The idea is stupid.
You know there have been plenty of tech-savvy xtians who have set out to recreate these miracles on a scientific basis. Really, one asshole used a giant leaf blower to show that wind could move water! Another set up a propane BBQ under an acacia tree to show that a bush could burn and not be consumed.....( it look consumed as all hell to me!)
All of them come up hard against the 10th plague because there is no scientific way to demonstrate a plague with that degree of specificity. They miss the point, which a lot of fundies would make to them. This is not about "science." You either believe that the sky-daddy did this shit or not.
Trying to come up with a scientific mechanism for miracles degrades science and miracles...although miracles deserve it.
No matter how many times you are told when Santorini erupted. No matter how many times you are told that Egypt escaped the most serious effects. No matter how many times you are told that there were no Hebrews anywhere in the 17th century BCE. No matter how many times you are told that we can trace, archaeologically, the formation of these people to c 1200 BC in the highlands of Canaan, you just cling to that stupid ass bible and say...BUT LOOK....THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY.
You got ripped a new asshole over at AF.com for this nonsense, too. With good reason.
You know there have been plenty of tech-savvy xtians who have set out to recreate these miracles on a scientific basis. Really, one asshole used a giant leaf blower to show that wind could move water! Another set up a propane BBQ under an acacia tree to show that a bush could burn and not be consumed.....( it look consumed as all hell to me!)
All of them come up hard against the 10th plague because there is no scientific way to demonstrate a plague with that degree of specificity. They miss the point, which a lot of fundies would make to them. This is not about "science." You either believe that the sky-daddy did this shit or not.
Trying to come up with a scientific mechanism for miracles degrades science and miracles...although miracles deserve it.
No matter how many times you are told when Santorini erupted. No matter how many times you are told that Egypt escaped the most serious effects. No matter how many times you are told that there were no Hebrews anywhere in the 17th century BCE. No matter how many times you are told that we can trace, archaeologically, the formation of these people to c 1200 BC in the highlands of Canaan, you just cling to that stupid ass bible and say...BUT LOOK....THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY.
You got ripped a new asshole over at AF.com for this nonsense, too. With good reason.
