tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729840800201160730.post1203157225984236190..comments2023-11-03T03:38:18.095-07:00Comments on Outside The Asylum: The Utopia of Jesus ChristTheodore M. Seeberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729840800201160730.post-38443344281464509602014-02-20T09:31:56.587-08:002014-02-20T09:31:56.587-08:00They're certainly being influenced by somethin...They're certainly being influenced by something. Why not demons? <br /><br /><br />Sea parting is a matter of timing, tides, and weather. It happens surprisingly frequently; it really isn't even that much of a miracle. The "Fides et ratio" skeptic in me would call it a "Miraculous coincidence"- a natural event with supernatural timing. I don't find anything unbelievable in the story of the Exodus at all, even the plagues are phenomena that have been known to happen from time to time in modern history.<br /><br />And certainly Ramses II would have good political reason for a coverup; preventing the story of the loss of an army from getting out.<br /><br /><br />The event is just to mundane NOT to be believable.Theodore M. Seeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729840800201160730.post-83146767394773586642014-02-20T04:07:38.615-08:002014-02-20T04:07:38.615-08:00My question to you is this. Is a person does not b...My question to you is this. Is a person does not believe that thousands of Israelites were helped in escaping the Egyptian army by the parting of the Red Sea, is that person necessarily being influenced by demons?Theodore M. Seeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729840800201160730.post-62432739980401769752014-02-19T11:54:45.779-08:002014-02-19T11:54:45.779-08:00I'd expect so- because both events are quite p...I'd expect so- because both events are quite possible. I've experienced something like the parting of the Red Sea in a bay here in Oregon, that allowed me to walk across on dry land an area normally reserved for boats. And the escape of the slaves from Egypt isn't that hard to believe either, most primitive societies had slaves escaping all the time.<br /><br /><br />Neither of these are even particularly supernatural- modern science and modern history knows of explanations for both. What is your reason for disbelieving? Or do you even have one?Theodore M. Seeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729840800201160730.post-13615517595911257762014-02-19T09:09:13.872-08:002014-02-19T09:09:13.872-08:00I don't believe that the Red Sea was ever part...I don't believe that the Red Sea was ever parted or that thousands of slaves escaped Egypt and settled in the land of Canaan. Is that because I am influenced by demons?Theodore M. Seeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.com