Re: Atheists? Do you believe in them?

Michael J Davis wrote:

> Dear Queen Cleopatra,
>
> I'm not sure that I believe in all your Egyptian gods, but I know that
> you take them quite seriously. Which god would be best if I want to
> avoid being smitten?

> On which day do you develop boils? When do you have that particularly
> bad headache - is it when you challenge Ra? I'm sure that such a queen
> of denial can provide some helpful advice? With your experience tell us.

Talking about denial, it is about time for the annual 'Deny that the
Bible describes the supernatural' competition.

Exodus 7
20 Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded. He raised his
staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water
of the Nile, and all the water was changed into blood. 21 The fish in
the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could
not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt.

22 But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret
arts...

The competition is to produce a natural explanation of how the Egyptian
magicians did not do the same thing as Moses and Aaron, because .......
(complete in 20 words or less)

Incidentally, there is a programme on Channel 4 this Christmas about
duplicating Biblical miracles, under the strange delusion that if you
can duplicate a supernatural effect, that proves it was not done by
supernatural means.
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