Many persons has dismissed miracles described in the Bible as being impossible and belong with all the other myths that ancient people created. But would they have really be impossible?
The word "impossible" is not always absolute as we saw in the case of the Titanic. This ultra-modern vessel for its day was considered impossible to sink because of the special construction of its haul. But that ship vanished in the ocean depths taking 1500 persons with it. So "impossible" is truly a relative term.
Actually many scientists are reluctant today to say anything is impossible -- maybe improbably -- but not impossible. This is because things we take for granted today -- because of advanced technology -- were inconceivable at one time. Examples of this include: sending a man to the moon; sending a space vehicle to Mars; mapping the human genome; and watching events happening on the other side of the world in "real-time" as they are happening such as the Gulf Wars.
Because of this Professor John Brobeck commented: " A scientist is no longer able to say honestly something is impossible.."
From his comments he also obviously feel that a God as portrayed in the Bible -- with far greater powers and energy than any scientist or other human-- would be able to accomplish things such as the as Creation, the Noachian Flood, and the parting of the Red Sea for the Israelites to cross, things that many persons today consider as impossible.
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