Why we should be cautious believing everything we Read.
Jesus Walks on Ice!
According to Prof. Doron Nof anyhow:
Jesus May Have Walked on (Frozen) Water, Scientist Says
Thursday, April 06, 2006
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jesus walked on water, according to the Bible, but a Florida State University professor says he may have actually walked on a hard-to-see patch of ice.
Doron Nof, a professor of oceanography, said a rare combination of water and atmospheric conditions in the Sea of Galilee 2,000 years ago may offer a scientific explanation for one of the miracles recounted in the Bible.
Nof said a patch of ice floating in the Sea of Galilee — which is actually a freshwater lake — would have been difficult to distinguish from unfrozen water surrounding it.
Typical of the “scientific” nonsense that is published with blazing headlines as “News”. Professor Nof is careful to say he is merely explaining physical facts about the Sea of Galilee and not proposing a theological argument against the miracle recorded in the Bible.
Oh really Professor? Sure sounds like a theological argument to me.
I may be a bit too hard on the good professor. It is possible that he was misquoted, or misunderstood. Unfortunately for all of us, it is absolutely certain the TALLAHASSEE, Fla. paper placed the headline on it!
Sensationalism means Sales is the cry of all yellow press from the very beginning of a free press in this country. From William Randolph Hearst to Rupert Murdoch; from ABC to CNN to Fox as well as numerous blogs — its all about the numbers. And numbers equal money.
What does this have to do with the Bible?
Simply put — I believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God. NOT because I am blindly following a preacher or evangelist or even my own mothers’ teaching, but because I have studied the bible on my own.
I believe, because I have dug deeply into many questions, even to the point of studying non-believers views. Yes that includes scientists like Professor Nof.
I believe, because I found that evidence for the Bible is clear.
I see too many of us accepting the “truth” promulgated by an expert… scientific, spiritual, political, financial, or social… with “blind faith”.
As Christians we owe it to ourselves to evaluate scripture prayerfully and with a clear mind. To that end, a study aid such as the e-Sword program is helpful. Comparing different versions helps .
However you do it — do it!
It wouldn’t hurt to evaluate the News stories we see and read either.
I marvel at how so much time and energy is devoted by scientific scholars to trying to denounce Jesus as a fake – would they dare to do the same to Mohammed or indeed would they bother with any religious prophet, so for me, if the world needed proof of there being something radically different about Him, that would be it – the fact that these scholars find something too scary to contemplate in the real Jesus, so try to make out he was a fake instead! Sadly some may leave it too late to learn the Truth as He has portrayed Himself in scripture.