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Poll: What do you think of this story in the Book of Job?
This poll is closed.
It's a completely literal story that should inspire Christians to do right.
6.67%
2 6.67%
Yahweh is way to concerned about how much people love him.
16.67%
5 16.67%
It's completely the Devil's fault.
3.33%
1 3.33%
God works in mysterious ways.
3.33%
1 3.33%
Both god and the devil are a couple of wicked wicked horrible, self-absorbed characters in a fictional story.
63.33%
19 63.33%
I'm proud to be a sheep. This is a great story.
6.67%
2 6.67%
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Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
#11
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
(November 1, 2013 at 11:11 pm)catfish Wrote:
(November 1, 2013 at 11:08 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Christ, if you'll come clean about your heretical beliefs, I'm willing to dress in drag and do the hula.

So? Pick something you haven't done... Undecided

Curses! Smile

Nevermind. You want the monkey to dance w/o intending to proffer reward. I throw feces at that idea.
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#12
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
(November 1, 2013 at 10:39 pm)catfish Wrote: blah, blah, blah...

Why aren't there enough options?

(November 1, 2013 at 10:25 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: Not like that jesus shit, huh? Pure biographical reporting, that.

Watch what you say. Else I'll show the world how little you know about me, my beliefs and the Bible...

Please don't confuse us for people who care about you, your beliefs or your fucking bible.
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#13
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
Holy shit dude, it's not my Bible, you seriously can't be that dense, can you?
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#14
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
(November 1, 2013 at 11:40 pm)catfish Wrote: Holy shit dude, it's not my Bible, you seriously can't be that dense, can you?

Coming from an obfuscating chucklehead, and an avowed christian, I can only assume the above is mere projecting. And sad.
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#15
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
(November 1, 2013 at 11:40 pm)catfish Wrote: Holy shit dude, it's not my Bible, you seriously can't be that dense, can you?

Do you believe an ancient Israeli carpenter posing as his own son came back from the dead to save mankind from a sinful nature he created himself?

Than guess what ... IT'S YOUR FUCKING BIBLE
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#16
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
Is the story of Job really worse than:

The ordering of a man to sacrifice his own son?
The flood?
Lots wife being turned to stone for taking a quick peek?
The whole of humanity being cursed for the eating of one fruit?
The idea of human sacrifice being required to save us from our sin?
.....
Kuusi palaa, ja on viimeinen kerta kun annan vaimoni laittaa jouluvalot!
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#17
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
The moral of the story of Job is this.
Once upon a time there was God and there was Job.
And they were happy.
The End.

WAIT!
...along comes shit-for-brains, anti-theist, God-hater, satan and he sticks his nose in where it isn't wanted. Everything was fine. But oh no! satan doesn't like happy bible folk. satan thinks humans don't need God. satan cant stand the fact that there is a Higher Authority. But he's too gutless to fight God.
And so he takes it out on a human being.
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#18
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
(November 2, 2013 at 4:33 am)Lion IRC Wrote: The moral of the story of Job is this.
Once upon a time there was God and there was Job.
And they were happy.
The End.

WAIT!
...along comes shit-for-brains, anti-theist, God-hater, satan and he sticks his nose in where it isn't wanted. Everything was fine. But oh no! satan doesn't like happy bible folk. satan thinks humans don't need God. satan cant stand the fact that there is a Higher Authority. But he's too gutless to fight God.
And so he takes it out on a human being.

Can't protect your own and call yourself god?

Wow they really lower the standards these days don't they?
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#19
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
The story is a theological exploration into the power of God, and Job doesn't take it laying down. He gets pissed off just like a lot of you guys. But he ultimately keeps the faith and is rewarded.

The moral being, God bitch-slaps who deems bitch-slappable, because ultimately the real stuff comes after this. Don't pretend to even come close to knowing or understanding His power.
". . . let the atheists themselves choose a god. They will find only one divinity who ever uttered their isolation; only one religion in which God seemed for an instant to be an atheist." -G. K. Chesterton
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#20
RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
(November 1, 2013 at 10:09 pm)Cinjin Wrote: The Book of Job reveals an extremely bizarre relationship between god and the devil that only our filthy apologists
Not looking for discussion, I see.
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