The one about the pastor who couldn't walk on water is either particularly hard to believe, or else it is leaving out the most critical/entertaining part of the story.
When I imagine someone trying to walk across a river, the picture that comes to mind is that the fool steps into the river and notices that his feet are wet. Then he takes a few more steps and notices that he's up to his thighs in water. At this point, he's neither dead nor still under the illusion he can walk on water.
I don't know the particulars of this case, however if it's anything like some of the rivers around here it is quite believable. a lot of our rivers have rocky banks so that the first step will put you thigh deep in water, these same rivers are extremely fast flowing (not to mention VERY cold) if you take that first step, you're done for, the current will sweep you off your feet the instant you land in the water, and even an expert swimmer is unlikely to be able to recover before their head is smashed in to another rock.
In reality there's no way of knowing all the circumstances surrounding the event from the description on that page (how much detail can you cram in to one paragraph?) however dismissing it out of hand is probably not called for either...
Faithful Flotation (Score:5, Interesting)
The one about the pastor who couldn't walk on water is either particularly hard to believe, or else it is leaving out the most critical/entertaining part of the story.
When I imagine someone trying to walk across a river, the picture that comes to mind is that the fool steps into the river and notices that his feet are wet. Then he takes a few more steps and notices that he's up to his thighs in water. At this point, he's neither dead nor still under the illusion he can walk on water.
So what happened? D
Re:Faithful Flotation (Score:2)
a lot of our rivers have rocky banks so that the first step will put you thigh deep in water, these same rivers are extremely fast flowing (not to mention VERY cold) if you take that first step, you're done for, the current will sweep you off your feet the instant you land in the water, and even an expert swimmer is unlikely to be able to recover before their head is smashed in to another rock.
In reality there's no way of knowing all the circumstances surrounding the event from the description on that page (how much detail can you cram in to one paragraph?) however dismissing it out of hand is probably not called for either...