(January 19, 2018 at 4:26 pm)Khemikal Wrote:

(January 19, 2018 at 3:38 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: It's amazing the way atheists feel compelled to piss on it.

Yeah, utterly mystifying.  A Loving God™ sends his henchman to destroy  one of his own best buddies life and home, murder his wife and children, and inflict him with disease..on a bet.

What could possibly be objectionable about that?  What kind of hard hearted feckless cur would read that inspiring story and think anything -but- "Allah Akbar!".  After all, god did give him a brand new wife and kids..and I bet they were twice as awesome as that nagging bitch and his gaggle of do-nothing dependants.  Alls well that ends well!

See? No new mobile home nor shiny new pickup truck. A fine example of moral thuggery.

My favorite book in the Bible. Job is God's best sheep. God makes a gentlemen's bet with Satan. Job gets fucked hard. God then goes on the longest rant in the Bible making sure Job knows who is boss. I have read that Job is probably of Greek authorship, not Jewish.

(January 19, 2018 at 2:28 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Like any good crime boss...god knows that, if you want to make an example out of someone, it's best to leave them alive...as an example.

You kill their family and torch their bar.  You don;t do this yourself, ofc...that;s what enforcers are for, and god has a whole army of mindless dolts that do his bidding..so the story is told.

"Don Jehovah, with respect...I don't think that Guido is sufficiently loyal to you, in his heart. Sure, he keeps up appearances, but I think he'd turn states evidence if you didn't show him so much favor."

-Go break his kneecaps and see if he still kisses the ring.

You've just failed reading and comprehension skills on a basic level, with not an iota of the correct view of the whole situation.
If want to be a genuine student, have the guts to apply yourself.

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(January 19, 2018 at 3:44 pm)Antares Wrote: I was force fed this story at an early age. ...

I was never someone who could be force fed.
It's very apparent that you have had other things fed to you, which you have gobbled up, as if you had no mind of your own.
You can change that, but you won't do it by just meandering with the crowds.

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(January 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm)chimp3 Wrote: My favorite book in the Bible. Job is God's best sheep. God makes a gentlemen's bet with Satan. Job gets fucked hard. God then goes on the longest rant in the Bible making sure Job knows who is boss. I have read that Job is probably of Greek authorship, not Jewish.

You have misread it, and not understood it at all. And as a consequence you have a wrong concept of God and what he said to Job in the end.
You are certainly not alone on this, most people in churches just do not get it either.

The Bible is supposed to be studied and not just skimmed over, which is what most people do if they read it at all.

God cannot afford to have shallow people inherit eternal life, you'll have to re-examine the whole scene to get it right.

(January 19, 2018 at 6:31 pm)Banned Wrote:

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(January 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm)chimp3 Wrote: My favorite book in the Bible. Job is God's best sheep. God makes a gentlemen's bet with Satan. Job gets fucked hard. God then goes on the longest rant in the Bible making sure Job knows who is boss. I have read that Job is probably of Greek authorship, not Jewish.

You have misread it, and not understood it at all. And as a consequence you have a wrong concept of God and what he said to Job in the end.
You are certainly not alone on this, most people in churches just do not get it either.

The Bible is supposed to be studied and not just skimmed over, which is what most people do if they read it at all.

God cannot afford to have shallow people inherit eternal life, you'll have to re-examine the whole scene to get it right.

Thanks for your concern about god's budget but I don't care. You are just a primate mammal. You are making this shit up as you go along..

(January 19, 2018 at 7:22 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Thanks for your concern about god's budget but I don't care. You are just a primate mammal. You are making this shit up as you go along..

That's OK, I was aware that you were being facetious when you said that Job was your favorite book.
I checked the sepia section of my family photo album and none are swinging by their tails.
But considering that you are one that might believe you came from a hiccup in a swamp, you are doing really well.

Idiot troll.

(January 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm)chimp3 Wrote: My favorite book in the Bible. Job is God's best sheep. God makes a gentlemen's bet with Satan. Job gets fucked hard. God then goes on the longest rant in the Bible making sure Job knows who is boss. I have read that Job is probably of Greek authorship, not Jewish.

Because the greeks knew that the gods were fickle and capricious.

(January 19, 2018 at 6:31 pm)Banned Wrote: .........................................

(January 19, 2018 at 8:03 pm)Banned Wrote:

(January 19, 2018 at 7:22 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Thanks for your concern about god's budget but I don't care. You are just a primate mammal. You are making this shit up as you go along..

That's OK, I was aware that you were being facetious when you said that Job was your favorite book.
I checked the sepia section of my family photo album and none are swinging by their tails.
But considering that you are one that might believe you came from a hiccup in a swamp, you are doing really well.

I was not being facetious. It is also my Father's favorite book. He is a Pentecostal preacher. Obviously he has a different bias. I find Job to contain every reason to consider God and Satan merely characters in a human fiction. Literary characters only.

(January 19, 2018 at 6:31 pm)Banned: Wrote:

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(January 19, 2018 at 3:44 pm)Antares Wrote: I was force fed this story at an early age. ...

I was never someone who could be force fed.
It's very apparent that you have had other things fed to you, which you have gobbled up, as if you had no mind of your own.
You can change that, but you won't do it by just meandering with the crowds.

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You assume too much. Like most people that were/are religious, I was indoctrinated at an early age. That is what I meant. Let me know if you're still not getting that.

(January 19, 2018 at 8:20 pm)Antares Wrote: You assume too much. Like most people that were/are religious, I was indoctrinated at an early age. That is what I meant. Let me know if you're still not getting that.

I understood in the first place. I was a child that had its own mind, which unfortunately like yourself, a lot don't seem to think they have.

What do you mean by indoctrinated? People said things and you just ate it up?
When did you start to think for yourself?