March 27, 2010

lamb’s blood, I say.


http://www.slate.com/id/2248901/

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This article posits that there are scientific explanations for all of the miracles attributed to the story of the Exodus; saying for example that the ten (or three depending on whom you believe) plagues were caused by a chain of events starting with a bacterial outbreak in the Nile that turned the water red, killed the frog eating fish, causing an outburst of frogs who were then poisoned by the dirty water, causing an outbreak of flies, causing all sorts of other diseases to spread, etc. Thus, the most miraculous thing about the miracles Moses are not the miracles themselves, but their timing.

There are a few ways to go with this: