Programmers and Atheism

[look_a_unicorn]

The thought has entered my mind that by the nature of the required mindset- programmers should have a tendency to adopt atheism

Comments

[ant_farm]

You have no idea how helpful I found that musing. Thanks for sharing. I think it might help me understand how rationality can coexist with faith. Which oddly enough I have been struggling with. Big thanks. Just curious what specific scenario led you to that conclusion?

not fluffy dude; candice

[fluffydude]

I like your Botticelli Primavera

Re: not fluffy dude; candice

[ant_farm]

thanks, I like fluffydude's benicio del toro.

[look_a_unicorn]

Wow- am glad my ramblings were of use to someone other than myself :)

My conclusions at the moment* are quite heavily influenced by recent reading of "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins and watching Pat Condell's videos http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=patcondell&p=r

The double whammy of opinions and information caused me to reassess my own view- why I hold it- the structure of my own thinking in other words.
With this came the realisation that I was starting to strongly use my 'work' mindset in other areas. Unsurprising given several years of intense application and refinement of those mental processes.

That of course followed on to a broader application of such processes to ALL similar thinkers and numerous assumptions made so as to conclude that everyone should think like me- and that they're wrong if they don't XD

* My conclusions are always subject to new information :)