[linux-audio-user] OT .sig comment

[David L. Craig]

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 04:44:37PM -0700, Mike Jewell wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 19:21 -0400, ross at jose.lug.udel.edu wrote:
> 
> > "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
> > make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the
> > mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the
> > spirit and to confine man in the bonds of Hell."
> 
> Huh???!!!

It's a quote that shows how even a man as spiritual as St. Augustine
can have blind spots that arise from ignorance.  Ditto Martin Luther's
attitude toward the Jews, not to mention the Crusades, etc.  Only God
Himself has the pure perspective on everything and we should be slow
to burn anyone at the stake.

-- 

May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly!

Dave Craig

-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
"'So the universe is not quite as you thought it was.
 You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then.
 Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe.'"

--from _Nightfall_  by Asimov/Silverberg