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I don't get it - are you COMPLAINING that the editor accepted it? Why? As my Daddy said, the issue is not whether Christ did walk on water, the issue is whether you believe that he could have. --- Peter Paul Smolka <smolka@uni-muenster.de> wrote: > 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 > ********************************************************************** "We, as criminal defense lawyers, are forced to deal with some of the lowest people on earth, people who have no sense of right and wrong, people who will lie in court to get what they want, people who do not care who gets hurt in the process. It is our job - our sworn duty - as criminal defense lawyers, to protect our clients from those people." - Cynthia Rosenberry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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