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If one of your loved ones was involved in a serious car accident, would you want the ambulance to rush them to a hospital or to a church?
2007-01-22 04:13:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Science, definitely. We wouldn't be here discussing religion if it were not for science. Most of us would've died from viruses in our childhood among many many other things.
2007-01-22 04:21:01 · answer #1 · answered by cannabia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The second part of your question is an idiotic addition and bears no relevance.
Science, by its nature, has almost always been wrong. It is, at best, an approximate explanation for reality. For an excellent discussion of this, read "The Relativity of Wrong" by Isaac Asimov.
Faith is entirely different. I don't know how many times I've heard doctors say that a patient survival was beyond their own skills. A recent episode with a friend of mine is such a case. With one of the leading heart surgeons in the world working on her, her heart continued to fail section by section. The doctors could not stay ahead of failures. Yet, despite their acknowledged lack of ability to save her and just moments from death, she suddenly stabilized thru no act of the medical team. The fact that dozens of people were praying for her MAY have had something to do with it. The doctors surely think so.
2007-01-22 12:24:48 · answer #2 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For the example you gave, hosptial!! You wouldn't take a broken car to a car wash, no matter how dirty the car. God expects us to do our part and live within our real world. We have to take action, not just sit back and wait for God to do everything for us.
Having said that and looking at your original question, I can't say that I "trust" either faith or science more than the other. It's like comparing apples and bananas - seperately they don't seem to have much in common, but together they make a lovely fruit salad. (Or dessert fondue!)
While sitting in the ER, I'd be praying for my loved one's health, for the doctors to have the perception, strength, and skill to do their best to give the best possible care. Could they do the same without prayer? Maybe, probably, but that isn't a chance I would take. God works in mysterious ways.
2007-01-22 12:29:00 · answer #3 · answered by Church Music Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both.
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I would pray while they were rushed to hospital.
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The interpretation for James 5:14 is that you should get help if you are sick or injured. The elders were the ones who had the latest in medical knowledge at the time the text was written. They used oils and primitive iron-age remedies. We now have more modern methods.
Jas 5:14 - Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
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2007-01-22 12:20:30 · answer #4 · answered by Jimmy Dean 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In case of accident, we pray to God for HIS mercy, help and forgiveness and take all possible measures available with us.
What science? God (swt) blessed us with wisdom, capabilities to gain knowledge and awarded many many nice things, which one can not even count.
Its the wisdom and guidance given by God (swt) with which we have been able to invent and explore things, being treated as science inventions and explorations.
All is from God (swt).
What science? We can not stand before wind storm, earth quick, tsunami and other things like.
Its God's mercy upon us that HE protects us from these things. We must be thankful to HIM always.
2007-01-22 12:24:48 · answer #5 · answered by MY Regards to All 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I trust God far more than I trust man. Since God created all true science, including medicine, Of course the ambulance goes to a hospital, but only God heals.
2007-01-22 12:18:44 · answer #6 · answered by Paulie D 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I would want them to go the the hospital but still trust that God is the Great Physician and pray for the Doctors and all dealing with my loved one.
2007-01-22 12:17:23 · answer #7 · answered by free 1 indeed 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God wants us to be responsible and do the best thing for that person - a hospital with a pastor waiting at the bedside
2007-01-22 12:16:18 · answer #8 · answered by servant FM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i trust science and faith... if one of my loved ones was injured seriously, i would bring them to a hospital, because they are equiped with the proper tools to heal the phisycal body... i would also have my faith in the living spirit that would have caused the injury for a reason, science proves god is real
2007-01-22 12:18:59 · answer #9 · answered by Unconditional Love 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The two are not mutually exclusive. I doubt there's anyone out there stupid enough to think you can pray a bleeding wound away. You can pray as hard as you want to win the lottery, but somehow I doubt God's gonna be able to do much unless you buy a ticket.
2007-01-22 12:18:43 · answer #10 · answered by Felix Q 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋