2007-02-15 06:39:24 · 21 answers · asked by Siu02rk 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Microsoft Cofounder and CEO Bill Gates , was interviewed November 1995 on PBS by David Frost. Below is the transcript with minor edits.
Frost: Do you believe in the Sermon on the Mount?
Gates: I don't. I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in. There's a lot of merit in the moral aspects of religion. I think it can have a very, very positive impact.
Frost: I sometimes say to people, do you believe there is a god, or do you know there is a god? And, you'd say you don't know?
Gates: In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid.
Gates was profiled by Walter Isaacson in a January 13, 1996 TIME MAGAZINE cover story. Here are some excerpts compiled by the Drudge Report:
Isaacson: Isn't there something special, perhaps even divine, about the human soul?
Gates: I don't have any evidence on that.
“Gates face suddenly becomes expressionless,” writes Isaacson, "his squeaky voice turns toneless, and he folds his arms across his belly and vigorously rocks back and forth in a mannerism that has become so mimicked at MICROSOFT that a meeting there can resemble a round table of ecstatic rabbis."
Gates: Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
2007-02-15 06:45:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of Steve Jobs so I cannot comment on him but Bill Gates is a very intelligent individual so I'm sure he is not taken in by any religious clap trap.
Science is the truth. If in doubt read Richard Dawkin's excellent book The God Delusion.
It is to the 21st century what the bible was to the dark ages!
2007-02-15 08:28:13 · answer #2 · answered by pagreen1966 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Warren Buffet is a Pagan. Its funny you pose this question, i could ask the same about Benny Hinn and the other televangelists that steal money away from innocent people. Im pretty sure some of the non christians that are rich are going to eventually try to destroy a religion that has caused great harm to so many for several centuries. Ill give you a hint: it has something to do with the religion/relationship of Jesus.
2016-05-24 04:07:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates is a known atheist.
Steve Jobs is a spiritualist hippie agnostic.
2007-02-15 10:46:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bill Gates is a known atheist.
Steve Jobs is a spiritualist hippie agnostic.
2007-02-15 06:44:35 · answer #5 · answered by Mike K 5 · 6⤊ 0⤋
rock s -
Like many other, I give money to charity, both spontaneously and via regular payments from my bank account. I also support the Salvation Army (who do a tremendous amount of good work with the poor and disenfranchised in this country) and applaud Christian Aid for their work in the third world.
2007-02-16 01:25:53 · answer #6 · answered by David M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go ask them. Bring leaflets. Maybe God will part the security teams for you....
2007-02-15 06:44:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windows Vista is proof of no god.
2007-02-15 06:43:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I thought gates was god!!!
2007-02-15 06:41:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Nopes.
2007-02-15 06:41:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋