RE: Yahweh, the Devil, and Job
November 4, 2013 at 1:12 pm
(This post was last modified: November 4, 2013 at 1:32 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(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...
No one here knows much about you and your beliefs. Whose fault is that?
(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.
And God explicitly allows it.
(November 2, 2013 at 4:57 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: 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.
With a replacement family, because all it takes to make it right when your entire family is killed is some new kids.
(November 2, 2013 at 11:21 pm)Drich Wrote:why do you?
We don't. We challenge people who claim to speak for the ruler of the universe. In this scenario, Satan is in a position to know what he's up against. All we have is you telling us what you (and people who share your particular religious views) believe we're up against.
(November 4, 2013 at 12:24 am)catfish Wrote: You know, if I went around pushing the Bible, that'd be understandable.
Thing is, I usually only use the Bible when some other asshat tries to tell me what I believe based on it.
That just might be because your version of sharing what you believe consists of shedding fragments of it in scattered posts. It's okay to do that, and it's not like you have to summarize your entire philosophy in two paragraphs, but the constant whinging about people making assumptions about you is pretty tiresome. It comes with the territory of being secretive. Own it or come clean, but please stop acting like people should know better about you when most of us don't know anything about you except you're the guy who's always complaining about people guessing wrong about what he thinks....without bothering to tell them what you actually DO think.
