If I belive in "Noah and the Whale" Why can't I belive in Pinoccio?

Question

"God" Punished Noah by having him swallowed by a whale. Yet Japedo was swallowed by a whale too. Why is one book Region and another a childs book? Both where written by men not "God" or Gods.

Sorry for getting the name wrong but the story is the same none the less.

It's so nice to find kind religious people isn't it? I question your faith and now I'm a bad man. So sad so sad.

All I'm saying is one book is said to be inspired by "God" but correct me if I'm wrong but aren't many religious authors often quoted " I was inspired by god"? God might have inspired it bug man interpreted it. That is where the flaw lies.

Answer 1

All fairytales are subjective. Many women believe in Cinderella.

Answer 2

There is an incident involving a man named James Bartley. As claimed in numerous religious tracts, whaling books, and the like, Bartley was a seaman aboard the whaling ship Star of the East. In February 1891, while the ship was near the Falkland Islands, a lookout spotted a sperm whale several miles off. Two boats were launched; one succeeded in harpooning the whale, but the second was upended by the whale's tail and its crew tossed into the water. One man drowned and another, Bartley, could not be found.

The whale was killed and hauled to the side of the ship, where the crew set to work carving up the carcass. The next morning they hoisted the stomach on deck and were surprised to see signs of life. Inside they found the unconscious Bartley, who they doused with seawater and soon revived. For two weeks he was a raving lunatic, but by the end of the third week he'd fully recovered. Bartley recalled being swallowed by a great darkness, then slipping along a smooth passage until he came to a larger space. He felt slimy stuff around him and realized he'd been swallowed by the whale. He could breathe, but the heat sucked the energy out of him and eventually he passed out. The only lasting effect of the incident was that the skin of his face, neck, and hands was bleached to the color of parchment by the whale's gastric juices.

You know for sure Pinocchio is just a story. But the bible, taken in its entirety is indeed a very special book (historically accurate, accurate prophecies, perfect scientitific insights, cursed by millions of people but continues to be the best seller of all ages) and millions of lifes have been changed by this one Jesus Christ.

Answer 3

uhhhh... Noah? You mean Jonah, right?
Anyway, God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise. Jesus said that you must have the faith of a child and that heaven belonged to such as these. The bible is a historical book written by men and inspired by God. True stories no matter how foolish. You read a book that says nothing became something, blew up, and became everything and call it science. Too bad.

Answer 4

In the original Pinocchio (by Carlo Collodi), it was Pinocchio himself who was swallowed by a whale, I think; Geppetto was substituted in the Disney version, which is much lighter in tone, and not nearly as interesting.

Nevertheless, I see what you're saying: how can we believe in one and not the other, since they are the same story?

Look at it this way: the story of Jonah and the Whale is not an actual true story, the way we understand a true story today; it's an allegory, and expresses a spiritual truth using earthly props.

So, of course, Pinnoccio is fiction, but Jonah is symbolic of the strength of faith.

Answer 5

Well, Ozsega, since you obviously don't have down the facts of Noah and the Whale (?) are you sure you got Pinocchio down right? You might double check these Regional children's books - it would be terrible for you to remain any further confused than you already are with the story lines.

Answer 6

You're a bit mixed up on the details but you've grasped the main point: They're both fiction. So you can choose whether to believe either. Or neither. Or both.

Answer 7

Be cause Jonah died it the great fish.
Jon 1:17 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.
Jon 2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
Jon 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
Jon 2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Jon 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
Jon 2:5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
Jon 2:6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
Jon 2:7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

Answer 8

You can believe anything you want, go ahead. Just as long as you don't tell me what I believe is wrong, I won't tell you what you believe is wrong. It wasn't Noah by the way, it was Jonah.

Answer 9

I hold more faith in Pinocchio than I do in the Bible. To me it seems less far-fetched.

Answer 10

i know dude George Bush is hard to believe in.he's deff. the pinoccio of our time.i swear every time i watch that walking blunder his nose actually grows too.

Answer 11

It was Jonah. But go for it, believe in Pinocchio.