Moses' Red Sea Parting Explained by Computer Model

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My parents get furious over this sort of thing. As a child I use to ask “Why does knowing how God did it make it any less a miracle?”

I got five hour long lectures for that sorta thing (literally).
 
I know, right? Even if there is a perfectly rational explanation for the event, how does that explain Moses’ knowledge of it?

I mean, was he privy to the meteorological computations at the time? Did he have a secret doppler radar tracking the storm hidden inside his outer garment? So how does us knowing why the Red Sea parted make it any less of a miracle or mystery?

I think there are explanations for many of the miracles in the Bible. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to lose my faith over them. Things were a simpler time then, and if someone had walked up to them with an iPod, I’d bet they’d think it was a miracle. And they’d be right. 😉

BTW, you’re not the only one who got long talks from your parents for asking a simple religious question. I’ll bet there are many many people here that can give similar accounts.

You know the old adage… ‘out of the mouth of babes’…
 
In C.S. Lewis’ “Miracles”, he talks about what he classifies as the two types of miracles - namely 'Natural" miracles before the Resurrection, and then ‘Supernatural’ miracles thereafter.

Ultimately, ‘Natural’ miracles are when God does things that can occur in Nature, but instantaneously.Water is used in wine-making, which can be a lengthy process, but Jesus makes it happen accidentally. It is possible for the ‘Sea of Reeds’ to open up in a strong wind, but God made it happen at that exact moment when most advantageous to His chosen people, and that is what remains miraculous about this.
 
If this did happen naturally, its still a miracle. That the waters would part just when the israelites need to escape, and then fall back again just as the egyptians enter in…pretty miraculous.

Still I’m a little skeptical of this “model.” Are they saying that 63 mph winds (almost hurricane force) could blow steadily and constantly, for hours and hours and hours, in that part of the world, and then nothing like it would happen again for the next 3,000 years? Seems pretty unlikely on all counts, even if the model works.

BTW moses didn’t part the red sea…God did, right? 🙂
 
I just posted this over in Catholic News because I didn’t know where else to put it, but I’ll add it here too.
SwizzleStick said:
Though a line throws in room for doubt for the skeptics, this article is cool!

"Parting of Red Sea Jibes With Natural Laws

Mother Earth could have parted the Red Sea, hatching the great escape described in the biblical book of Exodus, a new study finds."…

Entire article: ouramazingplanet.com/wind-possibly-parted-red-sea-100921-0552/
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SwizzleStick said:
I just posted this over in Catholic News because I didn’t know where else to put it, but I’ll add it here too.

Parting of Red Sea Jibes With Natural Laws
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That is an interesting title for the article. The one I read said “Moses didn’t part the Red Sea, nature did.” Same article, completely different focus because of the titles. I guess that will color how people look at it. 🙂
 
I do like how the article in the OP still refers to the event as ‘miraculous’ and doesn’t try to downplay the significance of the act surely because it was determined to be physically possible. If anything, it should strengthen the support for the accuracy of the event, therefore helping confirm the miracle to non-believers.
 
Garyjohn2 said:
That is an interesting title for the article. The one I read said “Moses didn’t part the Red Sea, nature did.” Same article, completely different focus because of the titles. I guess that will color how people look at it. 🙂
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You make a very good point. I guess it depends on what the editor believes…or doesn’t believe.
 
Garyjohn2 said:
That is an interesting title for the article. The one I read said “Moses didn’t part the Red Sea, nature did.”
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Old Joke: Who invented the telephone? Answer: Don Ameche

Who parted the Red Sea? Baby boomer answer: Charlton Heston.
 
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