If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

That could have been the whale that swallowed Jonah.

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.

The story of the whale swallowing Jonah, though a whale is large enough to do it, borders greatly on the marvelous; but it would have approached nearer to the idea of a miracle if Jonah had swallowed the whale