And it point out my ignorance of weather and geography. I did not
expect frozen lakes in the Middle East. I always pictured Jesus in
robes, sweating like I do here in August.

Frozen lakes and sandals?

*shiver*

On 4/6/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > JJ wrote:
> > It takes an observed event (we will leave aside the credibility of the
> > event) and tries to find an explanation. It then tries to predict
> > future behaviors and repeat it.
> >
>
> Yeah, this is interesting and I hadn't thought about it before.  In MN
> on lakes that have barely frozen and then melted, or on lakes that are
> almost melted in the spring, you can mimic the "walking on water"
> trick.  I used to do it all of the time as a kid.
>
> If you're more than 10 feet from shore, or if you're on a side of the
> lake with a lot of flow, the lake looks totally like water.  In
> certain spots, however, there is standing water covering ice - usually
> about ankle deep.  Thus you can't see the ice, but you can walk on it.
>
> From any more than a few feet, it could appear like you're walking on
> water - it splashes and everything.  Like I said, we used to do it all
> of the time.
>
> Interesting ...

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