Wow, where to even begin??? Besides making a complete idiot of yourself by disregarding the fallacies section on the first page of this thread regarding the bible you still have a lot to answer for in that comment. So you believe that Jonah literally survived for 3 days inside a "giant fish"? You believe that Noah had billions of species of animal on a boat? If you can't answer for these among countless other examples then you have no right interpreting the bible literally for your own means but rather you should see it as a collection of parables for moral guidance.
lol wut?
it seems you have read a thing or two within the bible, good for you.
you must be atheist or agnostic, whichever i assume.
actually i dont know how i made a fool of myself, your'e the one is clouded with false judgement. If you are here trying to tell me not to believe any of these things you raised, then why is it soo many other Christians do?
however i know its all real, i have seen it to believe it, you are yet to have seen it, apparitions are a perfect example and there is no hiding it that they arent false, they are real, people have seen it for themselves and were shocked to see what they once couldnt believe, maybe if you had the opportunity it would shut you up and make you think twice about what you have to say.
you cant convince me of anything, try convincing millions of other Christians what you just said, you know it would make you ridiculous, just as I'am about to make you look now.
I'm glad you raised these questions though, for once you brought up something intelligent, ok, ill provide you with an explanation on all of this using evidence:
First off, this is one of the Bible stories most ridiculed by people who consider themselves sophisticated and intellectual.
Skeptics say that no whale could swallow a man in the first place, and, even if he did, the man would certainly never survive three days and three nights in his belly, as the Bible claims.
“Christian liberals” have attempted to avoid this problem by saying that the story of Jonah was only an allegory and was never meant to be understood as actual history.
However, whenever the Bible writers used allegories or parables or other symbolic stories, they always either said so or else made it evident in the context.
The book of Jonah is certainly written as though it were actual history. Jonah was a real prophet who is mentioned also in II kings 14:25. None of the ancient Jews or early Christians ever doubted the authenticity and historicity of the book of Jonah and its story.
There is little question that the event was a mircale, but this fact certainly does not disprove it! The account, in fact, says as much:
"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
Later it says:
"And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land." -Jonah 2:10
God was certainly able to accomplish this if He wished; to deny the possibility of miracle is atheism. The actual occurrence of this particular miracle is adequately attested by the very fact of its record in the Holy Scriptures, and is doubly confirmed by the testimony of Christ.
Whole animals as large or larger than a man have been found in the stomachs of the sperm whale, the whale shark and the white shark.
you might be wondering how he may have survived:
As to whether a man could survive "three days and three nights" under such conditions, there are three possible answers that could be suggested in defense of the Biblical narrative.
As to whether a man could survive "three days and three nights" under such conditions, there are three possible answers that could be suggested in defense of the Biblical narrative.
- NATURAL. In the first place, it has been well established that the phrase "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. There is always some air in the whale's stomach, and, as long as the animal it has swallowed is still alive, digestive activity will not begin. Thus, Jonah's experience could possibly have happened entirely with the framework of natural law.
- MIRACLE. It is much more likely, however, that the event involved a divine miracle, as the Scripture strongly implies. The “great fish” was prepared and sent by God, as was the intense storm that threatened the ship on which Jonah was traveling. The storm ceased as soon as Jonah was cast overboard (Jonah 1:4, 15). In like manner, it was quite probable that God preserved Jonah's life miraculously all through the horrifying experience.
- RESURRECTION. A third possibility is that Jonah actually suffocated and died in the great fish and then God later brought him back from the dead. There are at least eight other such “resurrections” recorded in the Bible, as well as the glorious bodily resurrection of Christ—of which Jonah's experience in particular was said by Christ to be a prophetic sign.
Now in relation to you're question about Noah:
GOD kept the animals at peace with each other. If you look, the Ark was about six hundred feet long and about two hundred feet wide and several stories tall. It was a box like structure that needed only to float.
Noah loaded the Ark, as GOD had instructed him, with provisions enough for all. There were several members of Noah's family whose sole purpose, at the time, was to feed and tend the animals. All of this was accomplished under GOD's watchful eye. Remember: With GOD all things are possible.
The animals actually did eat each other. Before the ark, there were 15.7 billion species of animals on the planet. Noah actually only found half of them, and most of them died off of starvation, and the lions ate most of the rest of the ones that didn't starve, so that's why there are only 1.2 billion species of animals on the earth today.
Some believe that building such a large vessel out of wood is impossible, but there are many ships that have been built with the methods discussed.
now does this answer you're questions enough?
you can never defy/challenge whats been said in the bible, otherwise we wouldn't have as many christian believers today.
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do they speak english in wut?
