Jonah and the Whale

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_just me
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I'm honestly surprised this thread is still alive. The mind boggles.
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just me wrote:I'm honestly surprised this thread is still alive. The mind boggles.
Shhhh just me. We are all waiting for another gdemetz post about this with baited breath.
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Besides Jonah and the whale (fish), other stories puzzle me. For example Jesus and the woman at the well. There were it seems just Jesus and the woman (the other women would have shunned her). How did this story get in the gospel. Did the writer interview the woman? Did Jesus dictate it? The other one is the temptation story. Just Jesus and Satan. How did that get recorded? Did the writer interview both? :mrgreen:
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Re: Jonah and the Whale

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aussieguy55 wrote:Besides Jonah and the whale (fish), other stories puzzle me. For example Jesus and the woman at the well. There were it seems just Jesus and the woman (the other women would have shunned her). How did this story get in the gospel. Did the writer interview the woman? Did Jesus dictate it? The other one is the temptation story. Just Jesus and Satan. How did that get recorded? Did the writer interview both? :mrgreen:


The same problem exists with the birth narrative, among others. Oh, like the entire Genesis. Yeah, pretty much everything in the Bible...
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Re: Jonah and the Whale

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aussieguy55 wrote:Besides Jonah and the whale (fish), other stories puzzle me. For example Jesus and the woman at the well. There were it seems just Jesus and the woman (the other women would have shunned her). How did this story get in the gospel. Did the writer interview the woman? Did Jesus dictate it? The other one is the temptation story. Just Jesus and Satan. How did that get recorded? Did the writer interview both? :mrgreen:


That's what I'm saying. The whole Bible is a bunch of heresay and shesay and hesay and theysay and themsay and soforth.

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I can only imagine how I would feel if my father or mother tossed me overboard with the intent to be swallowed up by a whale and suffer in it's belly for three days. That is a horrible form of child abuse and here we see the narrative of the Bible shows that the God therein is an abusive horrible monster in the way he behaves and acts towards his so-called children. What kind of loving parent does that to a child? Bible writers depict God as a hot tempered demon bent on torture.

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Would Joshua be charged with crimes against humanity?
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Re: Jonah and the Whale

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aussieguy55 wrote:Would Joshua be charged with crimes against humanity?


Moses was a murderer. He killed an Egyptian and buried him in the sand. Murder!

And we also see how Moses delighted in the shedding of so much blood as he set up his laws of sacrificing countless animals and butchering them for his pagan religious beliefs. Jehovah was a blood thirsty god that couldn't ever quench his thirst for more blood and the killing of innocent beings for his own sick pleasure. The Israelite religion was brutal and sadistic. Then we see how Christianity came and added to the sick teachings of killing innocent beings for the forgiveness of sins. What horrible cults, in my opinion. It's all about murder and killing.

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gdemetz wrote:Screech, you're a troll! I brought that up to get opinions here! I clearly stated that I had an open mind about that! Just go back and read that!!!


1) you might want to look up the meaning of "troll"...Just because I point out flaws in your belief system and show that you are a gullible, blind-faith believer of all things LDS, doesn't make me a troll. Sorry that its hard for you to hear.

2) here are your exact words:

"Interestingly, there was a man in modern times who had a similar experience (see "Swallowed by a Whale").

Hmmm. Looks like you are foolishly attempting to state a fact. Can you please show me where you solicited opinions? Again, just admit that you are sucker when it comes to faith promoting stories and quit the backpedaling, it makes you look desperate.

3) You have anything but an open mind...One would think that you would be a little more humble in your utter ignorance but I understand that christlike behavior is not something that I have come to expect from self appointed LDS defenders...
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Re: Jonah and the Whale

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Screech, you are right. I should have used the word, allegedly. Regarding the scriptures, the book of Genesis was written by Moses (or a scribe of Moses), and those events were written by inspiration, just as Joseph Smith wrote the Book of Moses by revelation. It all comes down to testimony and faith. I don't have a testimony or faith in a story like the one in question, however, I do have a testimony of the Books of Genesis and Moses just as I have a testimony of Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well. I admit, it is not easy to build a testimony. It takes a lot of study and prayer, and it certainly helps if one has the gift of the Holy Ghost. Secular persons will think all of this is hogwash, but the ones who have experienced all this will know differently. "My sheep know me and they hear my voice." Shulem, I apologize for setting a bad example here!
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