Is complexity an argument against design?

How do you know that Jesus wasn't just using the Jonah myth as a teaching tool? Just because He used Jonah as an example doesn't mean He necessarily believed it was true, and if He did think Jonah's story was true then He was mistaken. So, Jesus wasn't dead when He was in the tomb? But much of the Bible has been shown to be untrue, plus much of it is clearly symbolic. Good advice.

But to convey a truth doesn't necessarily mean the supporting examples actually happened.A bit like telling a child about the boy that cried wolf. It makes to difference whether that boy actually existed or not, it's the message that is important.When we examine the Book of Jonah we know that many of the major points in the story simply didn't happen, thus we have to conclude that Jesus referred to myths in order to get his point across.

Your should be aware that your Holy Book advises you not to tell lies.It was indeed you who revived a thread that had been dormant for over a YEAR, to post inane (post 52) drivel, and then adopt your usual question avoiding dance.

I am not sure if Jesus said ANYTHING that is attributed to Him in the Gospels, that He did has to be taken on faith.If we assume that He did say everything attributed to Him in the Gospels, and if we assume He was not insane, then the only reasonable conclusion is that Jesus lied a lot of the time.There's also ample evidence that Jesus was a particularly nasty child, He even murdered another child, so perhaps He is not as nice as people would like Him to be.But, it all depends how we treat the sources, if we are blind unthinking robots then we accept everything at face value, but if we can think for ourselves, and we are truly interested in finding out the truth, then we will have a more critical approach to the sources.

Believing in the ONE that gives you eternal life depends on your approach to reading the Bible.As I said, if you blindly accept everything in the Bible at face value then you are a mindless robot.If you decide that you do not want to go through life like a mindless automaton then a more critical approach to reading the Bible is required, and this is an approach that is much more respectful to the Bible than the literalist approach.If you think Jesus is going to do anything for you then I suggest you read the Bible again with a more critical eye this time.

Why can't diversity and complexity be natural processes?