Walking on water
April 4th, 2006 by Larry D. Burton
For some reason when people point out natural phenomenon as explanations for miracles in the Bible it just reinforces my faith in those Bible stories. I think the reason is that, while I freely admit a belief that God can perform acts of magic, natural phenomenon occuring at the time it is needed is far more miraculous to me than someone pulling a rabbit out of a hat.
With this in mind it was a joy for me to read a natural explanation for Jesus’ walk on water.
It was a stormy night on the Sea of Galilee and the disciples were out in a boat, battling a contrary wind, when they saw Jesus approaching, as if a spirit. “And he went up to them into the ship; and the wind ceased,” it is written in Mark 6:51. “And they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.”
Doron Nof also wondered, in a measured, scientific way. A professor of oceanography at Florida State University, he conducted an inquiry and found what might be a natural explanation: ice.
I am confident someone will come up with an explanation for water turning to wine.
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Larry opined: I am confident someone will come up with an explanation for water turning to wine.
If they do, they should share it with me. I could use it.
Seriously, I am like the White Queen in Through the Looking Glass; I can believe six impossible things before breakfast. Considering what science has explained, out of the staggeringly improbable mysteries of the universe, nothing is impossible, in my book.