Richard Dawkins is said to have written that if he saw a statue of mary wave to him, he'd just consider it a chance flux of the molecules in the statue.
Do you agree or disagree? and would you mind stating your religion. (oh, on the side, I'm jewish.)
Please keep answers short (~40 lines).
Thanks
2006-08-03 06:55:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The point is, religious "miracles" don't stand up to scientific scrutiny. Ever.
2006-08-03 07:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by grammartroll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Dawkins was just trying to make a point that even something as seemingly miraculous as a statue waving at someone would have a scientific explanation. Do you know where he said this, because I'm just guessing about what his point actually was without knowing the context.
Personally, if a religious statue waved at me (an obvious wave, not just part of it jumping to the side then back into place) I'd have to take is as an act of divine intervention...statistically, the odds of the molecules behaving in that manner is astronomical.
2006-08-03 14:11:47 · answer #2 · answered by laetusatheos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i m Roman Catholic- i wud consider it the same way as Richard Dawkins did. statues don wave n moreover, i don think Mary's Spirit or whtever wud lyk to reside in a statue n God doesn need waving statues to prove a point............
2006-08-03 14:02:53 · answer #3 · answered by Rogue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Richard Dawkins should go back to hosting Family Feud. Or was that some other wacko?
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2006-08-03 14:23:35 · answer #4 · answered by Biggest Douche in the Universe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea the other guy is right, miracles cant stand up to tests from science. Scientist try to explain things rationally, where others just say god did it
2006-08-03 14:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by locomexican89 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who the hell is Richard Dawkins? I am my own religion.
2006-08-03 14:00:07 · answer #6 · answered by Axel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would disagree... I would say the guy was probably just on acid or something... not due to the molecules, lol. I'm Wiccan.
2006-08-03 13:59:42 · answer #7 · answered by xenomorph_girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd think that someone had hidden robotics in the "statue."
Pascalian Christian.
2006-08-03 14:26:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd consider it a hallucination.
2006-08-03 14:05:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouLd think i was haLLucinating. but if someone videotaped that wouLd reaLLy heLp me become a Christian.
i already beLive in God though.
2006-08-03 14:01:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋