Larry Wall on religion and Perl culture (1999)

Re:Larry Wall on religion and Perl culture (1999) by mckoss on Saturday February 12, 2011 @02:17AM (#2209559)

I think if you read the article, you have to come to the conclusion that Wall is a diest.

"Wall is also a serious evangelical Christian, a member (and webmaster) of the New Life Church's Cupertino Church of the Nazarene."

as well as some of his direct quotes in the interview.

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Re:Larry Wall on religion and Perl culture (1999) by nocman on Saturday February 12, 2011 @02:43AM (#2209604)

I fail to see how the article, and particularly that quote in any way peg Wall as a Deist. Or were you rather arguing that he is a theist (not a Deist)? Deism and Evangelical Christianity aren't even close to the same thing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism

[edited to put in a needed question mark]

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Re:Larry Wall on religion and Perl culture (1999) by mckoss on Saturday February 12, 2011 @02:58AM (#2209626)

My bad. You were right about my mistake. Thanks for the link ... I have idea if Wall falls into this category - seems unlikely.

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Re:Larry Wall on religion and Perl culture (1999) by doorhammer on Saturday February 12, 2011 @02:48AM (#2209609)

I'm really only vaguely familiar with Deism. I encounter most of this sort of thing second-hand from a friend of mine who is fascinated with all manner of religions. We both grew up in the same church, so we talk sometimes.

I just didn't want to slap that label on him without knowing. Seems like you're ahead of me on that curve, heh

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