The Man Who Survived Inside a Fish: A Modern-Day Jonah
June 2021, off the coast of Massachusetts. Lobster diver Michael Packard was underwater when the world suddenly went dark. He thought it was a shark, but there were no teeth. He was inside the mouth of a humpback whale. Thirty to forty seconds later, the whale spat him out, and he came home with nothing more than bruises.
In February 2025, off the southern coast of Chile, a young kayaker was swallowed whole by a humpback whale and spat out a few seconds later — all caught on his father's camera.
People called them "modern-day Jonahs." About 2,800 years ago, the prophet Jonah ran from God, was thrown into the sea, swallowed by a great fish, and came out alive after three days and three nights in its belly.
Scientists shake their heads. "No oxygen, stomach muscles that crush, digestive acids that dissolve. You wouldn't last a few minutes. It's unscientific."
Jewish tradition says this was no ordinary fish. According to rabbinic legend, it was created at the very beginning of the world for Jonah alone, and waited thousands of years for him.
Here is the funny part. If the Bible has no miracles, people say there is no God. If it has miracles, they say it's unscientific. Either way, God fails the test.
If scientists said, "Three days inside a fish? Totally survivable," it would just be a lucky accident. The moment a miracle is explained by science, God disappears.
Surviving in a fish's belly is impossible by the laws of nature. But for the developer of a simulated universe, it's a single keystroke. The one who made the rules stands outside the rules.
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In February 2025, off the southern coast of Chile, a young kayaker was swallowed whole by a humpback whale and spat out a few seconds later — all caught on his father's camera.
Can a person survive inside a fish?
People called them "modern-day Jonahs." About 2,800 years ago, the prophet Jonah ran from God, was thrown into the sea, swallowed by a great fish, and came out alive after three days and three nights in its belly.
Scientists shake their heads. "No oxygen, stomach muscles that crush, digestive acids that dissolve. You wouldn't last a few minutes. It's unscientific."
Jewish tradition says this was no ordinary fish. According to rabbinic legend, it was created at the very beginning of the world for Jonah alone, and waited thousands of years for him.
Here is the funny part. If the Bible has no miracles, people say there is no God. If it has miracles, they say it's unscientific. Either way, God fails the test.
If science can explain it, it isn't God
If scientists said, "Three days inside a fish? Totally survivable," it would just be a lucky accident. The moment a miracle is explained by science, God disappears.
Surviving in a fish's belly is impossible by the laws of nature. But for the developer of a simulated universe, it's a single keystroke. The one who made the rules stands outside the rules.
