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THE CHURCH OF England has defended a tweet it sent about Richard Dawkins after he suffered a stroke.
The original tweet was sent on Friday and asked that people pray for the famous secularist.
The message was retweeted more than 1,000 times and prompted speculation that it may have been an underhanded dig at Dawkins.
Responding to the criticism, a spokesperson for the Church of England said:
The tweet was a prayer. Nothing controversial in that. In recent months a regular diet of prayer has been evident on the church’s twitter stream.
It noted that it had also asked for prayers for the massacre in Paris in November, the flooding that hit the UK in December and January and in the lead up to the British Queen’s 90th Birthday.
Commenting on the controversy that had arisen, the spokesperson said that it had come as a result of, “a misunderstanding of what prayer is, who does it and who it is for”.
The medical incident caused Dawkins to pull out of a tour of Australia and New Zealand he had planned.
Speaking yesterday, the 74-year-old said that he had spent four days in hospital, before being released on Tuesday of this week.
He went on to thank the people around the world who had wished him well.
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The face of Dublin’s homeless is not welcome it seems…..
How much more of taxpayers money is to be spent on the so called arts……
@Chris Kirk: well renowned photographer takes photos and displays them in a gallery. Whats your problem with that? How is it related to homelessness and tax payers money? Tut tut at everything eh? I tut tut at you!
@Donal Proctor: I display mine on Facebook, whats wrong with that and it is for free…..
@Chris Kirk: what pictures of homeless? ;)
@Chris Kirk: as is entry to Collins’ Barracks!
@Chris Kirk: Perhaps you should go and view it. The face of Dublin’s homeless is included.
Should be popular with the Dublin liberal set.
@Jack Cassady: yea jack thats how we role!
Will definitely take a trip to Dublin to see it, looks brilliant!
Where’s Roy?
@Bill Liffin: in the Cork studio;.
Do they not know the names of the 3 later subjects whose pictures were taken?
have your say