<P> The debate over the fish in the Book of Jonah played a major role during Clarence Darrow 's cross-examination of William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes Trial in 1925 . Darrow asked Bryan `` When you read that ... the whale swallowed Jonah ... how do you literally interpret that ? '' Bryan replied that `` a God who can make a whale and can make a man and make both of them do what He pleases . '' Bryan ultimately admitted that it was necessary to interpret the Bible , and is generally regarded as having come off looking like a `` buffoon '' . </P>
<P> The debate over the fish in the Book of Jonah played a major role during Clarence Darrow 's cross-examination of William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes Trial in 1925 . Darrow asked Bryan `` When you read that ... the whale swallowed Jonah ... how do you literally interpret that ? '' Bryan replied that `` a God who can make a whale and can make a man and make both of them do what He pleases . '' Bryan ultimately admitted that it was necessary to interpret the Bible , and is generally regarded as having come off looking like a `` buffoon '' . </P>
who got stuck in the belly of a whale
who got stuck in the belly of a whale
Jonah
Jonah