What naturalistic explanations do people give for the Red Sea crossing?
Some claim the Red Sea crossing occurred at the shallower northern end near the Mediterranean Sea, where the Israelites walked through water only about eighteen inches deep. Others argue that the chariots could not drown in such shallow water, so a great tidal wave from the Mediterranean must have drowned the Egyptians.
Les explains that people try to explain away the miraculous parting of the Red Sea. He notes the idea that it happened at the shallower end near the Mediterranean Sea, where the water was only eighteen inches deep. Then, because chariots cannot drown in eighteen inches of water, another explanation says a great tidal wave from the Mediterranean could have drowned the Egyptians. Les calls such explanations hogwash and bilge water, insisting the crossing was a miraculous act of God.