A boy was sitting on a park bench with one hand resting on an open Bible.
He was loudly exclaiming his praise to God. "Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
God is great!" he yelled without worrying whether anyone heard him or not.
Along came a man who had recently completed some studies at a local
university. Feeling himself very enlightened in the ways of truth and very eager
to show this enlightenment, he asked the boy about the source of his joy.
The boy replied with a bright laugh, "Don't you have any idea what God is
able to do? I just read that God opened up the waves of the Red Sea and
led the whole nation of Israel right through the middle."
The enlightened man laughed lightly, sat down next to the boy, and began
to try to open his eyes to the "realities" behind the miracles of the Bible.
That can all be very easily explained. Modern scholarship has shown that
the Red Sea in that area was only 10-inches deep at that time. It was no
problem for the Israelites to wade across."
The boy was stumped. His eyes wandered from the man back to the Bible
lying open in his lap. The man, content that he had enlightened a poor,
naive young person to the finer points of scientific insight, turned to go.
Scarcely had he taken two steps when the boy began to rejoice and praise
louder than before. The man turned to ask the reason for this resumed
jubilation.
"Wow!" Exclaimed the boy happily, "God is greater than I thought! Not
only did He lead the whole nation of Israel through the Red Sea, He topped it
off by drowning the whole Egyptian army in 10 inches of water!"
He was loudly exclaiming his praise to God. "Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
God is great!" he yelled without worrying whether anyone heard him or not.
Along came a man who had recently completed some studies at a local
university. Feeling himself very enlightened in the ways of truth and very eager
to show this enlightenment, he asked the boy about the source of his joy.
The boy replied with a bright laugh, "Don't you have any idea what God is
able to do? I just read that God opened up the waves of the Red Sea and
led the whole nation of Israel right through the middle."
The enlightened man laughed lightly, sat down next to the boy, and began
to try to open his eyes to the "realities" behind the miracles of the Bible.
That can all be very easily explained. Modern scholarship has shown that
the Red Sea in that area was only 10-inches deep at that time. It was no
problem for the Israelites to wade across."
The boy was stumped. His eyes wandered from the man back to the Bible
lying open in his lap. The man, content that he had enlightened a poor,
naive young person to the finer points of scientific insight, turned to go.
Scarcely had he taken two steps when the boy began to rejoice and praise
louder than before. The man turned to ask the reason for this resumed
jubilation.
"Wow!" Exclaimed the boy happily, "God is greater than I thought! Not
only did He lead the whole nation of Israel through the Red Sea, He topped it
off by drowning the whole Egyptian army in 10 inches of water!"
