Bible ‘DISPROVED’ as two of Jesus Christ’s best-known miracles ‘may be explained by science’, study claims
TWO of the best-known biblically recorded miracles performed by Jesus Christ "may have scientific explanations" that could leave the Bible disproved.
Top researchers have found what they call a "plausible scientific basis" for the miracles that occurred in the Bible's famous Sea of Galilee.
The study has revealed that two separate acts in the Bible involving fish could be the result of a mass fish-killing due to the lack of oxygen in the water at the time.
These include his "Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes" and later the "Miraculous Catch of Fish".
Both Gospel-based miracles involved the holy figure creating an excessive amount of fish for his disciples when they ran out of food - but the scientists' findings prove this may not have been the case.
And the second incident in the Gospel of John after Christ's resurrection saw the followers' nests "full of 153 large fish, but even with so many the net was not torn".
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The team of experts believe heavy winds heaved lower levels of the water, leading to an oxygen-deprived state that suffocated the fish in the Sea of Galilee - now Israel's Lake Kinneret.
This of course makes them float to the surface dead in the water - and in this state are easy to net.
Comparable events of fish dying in the modern day have occurred since the 1990s, with one occurring last year in the sea's Tzalmon estuary.
This natural phenomenon, the report believes, "may explain the appearance of large numbers of easy-to-collect fish close to the shore described in biblical narratives."
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And in the tale of "Loaves and Fishes", researchers believe they've been able to gauge a more precise timing for the event due to their knowledge on fish kills.
In the miracle, Jesus converted five bread loaves and two fish into enough food for around 5,000 followers.
Experts think this most likely happeed during the late spring or early summer due to rapid temperature changes.
These are linked to water deepening at that time which would consequently bring more dead fish to the surface.
Researcher Yael Amitai told The Times of Israel: "The Sea of Galilee is a stratified lake.
"The upper layer is warm and oxygenated, while the lower layer is cold and lacks oxygen."
The study authors wrote: "Current understanding of the physical limnology [ecosystem] of Lake Kinneret could provide a plausible scientific basis to those miracles."
It comes a mere few days after a bombshell study ruled out the theory about The Shroud of Turin that the artefact was used as Jesus' burial cloth.
Several theories have been made about the famed shroud which carries the imprint of the face and body of a bearded man that some believe resembles the son of God.
The shroud appears to show a man with sunken eyes who is between 5ft 7in to 6ft tall.
Some claim markings on the body resemble horror crucifixion wounds.
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Signs of wounds from a thorny crown on the head, injuries to the arms and shoulders and lacerations to the back have all been reported by researchers.
However, a new study suggests that the impression of the print could not have come from Jesus' head and that it is unlikely he ever touched it.
