Honestly? Christian beliefs do give me pause. I grew up in that, and I grew up in a subset that can be particularly ridiculous. My D&D games were less fantas

Honestly? Christian beliefs do give me pause. I grew up in that, and I grew up in a subset that can be particularly ridiculous. My D&D games were less fantastic than my sundays at church. When it comes to popular Christianity and it's general adherents, we would probably agree on a lot of things. I was skeptical reading through the article, but by the end I was inspired by how Larry had synthesized his belief system and coding philosophy into a seemingly cohesive and fascinating whole. My guess is it's probably an edge case. My response to your post was strictly translating it as a response to Wall. That said, the varieties of christianity and their resemblance to 5" fairies is widely disparate. (I know I mentioned Deists as one possibly more rational variation). I don't want to fall into the trap of overgeneralizing about anything. My points here are really pretty specifically related to people who clearly display extra-ordinary ability in one area, and are defamed because they hold interest or beliefs in another area that's only vaguely related. If you were being more general, then I apologize for my snarky posts. Of course the irony has already been pointed out, seeing as I condescended on your perceived condescension. Humility has never been my strong suit ;) Something about the programmers virtues.. now wait.. who talked about those