House VS God, (Episode: Human Error)

stevejazzx

Anyone catch this episode? End of season 3 I think?

In it House is baffled by a woman who suddenly comes back to life after she is taken off a life support machine. Previously and after trying everything else, the womans atheist husband had gone to the hospital chapel to pray. On seeing his wife's Lazarus like recovery he immediately looks to the heavens to thank God.
However it materialises that the real the reason the woman almost died and was able to 'ressurect' herself was that she had an extremely rare congenital heart defect. By removing her third ostium House sees himself as undoing God's work. There's a wonderful moment when, after he is finsihed the surgery, the woman thanks God that she is still alive and House in an a brilliantly ironic gesture rolls his eyes to the heavens.

I think this brilliant little episode of house underlines precisely the nature of religous people. Even when it is clearly shown to them that life and death have nothing to with a God (at least in the (biblical) sense that they know it) they still cling to that primitve ideology in unwavering denial.

Zillah

Considering this thread seems to have no real purpose I'll say this much: House is fucking awesome.

Asiaprod

Zillah wrote: »

Considering this thread seems to have no real purpose I'll say this much: House is fucking awesome.

Really good episode, and there are more in the later seasons (Lucky me is current with house). In particular when one of his x-staff staff dies. I won't spoil it, watch out for it

PDN

Zillah wrote: »

Considering this thread seems to have no real purpose I'll say this much: House is fucking awesome.

I rarely agree with Zillah, but House is indeed awesome.

Carrigart Exile

stevejazzx wrote: »

Anyone catch this episode? End of season 3 I think?

In it House is baffled by a woman who suddenly comes back to life after she is taken off a life support machine. Previously and after trying everything else, the womans atheist husband had gone to the hospital chapel to pray. On seeing his wife's Lazarus like recovery he immediately looks to the heavens to thank God.
However it materialises that the real the reason the woman almost died and was able to 'ressurect' herself was that she had an extremely rare congenital heart defect. By removing her third ostium House sees himself as undoing God's work. There's a wonderful moment when, after he is finsihed the surgery, the woman thanks God that she is still alive and House in an a brilliantly ironic gesture rolls his eyes to the heavens.

I think this brilliant little episode of house underlines precisely the nature of religous people. Even when it is clearly shown to them that life and death have nothing to with a God (at least in the (biblical) sense that they know it) they still cling to that primitve ideology in unwavering denial.

you see clarity from that

stevejazzx

Carrigart Exile wrote: »

you see clarity from that

Yes.


It shows that (religous) people can cling to their superstitious beliefs despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. In this case the woman has a third ostium (there from birth) and her life is only safe when medical science removes it. Now the only way a religous person can make this process compatible with their belief is to say that that was Gods plan. Now if people are content with that kind of logic so be it.

Dades

Far be in from me to suggest this doesn't happen in real life, but I wouldn't use an episode of House as evidence it does.

I'm loathe to say I've never watched it!

stevejazzx

Zillah wrote: »

Considering this thread seems to have no real purpose I'll say this much: House is fucking awesome.

I would've said freakin' awesome but I not going to split hairs....

Beruthiel

House rocks and is on Hallmark every evening at 8pm, I have tried to see every episode.

stevejazzx

Dades wrote: »

Far be in from me to suggest this doesn't happen in real life, but I wouldn't use an episode of House as evidence it does.

I'm loathe to say I've never watched it!

It's not the overall program I am using as the illustration but rather the idea contained within. Also I think just becasue it this is a primetime show doesn't mean it can't make a valid logicalal argument about the nature of belief.