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On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Michael Rasser wrote: > Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 13:59:08 +0200 > From: Michael Rasser <michael.rasser@paleoweb.net> > Reply-To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk > To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk > Subject: paleonet Creationism again > > Dear colleagues! > > The "Journal of Paleolimnology" published an article discussing that Jesus > did not walk on the water - instead, he was walking on ice. It was published > in volume 35/no. 3, p. 417. Springerlink: > http://springerlink.metapress.com/link.asp?id=g0565g4u74758076 > > Can anybody tell me, how this could happen? Having read the abstract I understand it as a normal paleoclimatological work. They discuss models of ice formation, they discuss conditions of ice formation and they conclude that conditions of ice-formation ocurred very seldom during the last 12K yrs in that region. The conditions of ice formation, though seldom, might have occurred there also around the lifetime of Jesus. In the abstract the authors conclude, obviously to avoid any misunderstanding: "On this basis, it is proposed that the unusual local freezing process might have provided an origin to the story that Christ walked on water. Since the springs ice is relatively small, a person standing or walking on it may appear to an observer situated some distance away to be ‘walking on water’. This is particularly true if it rained after the ice was formed (because rain smoothes out the ice’s surface). Whether this happened or not is an issue for religion scholars, archeologists, anthropologists, and believers to decide on. As natural scientists, we merely point out that unique freezing processes probably happened in that region several times during the last 12,000 years." > > How can an editor accept this in times of increased pressure by creationists > and intelligent design? My personal view on it: The authors sought an eye-catcher for the publication and they succeeded in their search (a title like: Study of ice formation in shallow near east lakes around 25 AD miight surely have attracted less attention). I read however only through the abstract as available through the link. I think however that the full paper is written accordingly. I hope to have answered the question. > Michael Rasser > Best regards > Peter > __________________________ > > ********************************************************************** Dr. Peter P. Smolka University Muenster Geological Institute Corrensstr. 24 D-48149 Muenster Tel.: +49/251/833-3989 +49/2533/4401 Fax: +49/251/833-3989 +49/2533/4401 E-Mail: smolka@uni-muenster.de E-Mail: PSmolka@T-Online.de **********************************************************************
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