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In 1997, a Russian scientific team made a discovery that would revolutionize theology (the study of religions) as well as the art of surfing: an amphora containing a scroll dating back 3,000 years B.C.J.C. was discovered in the rectum of a giant whale fossil at an archaeological site on the Syrian coast.<\/p>\n
Written in Aramaic, this manuscript sheds new light on one of the greatest theological myths\u2014the story in the Gospel according to Matthew where Jesus begins to walk on water.
Indeed, while the manuscript certainly refers to a magical ability to walk on water, it also describes a plank as the mediator between the liquid and aerial worlds\u2014a plank that, though described as a sacred object, introduces an element of rational understanding to what was previously described as a pure miracle.<\/p>\n