The False Equation of Atheism and Intellectual Sophistication

[tmonster]

I didn't even read this post after the first sentence. There's something clinical going on with you.

not sure why this made me laugh

 

[rapbeats]

I'm not atheist, I'm just saying bruh, the bible/torah said a dude survived in the belly of a whale for 3 days.

3...DAYS...

Knowing that such a thing is not possible...what do you want me to do with that in 2014?

context.. who said Whale? its says Great Fish. perhaps a translation or two has used whale because thats something even children will remember. we know whales as really large fish. But those are not the only large fish and back in those days, no telling what was in the ocean at that size.


"Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." -Jonah 1:17


you also made mention of 3 days.

"three days and three nights" in ancient Hebrew usage was an idiomatic expression meaning simply “three days,” and was applicable even if the beginning and ending days of the period were only partial days. Thus it could refer to a period as short as about 38 hours.


but lets talk a little more about the fish
- Keep in mind that modern animal classification systems weren't exactly in use at the time of Jonah. Any aquatic creature could be referred to as a "fish." And we know that there are whales (blue and sperm) and even sharks (great white and whale sharks) that can swallow a man whole. The sperm whale grows to a length of up to 70 feet. Its esophagus is approximately 50 cm (20") wide and "sperm whales don’t have to chew their food - so Jonah could have been swallowed whole." 2 Two marine scientists from Sea World in San Diego hypothesize that it was a great white shark that probably swallowed Jonah.3


But with all of that said. There was supposed to be a miracle that took place here. So explaining every super natural possibility away would also take away the miracle aspect. which would kill the power behind the story. GOD can get people out of a bind that seems impossible to get out of.

 

[rapbeats]

...has this specific set of rules that apply to certain people...and only humans, not any other species



Who said that God's rules dont apply to other species?

 

[tmonster]

context.. who said Whale? its says Great Fish.

oh....much better

perhaps a translation or two has used whale because thats something even children will remember. we know whales as really large fish. But those are not the only large fish and back in those days, no telling what was in the ocean at that size.


"Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." -Jonah 1:17


you also made mention of 3 days.

"three days and three nights" in ancient Hebrew usage was an idiomatic expression meaning simply “three days,” and was applicable even if the beginning and ending days of the period were only partial days. Thus it could refer to a period as short as about 38 hours.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

context.. who said Whale? its says Great Fish. perhaps a translation or two has used whale because thats something even children will remember. we know whales as really large fish. But those are not the only large fish and back in those days, no telling what was in the ocean at that size.


"Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." -Jonah 1:17


you also made mention of 3 days.

"three days and three nights" in ancient Hebrew usage was an idiomatic expression meaning simply “three days,” and was applicable even if the beginning and ending days of the period were only partial days. Thus it could refer to a period as short as about 38 hours.


but lets talk a little more about the fish
- Keep in mind that modern animal classification systems weren't exactly in use at the time of Jonah. Any aquatic creature could be referred to as a "fish." And we know that there are whales (blue and sperm) and even sharks (great white and whale sharks) that can swallow a man whole. The sperm whale grows to a length of up to 70 feet. Its esophagus is approximately 50 cm (20") wide and "sperm whales don’t have to chew their food - so Jonah could have been swallowed whole." 2 Two marine scientists from Sea World in San Diego hypothesize that it was a great white shark that probably swallowed Jonah.3


But with all of that said. There was supposed to be a miracle that took place here. So explaining every super natural possibility away would also take away the miracle aspect. which would kill the power behind the story. GOD can get people out of a bind that seems impossible to get out of.

the number of hoops you have to jump through just to rationalize this bullshyt should signal to you that you KNOW you're lying out here

 

[ExodusNirvana]

context.. who said Whale? its says Great Fish. perhaps a translation or two has used whale because thats something even children will remember. we know whales as really large fish. But those are not the only large fish and back in those days, no telling what was in the ocean at that size.


"Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." -Jonah 1:17


you also made mention of 3 days.

"three days and three nights" in ancient Hebrew usage was an idiomatic expression meaning simply “three days,” and was applicable even if the beginning and ending days of the period were only partial days. Thus it could refer to a period as short as about 38 hours.


but lets talk a little more about the fish
- Keep in mind that modern animal classification systems weren't exactly in use at the time of Jonah. Any aquatic creature could be referred to as a "fish." And we know that there are whales (blue and sperm) and even sharks (great white and whale sharks) that can swallow a man whole. The sperm whale grows to a length of up to 70 feet. Its esophagus is approximately 50 cm (20") wide and "sperm whales don’t have to chew their food - so Jonah could have been swallowed whole." 2 Two marine scientists from Sea World in San Diego hypothesize that it was a great white shark that probably swallowed Jonah.3


But with all of that said. There was supposed to be a miracle that took place here. So explaining every super natural possibility away would also take away the miracle aspect. which would kill the power behind the story. GOD can get people out of a bind that seems impossible to get out of.

 

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context.. who said Whale? its says Great Fish. perhaps a translation or two has used whale because thats something even children will remember. we know whales as really large fish. But those are not the only large fish and back in those days, no telling what was in the ocean at that size.


"Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights." -Jonah 1:17


you also made mention of 3 days.

"three days and three nights" in ancient Hebrew usage was an idiomatic expression meaning simply “three days,” and was applicable even if the beginning and ending days of the period were only partial days. Thus it could refer to a period as short as about 38 hours.


but lets talk a little more about the fish
- Keep in mind that modern animal classification systems weren't exactly in use at the time of Jonah. Any aquatic creature could be referred to as a "fish." And we know that there are whales (blue and sperm) and even sharks (great white and whale sharks) that can swallow a man whole. The sperm whale grows to a length of up to 70 feet. Its esophagus is approximately 50 cm (20") wide and "sperm whales don’t have to chew their food - so Jonah could have been swallowed whole." 2 Two marine scientists from Sea World in San Diego hypothesize that it was a great white shark that probably swallowed Jonah.3


But with all of that said. There was supposed to be a miracle that took place here. So explaining every super natural possibility away would also take away the miracle aspect. which would kill the power behind the story. GOD can get people out of a bind that seems impossible to get out of.

Religion.