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Basically the entire book of Jonah, it's hilarious, I don't know how it took until I was an adult to realize that it's intentionally written to be very funny.
But also I think it's very poignant, specifically I think it warns against the sort of behavior that leads religious people (and, I could venture to say, some lefties) into the arrogance that leaves you wishing for everyone else to get what they deserve.
It boils down in the last chapter, where Jonah realizes that God isn't going to exterminate the city:
He sits there and almost dies of exposure, but God saves him with a little plant that gives him shade for a day before it is killed by a pest.
And that's how it ends, this pathetic little dude whining at God about how his bush was more important than all those people he hates. Whining at God because he knows God is merciful and wants to save these people, which is something he doesn't want, because it would make him a false prophet. I think it's really interesting for the Bible to have this story about how when your religion conflicts with loving other people, God wants you to abandon your religion.
Good shout
Holy guacamole, that's a new reading to me!
Seriously, reread it, it's hilarious. Everyone Jonah encounters is more godly than him, the sailors, the Assyrians, the FUCKING COWS put on sackloth and ashes.
Or if you're too busy to read, check out this Tom-Waits-esque dramatic musical reading of the book by one of the coolest Christian musicians I'm aware of.
I'll have to read this book. Sounds pretty interesting. It's pretty relevant to a situation my parents are in.