A local preachers wife was having surgery, so some of the nurses and techs wanted to have a prayer session before starting. The doctor asked them to try and hurry, then left. When he came back in, another tech student asked him if he was Christian. He said no, that he was atheist. She asked him how he could be atheist when he saw miracles every day. He said "We do our jobs, and nature does the rest. If a god had anything to do with it, I wouldn't end up covered in blood every day. Of course, I wouldn't be driving a Porsche either!"
2007-08-11 16:41:34 · 11 answers · asked by Enigma®Ragnarökin' 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The doctor is almost spot on, of course. The mistaken view is the one held by the tech student who insisted the doctor saw miracles every day. By definition, a miracle is supernatural in origin. If the doctor is in there with all the wonderful skill and talent that got him through medical school, there's nothing divine or supernatural in that.
Prayer is fine if that's what you want. I'm certainly a proponent of it. But to suggest that miracles are occuring in the OR every day is to misunderstand the nature of miracles.
Hannah J Paul
2007-08-11 16:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES
(1) My aunt had cancer.
(2) The doctors gave her all these horrible treatments.
(3) My aunt prayed to God and now she doesn't have cancer.
(4) Therefore, God exists.
2007-08-11 16:58:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That atheist surgeon spent many years studying the complexities of the human body. How he can believe that it came about without a Creator is beyond me.
2007-08-11 16:52:47 · answer #3 · answered by David S 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Many doctors are self-absorbed like that, but so are many of the rest of us. We ALL have to decide whether life is all about me or all about God. I know Christian doctors who do pray before they work and follow Christian principles and give God the credit for their medical successes, as it should be.
2007-08-11 16:51:04 · answer #4 · answered by Bob T 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Exactly.
Richard Dawkins couldnt have said it better.
2007-08-11 16:47:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just another decieved atheist
2007-08-11 16:49:22 · answer #6 · answered by Jesus Freak 5 · 1⤊ 6⤋
I agree with him.
2007-08-11 16:47:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's true, you know.
2007-08-11 16:46:24 · answer #8 · answered by WTP 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
...nature does the rest
Wonder where that nature came from....hmmmmm
2007-08-11 16:49:12 · answer #9 · answered by Notfooled 4 · 0⤊ 6⤋
Not particularly, no.
2007-08-11 16:49:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋