The Faith Arguing With Children Can Be Risky.In a grade school lesson, a teacher was explaining a little bit about whales. A little girl in class piped up and said, “I just learned that Jonah in the Bible was swallowed by a whale.” The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was relatively small. The girl said, "I am sure Jonah was swallowed by a whale." The teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; that it was physically impossible. The little girl replied, "My Sunday school teacher told me Jonah was swallowed and she would not lie to me.” A bit perturbed by this, the teacher proclaimed, "That is a “story” from the bible, it is not factual, and I will not argue with you." After a little thought, the girl responded, "Well, when I get to Heaven, I will ask Jonah." Now challenged, the teacher spouted, "What if Jonah didn’t go to Heaven?" Not at all daunted, the girl quipped, " . . . . . Ok then, you can ask him." -“Out of the mouth of babes . . . “Submitted to Our Changing Times by Sandra Baldree
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 18:28:21 +0000
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