Walking On Water, Ice, or Egg shells?

I was on my way home yesterday when I heard a DJ on the radio telling about a man in Florida that has scientific proof that Jesus walked on a thin layer of ice rather than water. We have all seen pictures like this on the left where people appear to be walking on water, but in reality it is just an optical allusion. But was Jesus miracle to confirm his deity just an optical allusion? And if he truly was God why would he need to play tricks? Or if he allowed a natural phenomenon to occur so that it appeared he walked on water, why wouldn't he just take credit for the natural phenomenon like he did in other places, like causing the sun to stand still?
The better question to ask may be why do scientists want to rationalize away the miracles of Jesus? After all this theory lacks for proof and may be impossible to prove that this is what occurred on the exact nigh and location that Christ walked on water. I could go into my theories why this is absurd, like why a boat could go through the water no problem when there was thick enough ice to walk on, and Peter walked on the water right near the boat if you want to say the ice was only near the edge of the lake, but this is not my point in writing.
This newest attack at the miraculous is another in a long line and even the foundation of Liberal and Neo-Orthodox theology. They cannot believe miracles over science. Every belief and happening needs to conform to mind and understanding. At its heart much of this appears to be man trying to make God accountable before man, rather than man having to give an account before God.