Another set of pagans is as hard-living and debauched as the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah. One set of unbelievers throws Jonah into the sea. We Like HeroesĬhristians are as frequently as guilty as anyone of believing that Jonah represents a flawed hero - the good guy - while the pagans are simply the bad guys. Just consider the recent story of a dead sperm whale in Scotland whose stomach contained a 220lb “litter ball.” Once the fish-whale matter is cleared up, however, it turns out that believers and unbelievers make far weightier mistakes about the book of Jonah. We know that a whale’s stomach can hold at least the equivalent of a man in terms of weight and volume. ![]() Christians reply that the “fish” was probably a whale and that a whale is easily large enough to swallow a man. They say that a fish could not swallow a man or spit him out. When atheists want to make their point against Christianity, they often look to Jonah.
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