Even christian scholoars sometiems agree that they did not corss the "red" see, but the "reed sea" which is a small marsh that, with the right winds, is dry as can be... Making moses's journey... Not a miracle..
Where on earth do you get your information from? :silly:
why would god magically let hundreds wander the desert and live, but force them to wander for 40 years)
They were a stubborn people. They were use to worshipping pagan gods as many of them were allowing themselves to be mixed with the Egyptians pagan ways. Even though Moses brought them guidelines to live by and the 10 commandments, they were a troubled/stubborn people who were set in their ways being easily influenced by the simple attraction of man made gods. NOT one of them crossed over the Jordan. The next generation did that.
40 years is how long it took for a generation of people to change their ways.
If you will notice..... there is a lesson about "generations" of people there.
Try taking some (basic) bible lessons.
You just may learn something about the difference between selfish human nature and the power of the "holy" spirit . God's will vs. selfish mans will. Man cannot serve two masters, the hebrews were a stubborn people.
It took a long time for just a few of them to overcome the imbedded habits of the previous generation, then ways of the past generation, by giving honor and Glory to JHVH GD instead of "wandering off" (pun intended) to giving themselves over to the "influence" of the 400 years of being amongst the Egyptians and their pagan man made gods. And so, there is yet another lesson about "peer pressure". (Lot's family were influenced by the Sodomites... but they overcame that sinful influence, except Lot's wife. she looked back (stuck in the memory of it! she enclosed herself in it. Being distracted! She turned to stone! Frozen in it. "stuck" unwilling to remove herself from the attraction of it. (Not to say if she actually participated in that specific sin? Iim not sure if she did or not. but the lesson is clear! The behaviors and the mindset will deceive if you refuse to look to the "Holy" "spirit" and walk away from sin. ) ) That's another "relative" lesson .
OY! the skeptics will reed (read) into things where they need not! :roll:
Some people would rather try to disprove some historic fact about some material manifestation than gain a valuable lesson about the Holy Spirit vs. the carnal minds of men. :-?
When you read the bible from a spiritual stance in wanting to "know" God by having a "personal" relationship with Him, then you will start to see some light at the end that dark tunnel you keep walking in.
Oh, the stubbornness of man. Wanting to challenge the Holy Spirit of God instead of wanting to Know the Holy Spirit of God. 
For Shame, Don't you know... the Holy Spirit will always reveal the foolishness of man? The first five books of the bible clearly teach about the foolishness of man. But what do the skeptics do? They miss so much by trying to disprove God, instead of trying to Know God through having a "personal" relationship with Him. What a crying shame.
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You can continue to "challenge" all you want. But it is when you acquire a "desire" to "know" the Holy Spirit" and the Words of God that are telling people how stupid and stubborn they have behaved, then you will see. In the bible, God is, through the truth of the Holy Spirit, constantly telling people to change their evil ways. To stop following after false gods and pagan ways of men that serve only to lead them into the ways of deception. God is a loving God who wants to protect and teach people to come out of their wretched past behaviors into a new "born again" Holy spirit. To follow His Holy Will instead of walking around unconscious to what consequences are in front of them.
It's the spirit of things to come which you are going to miss it
if you continue to hate the conviction of the Holy Sprit. So many people return to prison because they refuse to allow the conviction change them from out of the past. So many people are stuck in a rut in life because they refuse to "cross" over to following the "Holy" Spirit. Christ Jesus is the Only way, the Only Truth and the Only Life/Light you need to follow and learn to understand. Stay skeptical by refusing to befriend the Holy Spirit of God and you will continue to not be able to understand the concept of walking on the water, or the parting of any sea. See? It is a shallow view is all you see. :-?
That fact remains,
if you don't want to accept the fact that God creates miracles , then you will miss out on the many hidden truths in the bible! Crossing the RED Sea is also very symbolic. The material fact and experience of crossing over it is a miracle that is only
the tip of the iceberg (so to speak) . There is so much more you are not seeing here. And if you focus on the material what will that prove? That you can't out smart God! God's word does not lie!.
If, in our lifetime, there comes a gigantic tsunami http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4125481.stm that can swallow up whole islands don't you think God can part a sea the size of the Red sea? Really! You need to get real. :roll:
We will not understand
all the ways in which God reveals things to us, but I'll tell you, the more you study and learn the bible the more you will be in AWE of GOD! Even the numbers relative to time periods of behaviors are mind blowing and will astound you, putting you in AWE OF GOD!
But you refuse to choose to befriend God, instead, you keep a distance from having a close relationship with Him. You prefer the words of skeptics rather than the words and messages of the Holy Spirit. So sad.
You can try to change and confuse the word of God all you want, but those who are wanting to have a personal relationship with God and wanting to know the character of God will always see the foolishness of the skeptics.
You can either study the foolishness of men or you can choose to study the wisdom of the Lord God. Man cannot nor will man ever be able to teach you nearly as much as the Holy Spirit can! Why do you refuse to accept to be a friend of the "Holy Spirit" ? You constantly pick the opposing side of truth and so, your skepticism is leading you astray.
Befriend God and listen to His Word as you would a "loving" father who teaches you right from wrong, hate from love and truth from a lie. Man will always let you down and disappoint you. But The Holy Spirit of God the Father will not! You need to seek Him out as Jesus Christ taught us to know him is to know the Father. But you want to remain stuck on some technicality that some skeptics throw in front of you. :roll:
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