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Related: About this forumTYT: Bible Story About Man Living In Whale Is True, Says Fox 'Historian'
"Minister and self-described public advocate for the Christian faith Dr. Tom Dickson assured Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt on Sunday that there was ample evidence for the story of Jonah living in the belly of a fish for three days and other Bible tales to convince atheists.
During a Fox & Friends segment titled Keeping the Faith, Earhardt pointed out that 19 percent of Americans were skeptics who did not believe that the Bible was sacred, up from 10 percent in 2011.
Dickson explained that many people were turned off by the Bible because it had been used as a tool for oppression and slavery and violence.
But he argued that those were universals of human culture, you dont need the Bible to have war, violence and slavery. They were there in Greece and Rome before the Bible."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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TYT: Bible Story About Man Living In Whale Is True, Says Fox 'Historian' (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Feb 2015
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ret5hd
(20,433 posts)1. Link?
outside
(70 posts)2. The guy on fox
said nothing about Jonah at all. What are they talking about?
trusty elf
(7,349 posts)3. "He made his home in.......
that fish's abdomen...."
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Mira
(22,378 posts)5. I was laughing my fool head off saying this can only be
trusty elf.
I am still laughing except by now I have to get tissues too
trusty elf
(7,349 posts)7. drive-through redemption!
Last edited Wed Feb 18, 2015, 10:01 AM - Edit history (1)
Hi Mira!
Of course, the Bible is God's word, verbatim, in the original English. Every one of those words is literally true.
The principle I live by is "Let he who is without sin cast the first asparagus!"
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or, as Jesus said, and I quote: "People who live in stone houses shouldn't throw glasses!"
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rpannier
(24,304 posts)4. “universals of human culture, you don’t need the Bible to have war, violence and slavery.
Does he extend that courtesy to Muslims?
universals of human culture, you dont need the Qaran to have war, violence and slavery.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)6. I hope this guy gets acid reflux.
TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)8. However...
... a whale is NOT a "fish." You'd think a bunch of fishermen knew that.