[UCANSEE2]

Or maybe they wouldn’t give a crap about plagues, especially when fighting in dry desert air (likely to kill bacteria-which they had limited understanding of, let along that it can come from rotting bodies), I doubt an victorious army would take the time (in most ancient cases) to bury their vanquished.

Thank you for the response. What you say may be true. I didn't live back then, so I don't know what they WOULD do.

BUT... at least we are exploring and working on elimination of some of the possibilities, instead of just accepting only ONE explanation.

Now... if GOD parted the waters, how did ANYONE cross the bottom of a body of water, which would likely be a muddy mess, and full of slippery flopping fish?

[imardmd1]

Now... if GOD parted the waters, how did ANYONE cross the bottom of a body of water, which would likely be a muddy mess, and full of slippery flopping fish?

"But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and upon their left." (Ex. 14:29)

"The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children forever; that we may do all the words of the law. (Deut. 29:29)

[21twelve]

If you have a current it might be firm. Or if on a coral reef. I was looking at some info, and the Red Sea is the only sea that does not have any rivers draining into it (so less silt load). Plus, the very low precipitation.

I was looking at photos of ship wrecks in the Red Sea. The water seems to be really clear - probably due to little rain and no rivers.

However, the coral growth on some modern looking ships is pretty substantial - similar to some of the “chariot” photos. And yes, the image of the “wheel and axle” is difficult to imagine that a wood axle (I’m guessing) would remain intact long enough to allow coral growth. And then after 4500 years the coral is still only 1 to 2 feet in size around it.

I would imagine there is a fairly good knowledge of coral growth rates for various types of coral and water conditions.

[mdmathis6]

“And God caused a stong East wind to blow that night so that the waters were parted and Israel passed over on “DRY GROUND”! (no slippery floppy fish). Obviously there were some muddy areas as chariot wheels got stuck on them; compounded by the fact that the Lord discomfitted the men and horses so that they turned upon each other in fear and confusion when they attepted to pursue Israel. Read the story in Exodus and compare the story with some of the info provided by this story.

[CommerceComet]

Now... if GOD parted the waters, how did ANYONE cross the bottom of a body of water, which would likely be a muddy mess, and full of slippery flopping fish?

It is a miracle we are talking about. God is powerful enough to stack up the waters so I'm sure that He's powerful enough to handle the little details, too. This is a much bigger problem for the naturalistic explanations of the parting of the seas but not a problem in a miraculous explanation.