THE BOOK OF JONAH AS YOU_VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE

A prophet runs from God, gets thrown overboard in a storm, swallowed by a giant fish, vomited onto a beach, preaches the shortest sermon in history, and then gets angry when God forgives the people he was sent to condemn. This is not a children's story about a whale. This is a dark comedy about the human heart.In this episode, I uncover the Book of Jonah as a satire of religious nationalism. Jonah is not a hero. He is a bigot who would rather see a city destroyed than watch his enemies receive mercy. When Nineveh repents, Jonah does not rejoice. He builds a shelter and waits to watch them burn. God sends a plant to shade him, then a worm to kill the plant, then a scorching wind to make him miserable. Jonah is angrier about the plant than he was about the city. God's final question hangs unanswered: Should I not be concerned about that great city?The book ends with silence because Jonah never answers. The question is for you.Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because Jonah's story is not about a fish. It is about the people you wish God would destroy.