Why did god only make exactly the number of talking animals that he needed?

[John V]

Yes, it's common sense. If one person murders and another sees it and doesn't stop it, most people are going to hold the actual murderer more at fault. It's fascinating that atheists try to make Satan out as less at fault, or even the hero of the account.

Yeah, that's not really the case with Job's family.  It's more like a Mafia contract killing, with Satan as the hitman and God as Don Dios, ordering the hit.  The law would find them equally culpable, with potential extenuating circumstances for Satan - if you are coerced into performing a heinous act, you're not fully at fault.

Boru

Except God didn't order it, and Satan wasn't coerced.