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Astrophysicist Donald Menzel of Harvard once suggested that the pillar of fire of the OT was nothing more than a sun pillar (a mirage made by the sun's reflection). Does such a suggestion have any plausibility? Why or why not?

Introductory sections of many Meteorology texts will briefly note that explaining meteorological phenomena by appeal to gods, angles, or spirits had to be given up before a science of meteorology could develop. Alternately, it is said that using supernatural (intelligent superhuman agency)...

Clouds at the tops of mountains are a common natural phenomenon arising from either orographic lifting or volcanic activity. "Nephele" is the name of a Greek deity but also means "cloud". A cloud enveloped the top of Mt. Sinai during the Sinitic theophany and a cloud enveloped the "Mount of...