How would you explain to someone who is not a believer such as an atheist how it was possible for the Red Sea to part the way it did?

Answer 1

A:This is a hard one. We only have the story of Exodus to say that it happened, so if the non-believer or atheist doubts the veracity of the Book of Exodus, then the argument would seem lost. If only there were some geological evidence that showed that the Red Sea did indeed part, or if we could recover the remains of the thousands of Egyptians, or even a few fifteenth-century-BCE chariots, lost when the Red Sea returned, then the non-believer would probably have to reconsider.

Another problem is that the respected Israeli archaeologist, Israel Finkelstein, says that over 90 per cent of scholars believe there never was an Exodus from Egypt as described in The Bible. Without an Exodus, we may have to accept that the Red Sea was never really parted like this. The best explanation is to say that the parting of the Red Sea is a matter of faith and therefore outside the realm of science or history.