13 Aug
2005
13 Aug
'05
2:32 p.m.
On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 08:22:58PM -0400, David L. Craig wrote:
On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 04:44:37PM -0700, Mike Jewell
wrote:
Actually, I'm a mathematician ::-)
And some translators of St. Augustine prefer to use the word
"soothsayer" to translate that passage. But I get a kick out of this
way!
--
Ross Vandegrift
ross(a)lug.udel.edu
"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."
--St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37
On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 19:21 -0400,
ross(a)jose.lug.udel.edu wrote:
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. "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???!!!