MrListerFunBuckle

My Dad loves to tell a story about a journalist asking you how you maintained the anger of Worf's character and you replied that after 3 hours in the makeup chair, you were angry.

Is this story true?

Futurists and tech-enthusiasts do often cite the fact that computing power grows exponentially. Less noted is the fact that many problems that one might want to solve with a computer also scale exponentially, or worse. If your problem and the resources you can throw at it scale at the same rate then it's going to take you just as long to solve the n+1th step as it took to solve the nth step.

probably not a good idea to fill up privately-owned prisons with people using these recreationally.

I'm sensing a recurring theme through this AMA. I think it is called, in the vulgar argot, "sanity". So many people get so tightly wound up in their sanctimonious beliefs about right and wrong that they fail to see that along the way they have become instruments for harming others. It's always refreshing to see someone take a step back, stop being reactionary, and think about the motivation of the law rather than the letter of the law; so often the two have become contradictory...

In some other posts here you have indicated that you clearly see context as important and recognise the need to interpret the text of scripture to find the intent (I'm paraphrasing here, but I don't think I'm doing any violence to your position, correct me if I'm wrong). You mention that although you have not attended seminary, you have read very widely. I assume you familiar with the work of Karen Armstrong and Richard Holloway?

My question is, can you share your thoughts on the manner in which scripture should be read (by Christians) in today's world? e.g. Holloway talks about reading scripture as the literal word of God (strong religion), or as an inspired text written by humans that must be interpreted (weak religion), or as a purely human work which, when read by one mindful of context, can still provide a nourishing insight into the human condition (post religion).

I feel that this single point has pretty strong implications for how religious people interact with the world, with bearing on a number of issues currently affecting the whole planet.

Sorry about the rambling...

EDIT: highlighted question.

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