Jonah and the Whale

[_Buffalo]

Jonah and the Whale? It's a good story for 5 year olds who still believe in the Easter bunny.

...or believe that people are "born gay"

People who believe in science are DECEIVED!!!!

Amirite?

[_Buffalo]

Feel free to believe whatever makes you happy. Believing in this particular fishing story doesn't make you a bad person. It just means that you're a little simple.

sez you...
but i accept your surrender

If you were trying to disabuse the forum of the notion that you're simple, this response didn't help your cause.

[_Buffalo]

Jonah and the Whale? It's a good story for 5 year olds who still believe in the Easter bunny.

Paul O

And, apparently, Subgenius!

I didn't believe in the swallowed by a whale story when I was five. I was also able to figure out that Pinocchio was a work of fiction.

[_Themis]

but you are not going to prove it, right?....shocking!

You can look up biblical scholarly work to find out.

why not? There is no reason to believe that the text intends to deceive nor that they are fraudulent by what they promote.
Are you assuming that the bulk of of almost every history text to be "unbelievable"?

Not really. There can be many motivations for writers who are writing about events they never witnessed, and as such it's not likely to be very accurate of what really happened.

I am not lying, and your accusation is contrary to statements you have already made.
But your denial does not make it any less true, does it?

You are either lying or have major reading comprehension problems. I never said all truth is subjective or imaginary, so you either already know this or cannot read what people actually say. Having read many of your posts I can see you like to misrepresent others to make yourself look better, so I think you are lying. I am not sure why you think anyone is falling for it.

[_Shulem]

You are either lying or have major reading comprehension problems. I never said all truth is subjective or imaginary, so you either already know this or cannot read what people actually say. Having read many of your posts I can see you like to misrepresent others to make yourself look better, so I think you are lying. I am not sure why you think anyone is falling for it.

I put subgenius on ignore weeks ago because I realize there was limited intelligence in his brain and felt he was trolling. I could be wrong. Maybe he is really a genius of somesort but I don't see that based on what he says and how he reacts. Maybe you should ignore him too. Just saying,

Paul O

[_Franktalk]

It appears that you don't. But every Mormon who professes Joseph Smith to be a translator and a prophet should at least have some amount of concern as to why there is no king's name. The General Authorities don't discuss it. Members don't like to think about it.

Man has a hard time getting anything right. Our history is one of those things which we twist all over the place. We have very little data and what was written is filled with agenda driven junk. So scripture does not reference some leaders names. But other ones it does.

For a good analysis of Egypt chronology and how it relates to scripture I enjoyed this work:

http://www.setterfield.org/000docs/scri ... rstdynasty

I highly recommend this analogy for all those interested in Biblical chronology.

[_Franktalk]

Does anyone actually take the Jonah and the whale story literally? I never did, even as a kid. It's obvious fiction.

I do. I take everything in scripture literally unless it is obvious I should not. And that obvious reference comes from scripture as well. Not some man made opinion.

[_Themis]

I do. I take everything in scripture literally unless it is obvious I should not.

Umm Jonah and the whale would be one of those obvious ones.

And that obvious reference comes from scripture as well. Not some man made opinion.

Your scriptures are man made opinion.

[_gdemetz]

Don't worry FrankTalk, that is only according to Themis' uninspired version of scripture.

[_Franktalk]

Don't worry FrankTalk, that is only according to Themis' uninspired version of scripture.

I wonder sometimes when I come across a person who say they believe in God yet refuse to allow God to perform miracles. It is like God is just like everyone else He just has a different name tag that says "God".