Pastor Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation he could repeat the biblical miracle, and he attempted it from a beach in Gabons capital of Libreville

He told churchgoers hed had a revelation that if he had enough faith, he could walk on water like Jesus, an eyewitness told theGlasgow Daily Record. He took his congregation to the beach saying he would walk across the Komo estuary, which takes 20 minutes by boat.

He walked into the water, which soon passed over his head and he never came back. A researcher at Florida State University believes he has a natural explanation for the account of Jesus miraculous walk on the surface of water ice.

Professor of Oceanography Doron Nof and the co-authors of his study theorize that a rare combination of optimal water and atmospheric conditions resulted in a unique, localized freezing phenomenon called springs ice.

This horrible incident, together with a professors response, progresses from the tragically untaught to the supremely obtuse. The Tragedy of IgnorancePastor Kabele obviously was a very sincere man; but sincerity does not nullify ignorance.

I do not use this term in a pejorative way. All of us are ignorant in some matters. Its just that sometimes one form of ignorance can have a greater consequence than others.

In the first place it should be noted that revelations from God do not occur today. When the Old Testament era came to an end in Malachis day, 400 years passed with no revelations from God.