Thursday, May 17, 2007
TOPIC 2: Moses and the 10 plagues: caused by water pollution?http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/judaism/history/moses_4.shtmlThe Ten 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
These plagues come from a long way back. Some people believe this is God's doing. For scientific experts, they believe that there is a reason why these would happen.
According to the pfisteria theory....
Huge amounts of pig waste have made their way to the river, causing a genetic mutation in a marine micro-organism called pfisteria, turning it from harmless to lethal, poisoning the marine animals in the river. As the fishes die, the river would turn red. By then, the frogs would have gotten out of the river because of the pollution and die on land as their homes are destroyed. This would cause an explosion of preys of frogs such as flies and lice to spread diseases to the livestock, killing them.
These ten plagues are simply a chain reaction. There is no mystery to it. Again, the problem came from the pig farms. If they could do their part by disposing pig manure properly, all these wouldn't happen.
