__/ [ [H]omer ] on Monday 12 March 2007 04:52 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Mark Kent spake thusly:
>> Paul Bramscher <pfbram_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>
>>> Of course the "problem of evil" persists after 2,000 years of trying to
>>> solve it. There is no conceivable answer in the abstract (beyond
>>> time/space) that solves problems in the present here&now anyway.
>>
>> Having just returned from a trip which included a tour of the Cathédrale
>> de Notre Dame (Cathedral of Our Lady), it had got me musing over my
>> early Catholic upbringing experiences. The Good/Evil and Omnipotent
>> arguments used to trouble me as a kid...
>
> I know it's rather clichéd, but I'm also a lapsed Catholic. I feel
> guided by much of the ideology, but I'm cynical about most of the
> literal interpretation.
>
> I suppose that affects my approach to the political aspects of software.
> I'm altruistic in a practical sense, but not very intellectually
> charitable, which makes me rather intolerant of people with a certain
> malevolent political agenda.
...which is perfectly fine because supervision comes from criticism and
alienation. A malevolent political agenda isn't absent in religion either,
but the world teaches us that there are many religions that are extremely
tolerant towards all. They also encourage good ethics.
The altruisic side that you speak about is said to be innate. Those who
suppress it are mentally demented, or deformed. I can think of quite a few
execs whose greed overwhelmed altruism. Steve Jobs is no saint either, I
might add.
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