Funny how that wasn’t a big headline in the Huffington Post!
It is from an article in an unlikely source, “The Rolling Stone” magazine. Certainly my impression of Gates has been one of a very secular, materialistic, yea, just plain corporate person.
Now don’t get some crazy idea that Gates all of a sudden became a Christian. But it does, somewhat, rebuff the idea that the contemporary, corporate individual is beyond redemption. Frankly I think that in the post-modern world, we have realized that there is much more than just science, technology. Well one of the pillars of post-modern technology is coming around to the fact that there must be a God. This is how he responded to Jeff Goodell’s question, “Do you believe in God?”
“…After admitting that science can’t explain everything , Gates shared an intriguing comment about his openness to God:
‘The mystery and the beauty of the world is overwhelmingly amazing, and there’s no scientific explanation of how it came about. To say that it was generated by random numbers, that does seem, you know, sort of an uncharitable view [laughs]. I think it makes sense to believe in God,…” (Rolling Stone Magazine Mar 27, 2014 as quoted in Leadership Journal vol 35 No 6)
Guess it’s no surprise this wasn’t reported on CNN.
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