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Religion / Re: American Bishop T.D Jakes Speaks On The Great Igbo Race, Calls Them "Black Jews" by ebukahandsome(m): 12:08pm On May 19, 2018
Umu Igbo ogologo ndu bu nke Anyi ooooo

Ndi iro Anyi ga emecha tuo anyi egwu

Religion / Re: Argument; The Falsehood Behind Jonah's Story by ebukahandsome(m): 11:14pm On Apr 21, 2018
purem:
God told Jonah to go to Nineveh “and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me” [Jonah 1:2]. Instead (the Bible doesn’t say why) Jonah jumped on a ship heading “unto Tarshish,”[2] so God sent a great wind which whipped up “a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken” [Jonah 1:4].

When the sailors discovered that Jonah had aroused God’s anger by disobeying his command, they threw him overboard where he was swallowed by the whale. Jonah prayed fiercely for three days, so God relented and “spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land” [Jonah 2:10].

This story brings up rather obvious questions:

1. What kind of fish, if any, could swallow a man whole? and,
2. If there is such a fish, could a man live in its stomach for three days?
3. How the hell did the fish drops him in a dry land?


1. Whales are potentially large enough to be candidates (and, of course, whales aren’t fish; they’re mammals).

There are two main kinds of whales: baleen whales and horned-tooth whales. Baleen whales have enormous mouths and feed on krill, but their throats are only a few inches in diameter.

Horned-toothed whales (odontocetous) have slicing teeth and throats large enough to swallow chunks of fish and gigantic squid. Most, though, are too small to swallow a man whole, except for the sperm whale and the giant beaked whale.


As the giant beaked whale lives only in polar regions, the sperm whale, found anywhere in the seven seas including the eastern Mediterranean, is the primary candidate.

A sperm whale can be 20.5 meters (67 feet) long — 11 times the height of a tall man. Its jawbone is about 25% of its length — up to five meters (16½ feet), so its mouth is large enough to snap shut around Jonah without slicing off his feet or head; its throat is also large enough for Jonah to have slid down, so long as he’s slightly built.

The sperm whales’ favorite foods are the giant squid and the colossal squid, which live up to three kilometers (1.9 miles) below the ocean surface. These creatures can be up to 13 meters (42½ feet) long, but as most of their length is tentacles, their bodies are, at best, 4 meters (13 feet) long and 1½ meters (5 feet) in diameter. So it seems a sperm whale could swallow a man whole.

Other possibilities have been suggested, like the Great White Shark — but whale, shark, or something else there’s an insuperable problem: once swallowed, “Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights” [Jonah 2:17], which raises the second obvious question: how did he survive without oxygen which isn’t to be found in any fish’s or whale’s stomach.

What’s more, for those “three days and three nights” Jonah’s only protection against stomach acids and digestive processes was “the weeds…wrapped about my head” [Jonah 2:5]. They may have “protected” him just long enough for him to die of oxygen starvation. Or, more likely, drowning from gulping stomach acids.

The third question; how did the big fish drops him off in a dry land since whales only habitat is the sea?

But “the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah” [Jonah 1:17]: so it was a fish, not a mammal, especially prepared for Jonah so of no known species. A magical fish with a stomach full of oxygen and — who knows? — fresh water and a buffet banquet as well.

Cc: johnnydon22
Hopefulland
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Let me just relax and laugh at the ignorance of atheists.
TV/Movies / Re: #BBNaija: Funny Meme On How The Show Is Gonna Look Like Years To Come by ebukahandsome(m): 11:03pm On Apr 21, 2018
Beware of derailers

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Politics / Re: Saadu Alanamu Remanded In Prison For N182m Fraud Allegation by ebukahandsome(m): 10:58pm On Apr 19, 2018
blacknp:
I guess you are an animal in the Nigerian Zoo?but what kind of animal are you?People are prospering irrespective,soon you will be a dead animal in the zoo because of hunger and have only yourself to blame.

Go back to your cage
Politics / Re: "This Suffering Is Too Much"- Nigerians That Voted For APC Change Cries Out by ebukahandsome(m): 7:32am On Apr 19, 2018
Relax southerners.another 4 years is in the way.
No be dis same mugu wey buy goat,write am Jonathan be dis grin grin
Their eyes Don open.

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Politics / Re: You Have No Facts, Presidency Replies Sanusi by ebukahandsome(m): 7:25am On Apr 19, 2018
The kind debt wey Nigeria go owe IMF when APC is out of power,all of us go shock.
Politics / Re: You Have No Facts, Presidency Replies Sanusi by ebukahandsome(m): 7:16am On Apr 19, 2018
Only 4 years and Nigeria is already complaining. I remember vividly 2015,how we warned about this old crook.we received insults from all these people wailing presently.
Relax nigeria,another 4 years is on the way

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Politics / Re: Saadu Alanamu Remanded In Prison For N182m Fraud Allegation by ebukahandsome(m): 7:12am On Apr 19, 2018
Zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zii zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo shithole shithole shithole shithole shithole shithole shithole shithole.
Shame on Nigeria. Drama everyday. Shame on APC.

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Politics / Re: Thugs That Stole Senate Mace Arrested, Placed In Handcuffs. Photos by ebukahandsome(m): 11:49pm On Apr 18, 2018
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Politics / Re: Buhari Attacks Nigerian Youths, Says They Want Everything Free For Doing Nothing by ebukahandsome(m): 11:47pm On Apr 18, 2018
The truth about this country is that,we are heading nowhere.the earlier we reverse and fix things up,the better for us. If not, the Nigeria am seeing in the next decade will be HE'LL..
And for this old fool of a president, God's verdict will be upon him soon.

Celebrities / Re: Paul Okoye Of Psquare Soak Garri To Quench Hunger by ebukahandsome(m): 11:33pm On Apr 18, 2018
Anything for relevance
Celebrities / Re: Paul Okoye Rudeboy Drinking Garri (Photo) by ebukahandsome(m): 11:32pm On Apr 18, 2018
Anything to maintain relevance

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Celebrities / Re: Bbnaija 2018: Five Housemates Qualify For Finals by ebukahandsome(m): 10:53pm On Apr 15, 2018
Ahbeg make una finish this yeye thing make we hear beta news
Celebrities / Re: Patapaa Angrily Leaves VGMA After Failing To Win An Award by ebukahandsome(m): 10:50pm On Apr 15, 2018
People wey sabi.that song is trash.
Right here ,he will bang
Artist of the year
Song of the year
Best new act
Best video.
He go win award taya with that yeye song.

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Politics / Re: Budget: Saraki Issues 24-hour Ultimatum For Committees To Submit Report by ebukahandsome(m): 3:52pm On Apr 13, 2018
Saraki, fear of APC
Slayer of zombies.
Give them fire
Celebrities / Re: The Headies Awards Releases Nominees List For 12th Edition by ebukahandsome(m): 3:37pm On Apr 13, 2018
Am so glad ERIGGA is now getting the recognition he have been denied of for years.He can rap.
Does it mean that tiwa Savage is the only artist in marvins?

Zoro my man,make sure you go home with one.

Crime / Re: Top 10 Cult Groups In Nigeria And Their Colours by ebukahandsome(m): 3:37pm On Apr 13, 2018
So,where do you belong op?
Politics / Re: President Buhari Departs Nigeria For Britain Tomorrow by ebukahandsome(m): 8:21pm On Apr 08, 2018
Jaminamina eh eh,waka waka eh eh
Jaminamina you travel go minna,them say they see you for Abuja(in olamide's voice)

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Sports / Re: 7 Amazing Football COINCIDENCES You Never Knew by ebukahandsome(m): 6:41am On Apr 08, 2018
God of soccer surely was behind Zambia that year
Crime / Re: Perpetrators Will Be Dealt With, Says Saraki by ebukahandsome(m): 9:56pm On Apr 06, 2018
Lion heart have spoken.
Carry go saraki & ekweremmadu
Politics / Re: How Military Will Use $1bn Approved By Buhari To Fight Boko Haram – Burata by ebukahandsome(m): 8:49pm On Apr 06, 2018
Just read this balderdash several times to see whether you will see the word "terrorist".

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Politics / Re: Buhari Jets Out Of Abuja by ebukahandsome(m): 8:47pm On Apr 06, 2018
We are already used to it.
Celebrities / Re: Guess Don Jazzy's Moniker On Nairaland? by ebukahandsome(m): 8:42pm On Apr 06, 2018
Why not fix a reward for the winner
Sports / Re: FIFA Unveils The Design For Russia 2018 World Cup Ticket by ebukahandsome(m): 8:37pm On Apr 06, 2018
Just laughing at the dreamers above me.
Wake up boys.

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Politics / Re: Independence Ogunewe Found Dead In Toilet (Graphic Photos) by ebukahandsome(m): 7:31pm On Apr 03, 2018
All these people calling him a Teddy A fan,this is someone's father ooo

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Politics / Re: Massive Crowd As Presidential Aspirant Sowore Arrives Nigeria by ebukahandsome(m): 7:27pm On Apr 03, 2018
Even KANU nwankwo will beat this one.
This man can not kick the dullard back to daura.
Next person pls...

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Sports / Re: Ronaldo Hot Girlfriend - Georgia Rodriguez by ebukahandsome(m): 5:51pm On Apr 02, 2018
Ronaldo always get the best
Politics / Re: How To Wrest Power From Buhari, APC, Others In 2019 – Obasanjo by ebukahandsome(m): 5:47pm On Apr 02, 2018
Oga go sit down.you follow put us for this wahala.I lost my little respect for you,the day u publicly tore your PDP membership card because or an old cargo.
Was so childish

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Politics / Re: 2019: I’m Still A Member Of PDP – Donald Duke by ebukahandsome(m): 1:37pm On Apr 02, 2018
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Politics / Re: This Man Is Giving Out His SUV Over Two Projects Buhari Initiated And Completed by ebukahandsome(m): 11:12pm On Mar 30, 2018
Does it mean that this single challenge sent all these media cows to exile
They are avoiding the thread like a plague

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Politics / Re: #dapchigirl: Serious Negotiations Ongoing – Senator by ebukahandsome(m): 2:36pm On Mar 29, 2018
Wow, someone up there termed the delay "useless Drama"
They are regaining their sanity.so glad,our prayers are working.

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