Do Ya Think?
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I’m sure by now everyone has heard the story in which a Florida State University professor says that Jesus may have actually walked on a patch of ice. Now I’m not a religious man, at least not in the sense of the mainstream organized variety but I have a problem with this theory. Notwithstanding the act of walking on water itself is rather incredulous, don’t you think Mark and John (who were present at the time) would have noticed Christ climbing up on the little patch of ice as he approached? And when he finished speaking to them did he simply hop off of his miniature iceberg into the water? Just wondering.
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Jim
There’s also the problem that the “miracle” was reported many years after the event and was among many miracles attributed to other gods including virgin birth, raising the dead, rising from the dead, etc. See Horus who did everything Jesus was supposed to have done but did it many years before him.
Apr 8th, 2006
Anonymous
a fictional person walking on fictional ice. Okay. Santa has a flying sled, so why not?
Apr 8th, 2006
VW
1. Mark couldn’t have been present at the time since he was only a teenager during the Book of Acts.
2. I’m not entirely certain that ice could form at that latitude.
Apr 8th, 2006
Anonymous
Maybe Jesus had a Jet Ski?
Apr 8th, 2006
Jesse Gritter
Len wrote: “Notwithstanding the act of walking on water itself is rather incredulous …”
But on Christianity’s own terms it’s certainly not incredulous. In other words, if Jesus was not merely a man but also the very son of God, then certainly walking on water wouldn’t be a problem. Thus, if the issue as to whether Jesus could walk on water is to be settled, there must be a debate over whether Jesus was who he and his apostles said he was. And such a debate would have to include not merely the presentation of evidence and arguments, but also a debate over what can be accepted as evidence and the standard by which something is judged rational or not. I guess what I’m saying is that the debate about walking on water goes to the very heart of one’s worldview or philosophy of reality — which would include fundamental assumptions about epistemology, ontology and ethics. In fact, I would argue that the debate about whether Jesus walked on water ultimately goes back to the question of God’s existence.
Something to think about.
Apr 8th, 2006
Len
This is certainly a controversial issue. Personally I don’t deny the existence of Jesus. I believe he was a political activist fighting for change at a time when the Romans ruled with an iron fist. But whether or not he was some kind of mystical figure with supernatural powers is a matter of opinion and faith. As I said I adhere to no man-made organized religion which I consider nothing more than a tool to control the masses.
My problem is with people trying to come up with logical explanations for biblical events. What’s the point? The bible is a book made up of wonderful (and some not-so-wonderful) stories, poetry and metaphors.
Apr 8th, 2006
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