How is this for a factual argument? Exodus 14 says God uses an east wind to divide the waters. Even the use of the wind will not answer the problem of physics connected to the behavior of the water. The water is not driven away from its banks it is parted in the midst of the water. There is a wall of water on both sides of the Israelites as they pass through the waters. How does this explain two opposing walls of water being suspended by wind? No computer model can answer this problem of physics. If this is just a natural event, what magnitude of wind would it require to divide a path through a body of water a half mile wide (enough for 3 million people to pass through) for a length of approximately8 miles long and 1,000 feet deep. Although God uses the natural elements in connection with this event, this is most certainly not a natural event. Just how much water would have to be displaced to make this possible?
The formula is [(8x5280)x(1/2x5280)x(1000)]x64, then times the 1/2 if you want. That's the length of the trench, times width, times height all in feet. Water is 64 lb. per cu. ft. Go put a pint of water (1lb) into a bowl, and see if the strongest fan you have will blow it out of the bowl. Any wind strong enough to do that, should knock over all the people too. It might be interesting to note that 6 million people weigh about 1 billion pounds, about one-three millionth of the weight of the water moved. I doubt it froze, either; it was April. I think the wind may have guided the power of God emanating from Moses' staff. (by Ken Behrens, MA) 6400 trillion pounds of water more or less. Figuring a gradual decline makes it half that.
What this tells me is that a wind of this magnitude could have blown all the water completely out of the sea bed and the people with it but it could have never divided a narrow path through the water. It also tells me that no wind of this magnitude has ever been recorded on this planet and that no such phenomenon has ever been recorded since. No human manipulation of the rules of physics can make this work. Like all miracles, this was God overturning the laws of physics to accommodate the needs of his people.
The formula is [(8x5280)x(1/2x5280)x(1000)]x64, then times the 1/2 if you want. That's the length of the trench, times width, times height all in feet. Water is 64 lb. per cu. ft. Go put a pint of water (1lb) into a bowl, and see if the strongest fan you have will blow it out of the bowl. Any wind strong enough to do that, should knock over all the people too. It might be interesting to note that 6 million people weigh about 1 billion pounds, about one-three millionth of the weight of the water moved. I doubt it froze, either; it was April. I think the wind may have guided the power of God emanating from Moses' staff. (by Ken Behrens, MA) 6400 trillion pounds of water more or less. Figuring a gradual decline makes it half that.
What this tells me is that a wind of this magnitude could have blown all the water completely out of the sea bed and the people with it but it could have never divided a narrow path through the water. It also tells me that no wind of this magnitude has ever been recorded on this planet and that no such phenomenon has ever been recorded since. No human manipulation of the rules of physics can make this work. Like all miracles, this was God overturning the laws of physics to accommodate the needs of his people.