Thread: Jesus was a fraud - The parting of the Red sea

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Originally Posted by dirtydog

In 5,000 years time from now after the nuclear holocaust and man starts walking the planet again, albeit with 2 heads and 4 arms, one day a walt disney book will be found, Mickey mouse will no doubt be god, minnie mouse will be the modern day virgin mary, and goofy will be jesus.

Ach, America wins again!!!

Well if you say so,but most of us only need one head and two arms, non yanks that is

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

the miracle is in the timing

Plus the wind that blows the sea back, but doesn't blow the people in to this sea but allows them to walk across the exposed seabed.

Ya gotta morph with the times, Bretby. You lot won't have any heads...once again.

Next they'll be telling us that Jesus couldn't really walk on water.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

In 5,000 years time from now after the nuclear holocaust and man starts walking the planet again, albeit with 2 heads and 4 arms, one day a walt disney book will be found, Mickey mouse will no doubt be god, minnie mouse will be the modern day virgin mary, and goofy will be jesus.

Makes sense. Certainly if there is a profit and control to be turned. The Disney Empire and The Christian Empire might have a closer brethren than we might consider.

surely all these bible stories must have an element of truth in them, my old irish grandad used to tell me about how he got a bollocking for telling a bloke with long hair a flowing beard wrapped in a sheet" I dont care if your name is Jesus Christ ! you are not Walking on this water while I am Fishing!!"

^ Meh, more fish when he walks.

Religion's legends sucks !!

Except for the almighty Islam. May it conquer the world soon.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Ok, moses is a fraud aswell then, jees, who gives a toss about some fairy tale.

The Old Testament isn't fairy tales, DD. It's generally believed by scientists that much/most of the book was based on actual events and folk stories based on actual events; many have been shown to be acurate, just not taken in the biblical context.

Much truth in the Old Testament (not within a biblical context, imo), very little or any in the New Testament book of propaganda and control, imo.

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

allows them to walk across the exposed seabed.

& without sinking into the silty sand at the base... A miracle indeed.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

^ Nice one, DC.
Ya, what does Jesus has to do with this story? Bit before his time wasn't it?
Do the Egyptians dispute this story? How did dem Jews get outta Egypt, then? Oh, this black guy knows.

Holy Crap, Jet....I had totally forgotten this gem by Desmond Dekker and the Aces
I was a mere lad of nineteen when that was a hit.

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

the miracle is in the timing

Not sure about that and I can't see many people believing in what the ancients called miracles.

I read somewhere that the 'plagues' started with heavier than normal red silt (first plague: water turns to blood) that periodically flows down the Nile from Upper Egypt, which brought along and increased the number of frogs, whose carcasses led to lice, pestilence and various other effects in a plausible progression. So, a heavier than usual start leading to irregular phenomenon probably in small doses, which time and the need for legends exaggerated to create 'devastating' miracles.

Keep in mind that we modern day folks try to account for oddities of the past, but also logically one either goes with blind faith or with the 'less unlikely'.

As for the Red Sea trick, apparently there are still parts of it where the tide is known to sometimes go out very far indeed, so it may have been possible to wade across. Unlikely? I don't know but it sure seems more likely than divine intervention or that Jesus was involved.

Originally Posted by Jools

Holy Crap, Jet....I had totally forgotten this gem by Desmond Dekker and the Aces
I was a mere lad of nineteen when that was a hit.

Nineteen? Fek, I feel young. Stick with me, Kiddo. I know where the fun be.

This is the original recording with a weird photo montage.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Computers show how wind could have parted Red Sea

Simulations by US scientists show how the movement of wind could have opened up a land bridge at one location.

This would have enabled people to walk across exposed mud flats to safety.

They had probably been eating at a roadside stall...