20 May 2007

Topic 2: Moses and 10 plagues

The first plague - river water turned to blood
The second plague - frogs
The third plague - gnats
The fourth plague - flies
The fifth plague - death of livestock
The sixth plague - boils
The seventh plague - hail
The eighth plague - locusts
The ninth plague - darkness
The tenth plague - death of the firstborn

Some believes that it is just the acts of God working trough nature.But can it be explain scientifically?

In the pfisteria theory,millions of gallons of pig-waste got into the river from a pig farm further up that river. It caused a genetic mutation in a marine micro-organism called pfisteria. The river turned red, all the fishes died, the frogs were chased to land and died.Then from the frog to the flies and finally the livestock,killing one by one naturally.This is actually a chain reaction starting from the first issue;pig manure poluting the waters.

Some other volcanist believes that in the volcano theory;Ash columns that were ejected into the atmosphere from an eruption triggered the plagues.These ashes causes darkness and hail and acid rain which causes an outbbreak of other plagues.

From all the evidence in these case study, the pfisteria thoery is definitely the best reason that might lead to these 10 plagues.These is further supported by the case study in topic 1.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/history/moses_4.shtml