An evangelist who tried replicating Jesus’ miracle of walking on water has reportedly drowned off the western coast of Africa.
According to various reports, Pastor Franck Kabele, 35, told his
congregation he could repeat the biblical miracle, and he attempted it
from a beach in Gabon’s capital of Libreville
He told churchgoers he’d had a revelation that if he had enough
faith, he could walk on water like Jesus,’ an alleged eyewitness
told
the Glasgow Daily Record.
‘He took his congregation to the beach saying he would walk across the Komo estuary, which takes 20 minutes by boat.
He walked into the water, which soon passed over his head and he never came back.’
Despite the very real possibility that a person would attempt something
like this and drown as a result, a researcher at Florida State
University believes he has a natural explanation for the account of
Jesus’ miraculous walk on the surface of water – ice.
Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof and the co-authors of his study
theorize that a rare combination of optimal water and atmospheric
conditions resulted in a unique, localized freezing phenomenon called
‘springs ice.’
