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Old 23-01-2004, 14:39   #31
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Re: moses 'parting of the waves' a myth

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Originally Posted by dr wadd
<snip> I`m simply curious as to whether an example of spectacularly good timing could be misinterpreted such that it becomes an article of fact for a particular religion.
The problem is, you're looking at the parting of the Red Sea in isolation. The Bible is full of what it, and Christians, claim are 'miracles' - the biggest of which is the resurrection itself. Don't you think there are rather too many coincidences for this to be a credible explanation? Floods, seas parting and crashing in again, plagues, cites destroyed, entire armies raised from the dead, a virgin gives birth to a baby ... the list is endless. Eventually, the cries of 'coincidence!', 'natural causes!' or 'it never happened!' really do start to sound tired.
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