Oscar Wilde, Anglo-Irish playwright and author said this:
"Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions."
What are your thoughts on this statement?
2006-07-18 13:07:06 · 15 answers · asked by genaddt 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Although I usually don't put too much stock into what he might have to say on divinity, he does make a point.
People once didn't understand the changing of the seasons, and called it God. . .now it's the earth's axis in relation to the Sun, and all the good stuff, and God has moved on to more challenging puzzles.
Good (but limited) point!
2006-07-18 13:18:25 · answer #1 · answered by ThatGuy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oscar Wilde detested anything with the hint of religion attached to it. This kind of supposedly "explanatory" statement actually couches Wilde's underlying critical inference. Notice that the statement strongly advises that Science is the pre-eminent arbiter over all things "Religious". You can almost see Wilde's grimacing face as he attempts to throw yet another dart at his straw-dog. I say pish and posh, Mr. Oscar Wilde! You are certainly not a person whose opinion I value on this subject. In fact, your statement is rather obtuse if you ask me. Yes, and I realize you are long dead. Stick to the comedy of manners and cultures for which you were best suited, and stop attempting the philosophical.
2006-07-18 20:19:23 · answer #2 · answered by UCSteve 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religions are based on belief, so if "proved" to be true, a religion would turn out to be be based on fact, and would no longer be a religion. It would become a part of science and would then be "dead" as a religion.
2006-07-18 20:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Serving God is not a religion. God has never been disproved. Several other "religions" have though. Serving God has been around for thousands of years. Adam and Eve served God and science has yet to prove the Bible wrong. It only proves it right as time goes by. God is eternal.
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2006-07-18 20:10:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oscar Wilde - OK google Oscar Wilde and homosexuality.
2006-07-18 20:12:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
After all said and done he became a believer
After his release in 1897 Wilde lived under the name Sebastian Melmoth in Berneval, near Dieppe, then in Paris. He wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol, revealing his concern for inhumane prison conditions. It is said, that on his death bed Wilde became a Roman Catholic. He died of cerebral meningitis on November 30, 1900, penniless, in a cheap Paris hotel at the age of 46. "Do you want to know the great drama of my life," asked Wilde before his death of André Gide. "It's that I have put my genius into my life; all I've put into my works is my talent."
2006-07-18 20:21:45 · answer #6 · answered by rapturefuture 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oscar Wilde is awesome and I think he's right. Think about it if science proves something 100% where is there room for faith?
2006-07-18 20:12:48 · answer #7 · answered by Jake S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proved to be true? Well, what do you want from a poet. More true would be that they die when they don't work anymore.
Science isn't here to destroy religion, it's just one of the side effects.
2006-07-18 20:11:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is obviously what happens when you think you know everything. anyway there is only one true religion and that has been proven since the begging of the world so i dont know what that guy was talking about
2006-07-18 20:12:39 · answer #9 · answered by Lfeata 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
science is proving more and more that religion is a true fact ... it's not dead it is thriving more and more each and every day
2006-07-18 20:17:52 · answer #10 · answered by wil_t52 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋