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Article #1359Re: Another flame from greg
From: Gordon Fitch
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1988 17:35
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1988 17:35
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In article <4579@uwmcsd1.UUCP> markh@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Mark William Hopkins) writes: }In article <1805@mind.UUCP> greg@mind.UUCP (greg Nowak) writes: }}In article <24268@linus.UUCP> bwk@mbunix (Barry Kort) writes: }}}In article <264@pedsga.UUCP> lae@pedsga.UUCP (Leslie Ellis) writes: }}}}}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 ... --Saint Augustine (heh heh heh) }}} }}}I bet he was being prophetic about Georg Cantor. }} }}How times change. Hilbert said Cantor gave us Paradise. } }One thing confuses me: I thought the Devil was Christian. Based on his deeds or his professed beliefs?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!actnyc!gcf From: gcf@actnyc.UUCP (Gordon Fitch) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: Another flame from greg Keywords: Them damned infinities: works of the devil to confuse us all! Message-ID: <694@actnyc.UUCP> Date: 17 Feb 88 17:35:51 GMT References: <8712271042.AA00969@garnet.berkeley.edu> <264@pedsga.UUCP> <24268@linus.UUCP> <1805@mind.UUCP> <4579@uwmcsd1.UUCP> Reply-To: gcf@actnyc.UUCP (Gordon Fitch) Organization: InterACT Corporation Lines: 16