, as to which most of us agree are what a "good" person should do, and does not demonize the other, and is just into pop culture as his aesthetic taste, or if a Randian is he more focused on encouraging productivity and excellence, rather than demonizing the unsuccessful as having character flaws that should be demonized, with narcissistic tendencies?  Or is my son the Christian subscribing to that more as a hypocritical affectation, and really does not truly walk the walk, rather than just talk the talk, and is intolerant of other leaps of faith, or a lack of faith, and the Randian son just doesn't give a damn about the community at large, and just wants folks to get out of his way?  Details matter. Thus I can't answer the question.

This is the only correct answer, or the closest to correct.

Randian atheism is handily one of the vilest philosophies known to man.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Hipster Christian (normal)

[TNF]

Hipster Christian (normal)

Listening to Christian music is never normal

But on Atlas Forum it is

Atlas Forum - not even once

[DemPGH]

I'd be headed to a hotel or my cousin's or somewhere to ponder what should be done.

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

Yeah, I'm in that camp.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Him being either would reflect upon me as a failure as a parent.

The only correct answer.

But still option 1.

You seriously think you'd be a failure as a parent if your son was a Christian even if a progressive one? I can see that from some of the others but not you.

"Hipster" is by far a bigger issue than "Christian", actually.

Exactly. Still option 1, though.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Hipster Christian (not a fundie atheist)

[ingemann]

It's not even a contest; HC.

[JonathanSwift]

Randian atheist by a wide margin.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Randian atheists aren't the worst type of atheists, to be fair.