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I'm not sure how relevant this is to HN. I know a lot of good engineers that are creationists. It doesn't seem to keep them from producing good work. Its more i

• jgrahamc 17y ago
  I'm sorry that you were downvoted. I've come across good programmers who believed the Earth was 7,000 years old etc. Their programming ability was just fine.
  • lacrossegm 17y ago
    I've read a book that started with the author thanking God for granting him the insights presented in the book. Some of the more militant atheist might be offended by that. I just skipped past it and dug into the actual content, which wasn't too bad. It was no shock that none of his code contained any creationist arguments.
• patio11 17y ago
  The argument has long since stopped being about either theology or science and turned into a matter of tribalism, where adherence to the Right Answer on a matter of trifling importance to both sides is used as a litmus test of whether you're a decent human being or not. Forgive me for a five second religious interruption: I'm a strict Catholic and also have an engineering degree. I sincerely believe in things like the virgin birth and the resurrection. Essentially everyone who knows me well knows this or could guess. And I still have people say "Blah blah blah anti-science freaks need to stop blah blah blah hey Patrick, evolution happened, right?" And when I say "Yeah, of course", they check the "Proper Scientist (TM)" box next to me in their mental inventory.