go trojans. i'm kinda glad they smothered the sooners.
And the officers told the people in the camp, "Stay ten football fields (1,000 yards) behind the Ark of the Covenant." The running backs and receivers in the camp (if there were any) would've known exactly how far back to stand. It's amazing that the parade of God's people as they crossed the Jordan (in Joshua 3) was so long and that the center of attention was the Ark that was carried by the priests upfront.
When they stepped into the river as instructed, the priests saw the water pile up in a heap a great distance away. I'd heard a non-believing relative (well, someone dating a relative) tell me about a special on tv that explained away the miracles in the Old Testament, about how there were places along the Nile where the water stopped at certain times, blah blah blah. That wasn't the case with this other instance at the Jordan River, because this happened during harvest, when the river was at flood stage.
That other incident was at the Red Sea, anyway... It's funny how we as people can be so gullible sometimes. If anyone speaks with an air of authority, especially if it's something we are prone to believe (like something that belittles authority or spells out a conspiracy or "confirms" a crazy theory, like aliens, etc). Sometimes I think it's good to be skeptical, and follow skepticism up with investigation. It's silly some of the things we believe sometimes.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at January 5, 2005 08:32 AM