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Perl Theology

Larry Wall, inventor of the perl programming language, answers questions on Slashdot. One of the most interesting boiled down to:

"I remember reading at some point that you are a Christian… Please tell us how in the world a scientific or at least technical mind can believe in God…"

Larry's answer is beautiful (question and answer #7 at the link above).

My name is Steve Ivy and I write about technology, the open web, social software, and general nerdity on monkinetic.com. You should follow me on Twitter or subscribe to this blog if you like what you're reading. I spend my days hacking Movable Type, python, Django, and various other efforts at Wallrazer. This is my personal site.