RE: Job
May 4, 2022 at 5:13 pm
(This post was last modified: May 4, 2022 at 5:15 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(May 4, 2022 at 4:49 pm)h311inac311 Wrote:(May 4, 2022 at 4:41 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Seems to me that a lot of suffering is supposedly caused by the god of the Bible (at least he is powerful enough to prevent it and doesn't) and the relief from said suffering is to pray to, pay to, beg said god.
That's an abusive relationship in a nutshell.
Well I would argue that far more of life's suffering is brought upon us by satan. From what I can tell God's most basic rule can be summarized as this, "you reap what you sow." This is the type of fair world that YHWH wants to establish here on Earth, however he also values free will and enables both the Angels and humans to choose between good and evil. Satan was the one who attacked Job's family, friends and cattle, not God, God simply chose not to protect Job from Satan's wrath so why are you giving the accuser a free pass to kill steal and destroy?
God did a bit more than just fail to protect Job - he gave Satan permission to take everything (but his life) from Job. Why? To test Job’s faith and righteousness, when God already KNEW that Job was faithful and righteous.
How anyone can read that read that fable and conclude that God is anything other than a cruel and vicious monster is beyond me. You worship a psychopath.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
