> is reference to an idea that has been thoroughly debunked in any number of ways

What idea and debunked how?

> As Salmieri notes in his response, throughout her piece Cleary takes it for granted that Rand’s views are wrong and expects that refuting them should be straightforward. Notably, she never offers any attempted refutations of Rand’s actual positions.

If that doesn't sum up the entire intellectual/political discourse in current year then I don't know what does. People scream Nazi and run away from real discussion as fast as they can.

> there are so many ways in which a person honors God, that the word "sin" becomes subjective.

This says a lot, I think. I would venture to guess that you mean other world religions are equally valid and lead to God. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I don't want to strawman you. The idea that sin is subjective is so antithetical to the Bible that I'm surprised to hear someone who knows a few biblical messages even consider it. God is the very source of objective morality, without Him it could not exist. But it does, and it's laid out in plain language often repeated several times in different contexts throughout the Bible. What then is your interpretation of Acts 4:12? "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” If you can't agree with that I daresay I wouldn't call you a Christian. Again, if this is not your view please correct me.

> It was so bad that God sent his Son down to essentially spread the Gospel of He/God being the ultimate judge, so you can avoid the Hypocrisy of the Self-Rightous man and woman. You can only interpret what God’s Will is for you, not what it is for the entire state, country, or mankind!

When Jesus criticizes the self-righteous He means that you should not believe so much in your own goodness or be filled with pride, that you should instead be a humble servant of God. To interpret that as saying you shouldn't help keep others away from sin is very strange considering Jesus Himself gave quite a lot of unwanted advice to the sinners around Him.

Have you considered that you may have been around some of the many people who aren't interested in being intellectual or logically consistent because they don't care, and that arguing with the lowest common denominator version of a particular ideology has biased you against it as a whole? I assure you that if you try you can find equally anti-intellectual people who disagree on everything with the ones you're talking about.