I agree. If we accept God parting the waters, then we must accept everything else 'on faith'.
However, I questioned this aspect of it because in the Bible it also states that the Pharoah's Chariots became STUCK in the MUD.
Now, was it muddy, or was it not?
Was it just Chariots that got stuck and not people on foot?
I don't have too much of an issue with this. I don't feel the need to be able to explain every detail. I also understand why scientists have to be less flippant about those little details but even scientists need to recognize that some things defy ready explanations.
Now, was it muddy, or was it not? Was it just Chariots that got stuck and not people on foot?
Is this a plausible, naturalistic explanation? The first people who crossed were walking on ground which did not have evident moisture but as several thousand persons cross over, the pressure of their footsteps mix the little moisture into the dirt and the ground becomes muddy. It would be like when a yard absorbs a light rain. A few people can walk on it without damage but if the kids play on it for a few hours, it becomes a mud hole. This effect would only accelerate after those thousands of people walked through and then the 1,200-pound horses with hard hooves and chariots with hard wheels begin punishing the ground. Combine this with the fact that water is beginning to seep back adding more moisture and what was dry ground could become a quagmire.