Using fear and demonstration of power, ‘God’ was able to gain the ‘faith’ of Jonah and the ship’s crew-a technique used many times in the past by all kind of so-called gods and deities.Īssuming that the references in the Bible are not ‘fairy tales’ and are based on true events, it is obvious that no one could survive inside a whale for three full days, causing many to assume the ‘whale’ was some kind of technologically advanced craft. In summary, the story claims that ‘God’ created thunderstorms to make Jonah realize his mistake and, once he regrets it, ‘God’ stops the thunderstorms and sends a ‘whale’ to save Jonah from drowning in the sea. Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 16 At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him. Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. Jonah also felt responsible and asked them to throw him in the sea in order to save the ship and its crew. When this happened the sailors blamed Jonah, since he was running away from ‘God’. Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up…. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord…. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me…īut Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. One of the many peculiar stories of the Bible is the story of Jonah and the Whale.
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