RE: Job
May 12, 2022 at 10:38 am
(This post was last modified: May 12, 2022 at 10:41 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Having amoral (or even immoral) gods isn't indicative of an unsound theology. If anything, it tries to capture the reality of the situation in ways that the good guy gods simply cannot. It might be important to remember that the people who wrote the story of job did not, in fact, believe their god was omnibenevolent. It didn;t always do nice shit, and it;s punishing you was not in any sense believed to be linked to earning some reward. Additionally, when you were dead - god was done with you.
The beliefs we see, today, are product of pagan syncretism both in their founding and now in their reformation.
The beliefs we see, today, are product of pagan syncretism both in their founding and now in their reformation.
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