Do I need a degree in advanced physics?
Yesterday I was talking to a co-worker about inconsistencies I see in the Bible. One has bothered me since my young days as a Sunday School student with perfect attendance. Maybe someone in cyberland or perhaps a brave minister might dare to provide me with an answer. If you can provide me a valid explanation a $20 Starbucks card is in it for you.
According to the Bible, Moses and Aaron talked to Pharaoh about letting the Jewish slaves free. To convince Pharaoh:
“The LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over the streams and canals, over the ponds and all the reservoirs’-and they will turn to blood. Blood will be everywhere in Egypt, even in the wooden buckets and stone jars.” (Genesis 7:19) When Pharaoh basically says “No way Jose.” Aaron takes his staff and every drop of water in Egypt turns to blood.
I am willing to give the benifit of the doubt on that. All the water in Egypt turns to blood. Cool plague. Where biblical creadibility gets dodgy is in verse 22 where Pharohs croonies preformed the same miracle. ”But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts…”
Now if in the first verse it tells us that alll the water in the land, even that in containers turned to blood, where did the Egyptians get their water to preform their miracle? I doubt that Alhambra delivered.
So, is it worth a Starbucks gift card to help shed some light on this, um, ‘miracle’ for me?
