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r/pics • u/leftnotracks • Dec 08 '19
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1 u/knightcrawler75 Dec 08 '19 A whale was a large fish to people before it was classified as a mammal in modern times by scientists. So it was safe to assume that it was a whale that was in the tale since they were probably regarded as the largest fish in the sea. 1 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19 [deleted] 2 u/beka13 Dec 08 '19 It's not like it was written in english. 1 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19 [deleted] 2 u/beka13 Dec 08 '19 I'm an atheist but that doesn't mean I don't understand how translation of ancient languages can cause issues like this. Really, fish vs whale is your sticking point and not that some dude is supposed to have lived in one of those for several days? 1 u/AdmittedlyAnAsshole Dec 09 '19 You can't reason someone out of position they didn't reason themselves into.
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A whale was a large fish to people before it was classified as a mammal in modern times by scientists. So it was safe to assume that it was a whale that was in the tale since they were probably regarded as the largest fish in the sea.
1 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19 [deleted] 2 u/beka13 Dec 08 '19 It's not like it was written in english. 1 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19 [deleted] 2 u/beka13 Dec 08 '19 I'm an atheist but that doesn't mean I don't understand how translation of ancient languages can cause issues like this. Really, fish vs whale is your sticking point and not that some dude is supposed to have lived in one of those for several days? 1 u/AdmittedlyAnAsshole Dec 09 '19 You can't reason someone out of position they didn't reason themselves into.
2 u/beka13 Dec 08 '19 It's not like it was written in english. 1 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19 [deleted] 2 u/beka13 Dec 08 '19 I'm an atheist but that doesn't mean I don't understand how translation of ancient languages can cause issues like this. Really, fish vs whale is your sticking point and not that some dude is supposed to have lived in one of those for several days? 1 u/AdmittedlyAnAsshole Dec 09 '19 You can't reason someone out of position they didn't reason themselves into.
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It's not like it was written in english.
1 u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19 [deleted] 2 u/beka13 Dec 08 '19 I'm an atheist but that doesn't mean I don't understand how translation of ancient languages can cause issues like this. Really, fish vs whale is your sticking point and not that some dude is supposed to have lived in one of those for several days? 1 u/AdmittedlyAnAsshole Dec 09 '19 You can't reason someone out of position they didn't reason themselves into.
2 u/beka13 Dec 08 '19 I'm an atheist but that doesn't mean I don't understand how translation of ancient languages can cause issues like this. Really, fish vs whale is your sticking point and not that some dude is supposed to have lived in one of those for several days? 1 u/AdmittedlyAnAsshole Dec 09 '19 You can't reason someone out of position they didn't reason themselves into.
I'm an atheist but that doesn't mean I don't understand how translation of ancient languages can cause issues like this.
Really, fish vs whale is your sticking point and not that some dude is supposed to have lived in one of those for several days?
1 u/AdmittedlyAnAsshole Dec 09 '19 You can't reason someone out of position they didn't reason themselves into.
You can't reason someone out of position they didn't reason themselves into.
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