Jonah And The Whale

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And some Scoffers say a person couldn't be swallowed by a whale this one took the man and his kayaking his mouth and then spit him out.

Others say a person couldn't live in the belly of a whale. Guess what the Bible didn't say it was a whale, the Bible said God created a big fish, meaning it was something new and temporary.

Heck, men's technology there are submarines, and all types of submersible crafts, as if God didn't know how and gave man that knowledge, to create something man could live in underwater.

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Ducky · 31-35, F

First, it seems you’re suggesting this man being swallowed by a whale is proof that the story of Jonah and the whale could have actually happened. Then you say the Bible doesn’t say it was a whale, but a “great fish.” So it couldn’t have been a whale anyway?

Which is it?

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@Ducky Smart duck... duck is smart.

Charity · 56-60

@Ducky Emphasis should be on God "created, created, created, a great fish."

And the original written scriptures did not use the word whale. Interpreters decided it must have been a whale, once the name was given to the largest fish that man can locate in the locate, at some point in the 12th century.
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/whale_n?tl=true#:~:text=Earliest%20known%20use,c1275%E2%80%93%20Browse%20more%20nearby%20entries

The idea is to say that it is possible for a human to be swallowed by a large great fish, even without the assistance of God.

Since God created it, that makes whatever swallow Jonah something special, so Jonah could live in it, he survived in it, and he was put on land from it.

Ducky · 31-35, F

@Charity That doesn’t make any sense, but if you say so.

Charity · 56-60

@Ducky naturally it would not to you.

The sperm whale is big enough and has a large enough of esophagus to swallow a a human which means there is a fish out there big enough to do it and thousands of years ago the sperm whale could have been bigger and most likely definitely many more than we have today.