Sometimes I like to pretend I'm a history buff. April 15th, not just tax day but the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. I was hanging out on the couch, wanting to 'brush up' on my history buff wannabe side. I haven't seen a good documentary on the Titanic in awhile. Sure enough, Netflix didn't disappoint.
The one I watched was "Titanic's Final Mystery." It was done by the Smithsonian Channel. It was about an hour and a half on the basics of the tragedy of the Titanic, much of what I heard of before. But this one added a twist. They began to talk about the principle of refraction on the water, the mirage effect, and how light waves bend in the atmosphere. The theory behind this is because of all these put together, the crew on board the Titanic were deceived by the elements and were not able to see the fatal iceberg which under normal circumstances, they could seen 30 minutes in advance. Instead because of the deception of their own eyes, had only seconds to warn the others.
The scientist that they followed ended with this conclusion:
"Its almost as though Titanic sank in a killing zone of nature where all the very dangerous elements combined to make it fatal."
We've been taught that it is because of the Fall of Adam and the following circumstances where we have to overcome the natural man. Perhaps overcoming the natural man is more than overcoming sin or overcoming weakness. Perhaps it is ability to see what is true regardless of what our fallible, imperfect and subjective minds and eyes can see.
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