Divide into groups of about 6 students and choose several events from the list below.
Three of you should put together religious or supernatural explanations for the events.
The other three should put together rational/technological explanations for the events.
You should then debate your points for and against the two sorts of explanation.
Possible events to consider:
Winning the lottery.
Having a baby boy, not a baby girl.
Becoming ill with measles.
Having a baby boy, not a baby girl.
Becoming ill with measles.
Crop circles.
Water dripping from a
religious statue.
Steady rain for five days.
Water dripping from a
religious statue.
Steady rain for five days.
Seeing a ghost.
Lightning striking the steeple of a church that has been turned into apartments.
Seeing a UFO.
Lightning striking the steeple of a church that has been turned into apartments.
Seeing a UFO.
