Henke 2022z

The Bible Claims that with Jesus Around, Nature was Unpredictable

Kevin R. Henke

September 15, 2022

In Henke (2022b), I stated that the Gospels clearly indicate that no one could expect the laws of chemistry and physics would always remain constant as long as Jesus was around:

“From the perspective of the gospel stories, with Jesus around, supposedly no one could trust that the laws of chemistry and physics and their effects on biological organisms would remain reliable in the next minute, tomorrow or the following day.”

Now, I’m not saying that every amazing story recorded about Jesus required that the laws of chemistry and physics be broken. As I stated in Henke (2022b), it’s possible that invisible angels held up Jesus’ feet as he walked on water so that technically no laws of physics were broken. However, if Mr. Lundahl can tell me how the stories of Jesus immediately healing deaf and blind people could be done without violating natural law, I would like to know. It’s one thing for Lundahl (2022a) to make up stories about vectors and N/m to explain how Jesus walked on water without violating the laws of physics, it’s going to be an even greater challenge for him to use his imagination and make up some far-fetched tales to explain how the healing miracles in the Bible were done without violating the laws of chemistry and physics (e.g., Henke 2022aa).

In response to this sentence, Lundahl (2022i) states:

“Henke has failed to explain why this is the case. I have heard the point made by atheists before, but repeating this as rhetoric does not prove the consequence follows. Christ had a specific reason to walk on the water, and one could expect Him to walk on the ground when the reason did not apply, because He hadn't committed an act of irrational behaviour in performing the miracle.”

Where did I say that Christ’s behavior was “irrational”? I never said that! No, all I’m saying is that Jesus was supposedly very unpredictable and that the disciples could not rely on the laws of nature to remain the same from one minute to next. The laws of nature were supposedly at the mercy of Jesus for every minute during his earthly ministry. According to these stories, Jesus had reasons for doing the things that he did and the disciples didn’t always understand his reasoning or actions at the time. Nevertheless, I will admit that the story about Jesus instantly killing a fig tree because it did not have fruit in season does not appear very rational or justified (Mark 11:13-14, 20-21).