Ayn Rand made it quite clear that she was an Anthiest, not merely an agnostic.

She was also "pro choice". In fact, she wanted government to stay out of people's personal lives and stop legislating on social issues.

She made people on the Left, Right and in the Center angry at times. She now looks like a pioneer libertarian.

Ayn Rand also made the Hollywood Left mad because she told the truth about the Bolshevik Revolution and pointed out the Stalin was as bad (or worse) than Hitler. Only Jack Warner of the Hollywood moguls was in her corner at the time. He had his studio do the movie version of The Fountainhead which probably had a great deal to do with making her financially secure.

She deserves to be read like any of the other important thinkers of history. She was a favorite of Alan Greenspann and many other interesting people.