Adysav writes:
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By your reasoning it is possible that I could wake up tomorrow morning and be able to fly using my mind
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Yes. Yes it is. It is
logically possible that you could wake up tomorrow morning and be able to fly using your mind. That is to say, you cannot derive any contradiction from the statement "I can fly using my mind". Similarly, you cannot derive any contradiction from the statement "Jesus walked on water." The
only way you could derive a contradiction is if you claimed that the laws of nature are necessary truths. But that's quite a claim, and certainly not one you've been making, much less arguing for.
Just a word on burden of proof:
You are the one making a claim (said claim being "It is logically impossible that Jesus walked on water.") That being the case, the burden of proof is on you, and I've yet to see you try to derive a contradiction from that. And, again, that's just what a logical impossibility is -- a statement from which it is possible to derive a contradiction. Just so we're perfectly clear, a contradiction is a statement of the form "p and not-p".
But, upon re-reading your post (I should do that more often), it seems you're willing to give up the claim that it's illogical that Christ walked on water, but that, given the laws of nature, it couldn't have happened. Your support for this claim is that, in the 2000 years since, we haven't observed anyone else walking on water. But what about the Jews living at the time of Christ? Surely they hadn't seen anyone walk on water. Surely it was as unusual for them as it would be for us. And in any case, IF there is a God, and IF he visited the earth in the way the scripture claims, surely it's not unreasonable to think that he could break/bend the rules He Himself set into place. That is to say, given the other beliefs Christianity holds, it's not unreasonable for a Christian to believe in miracles.