As we all know, rainbows appear when light passes through water, and the water slows down the light, making it appear as the different color spectrums, with the light slowing more the futher it travels through the water. But the bible says that God gave us rainbows as a covenant after Noah's flood (see Genesis 9:8-17). And most Christians act as if this is some special gift to us from God.
But is it possible that, all other physical reactions being the same, God could have NOT created rainbows? Would light somehow pass through water at the same speed it does in air? How could that be? Would this also happen in the ocean, making the whole thing bright as daylight even at the bottom?
I'm not suggesting that God didn't create the earth. I'm just saying that rainbows are clearly not a special gift, but a natural feature that would have been very difficult to prevent. Explain otherwise, and try to be specific. And if you don't understand rainbows, you probably shouldn't bother.
2006-07-16
11:39:20
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