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"The bible test" Answered.
RE: "The bible test" Answered.
(December 20, 2013 at 5:43 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote: Semantics. There was probably never a prophet named Jonah, and if there was, he most certainly could not survive three days in the belly of a fish/whale/aquatic behemoth. Same goes for Jesus; if he was real, then he probably didn't rise after three days of being dead. However, Drich is correct that the analogy is sound.

The moral of the story: analogies can be valid all day long, but, in the end, if they don't reflect reality with real consequences, then why should we care about them? And if Jesus is an archetype of the Jonah story, it just goes further to prove how fabricated his claims of divinity really are.

What makes the analogy correct? In my understanding, the analogy is between the events that occurred with of Jonah:

1) Jonah disobeyed God. God told him to go to Nineveh and he didn't.
2) Jonah was ok with being punished he said go throw me, I'm guilty.
3) God punishes Jonah.
4) Jonah lived through the entire experience.
5) Jonah was a man.
6) Jonah spent 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the whale.

and Jesus:

1) Jesus never disobeyed God.
2) Jesus never liked the punishement "ellay ellay lamassa bahtani?!" he yelled in confusion on the cross. He didn't think he was guilty.
3) God never punished Jesus because God cannot punish himself.
4) Jesus died.
5) Jesus was God.
6) Jesus spent 2 days and 2 nights in the heart of the Earth.

How can the analogy work?
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"The bible test" Answered. - by Drich - December 4, 2013 at 7:08 pm
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