Jesus' Miracles Not Very Miraculous

A "new" theory explaining how Jesus might have "walked on water" is being floated by Doron Nof, a professor of oceanography at Florida State University. Nof claims that Jesus may have been walking on ice patches. Apparently, the area around the Sea of Galilee was cold enough to freeze over between 2,500 to 1,500 years ago.

Naturalisticly, this seems to be a credible alternative to the miracles described in the Bible (Matthew 14, Mark 6, John 6). I suppose I could buy this if I could just get this ridiculous picture out of my head. Imagine Jesus, striding along the Sea, jumping from ice-flow to ice-flow, trying to keep his balance and not slip. I am also trying to ignore the fact that several of the witnesses made their living on the lake, day in and day out, summer or winter, fishing; they certainly would have been aware of these icy patches. Furthermore, at least one experienced fisherman actually followed Jesus into the water, yet failed to mention the ice. Maybe, the ice just sank under Peter's weight? Sometimes, the explanation takes more faith than accepting what the text describes.

Of course, this article has to highlight the fact that people are upset by this announcement and highlight the retarded emails from people wanting Nof to "go to hell where you [Prof. Nof] belong." Riiiight.