[31reasons]

"Tim asks everyone to sit around on the floor in a circle and reflect deeply on a particular passage from the Bible."

This is when I stopped reading the article. Asking teammates to do meditation before coding is one thing, but asking them to read a passage from the Bible. whoa..

[hug]

After a little consideration, I've decided I don't agree with your position, and that's not because I'm religious (I'm not) and it's not because I disagree with the separation of religion and work. (I do.)

No, the reason I disagree with your position is because you've made a piece of information taboo merely because of the source. Not all passages from the Bible are religious, and even the ones that can have meaning in non-religious contexts. The fact that the book is holy to someone should not provide the impulse to discard its entire contents without a second thought.

Even if all of the above rings hollow to you, the suggestion that people contemplate a Bible verse in the initial incarnation of "MDD" is actually somewhat pertinent to the parable, in that later groups practicing "MDD" throw out the Bible verse and instead meditate reflectively on famous poems, and the story notes that this substitution is no less effective.

Yet you stopped reading an insightful story because you're concerned that a made-up person in a made-up situation suggested thinking about a Bible verse.

Sorry if this sounds like concern-trolling.

[samstokes]

Thanks for taking the time to tell everyone why you felt the article lacked credibility, rather than spending that time discovering that the article was, in fact, satire.

[jacques_chester]

I know that flippant answers are frowned on hereabouts, but on certain other sites, your remark would earn a rapid "woosh" in reply.

[shpx]

Save yourself the embarrassment of realizing how dumb you sound roght now by never reading this article whenever it comes up.