4.06.2006

What It Takes to Put Christ On Ice

The article started off strong.
"The New Testament story describes Jesus walking on water in the Sea of Galilee but according to a study led by Florida State University Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof, it's more likely that he walked on an isolated patch of floating ice."
In an effort to dispel the ancient "myth" of the walking-on-water account, a team of scientists has done research on what is known as "springs ice". When a salty spring flows into a freshwater lake, the heavier saltwater sinks to the bottom, creating a temperature imbalance that can lead to ice formation above the saltwater. This only occurs in calm water when the air temperature is at or near freezing. These scientists have decided that since Jesus "couldn't" have really been walking on water, he must have been walking on ice that happened to form just at the right time for this to occur. They say that the chances of this happening today in the Sea of Galilee are about "once in 10,000 years" but that the odds "might" have been higher around two thousand years ago during a "prevailing climate" - whatever that means. I will post my opinion on this startling new piece of "evidence" soon. For now, I am asking my readers to contribute their views via comment. Perhaps we can get some controversy here! To see the original article, go to www.physorg.com. In Him, David S. MacMillan III

4 comments:

Thomas said...

Wow, that's pretty sad. It's amazing what people will try to come up with to avoid the reality of Christ, isn't it?

Incidentally, I like your sub-header. Is that by any chance from Brad Stine?

The Patriot said...

Very interesting... but no matter what theory they come up with about Jesus walking on water, how are they going to explain turning the water into wine, or raising people from the dead? Hmmm... that will be a hard one!

Anonymous said...

Pretty stupid, but I think the idea is so outrageous that most people are either going to
1) Think it's true because they're already Christians.
2) Say the Bible is false.
3) Ignore everything in the first place.

Nobody besides this professor would actually believe that Jesus used ice...

Jacqui said...

"calm water"
ridiculous!