Far-fetched Stories in the Bible

There are many stories in the Bible that I find too far-fetched. I mean, yes, God is the one with power and rules over mankind, therefore he has these crazy privileges that allow him to do as he wishes. As we saw in Noah, were the rain won't stop or in Adam and Eve, were the snake has the power to get them to eat an apple, the Bible is full of magical stories. The story of Moses, Exodus, is no exception.

I really liked some parts of Exodus, it's probably the story I've enjoyed the most in the Bible up to now. There was one very important conflict that remains present throughout most of Exodus. The way I interpret this, is Moses's basically "betraying" his Egyptian adoptive family to lead his people into a better place. This also reminded me, in a way, of Abraham and Jesus. These three biblical figures all have in common that they were sent by God to teach the people of his existence and prove himself to the people. My personal opinion is that God chose Moses's fate just as he chose that of Jesus because he had something waiting for them. God wouldn't have taken the time to lead Moses's crib into the hands of the royal family if Moses wasn't going to do something big. Out of all of the characters in the Bible, probably what shocked me the most was that God gave Moses the will and power to do so many things. The importance of Moses not only for God but the continuation and the development of the plot, is that from now on, everyone in the Bible has some official standards or "rules" to live by. This changes the development completely since now, the people have limits and have a better idea of what God expects of them. I think that God found this necessary since he was probably tired of having to deal with the people's behavior and having to send terrible things upon them like the plagues he sent on Egypt or the flood he sent to Noah.

So, having already talked about the ten commandments, there were also some things that as I mentioned before are too far-fetched. For example, the parting of the seas. This is absurd, and although I'm a catholic and I should not be saying this, it's like the famous Ali Baba saying, "open sesame" and it just magically opens the door or whatever it is they want to open. It's not like the ocean is going to separate just like that. I mean, it's a very romantic view on how Moses and his people crossed the sea, but really? It's those things that make me question the Bible. I think that even though some people like to look at it as if it were a miracle, it's far from it. I believe that miracles are things like the end of corruption, or brainwashing terrorists into becoming good people. Miracles cannot separate the waters so that some people can just cross through. This also reminded me of how in Genesis, God says to Adam and Eve that they have power over all of nature. My point is, Moses had power not only over the creatures, but this time he could also control other things and if you look at this way, God's creation.