Yahweh, the Devil, and Job

[Tonus]

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.

That's the strange part of that whole story. It really should have gone like this:

God: Have you seen my faithful servant Job? He's living it up like a boss!
Satan: Sure, because you protect him and reward him for serving you. Try this-- mess up his life really badly and see if he doesn't curse you!
God: Uhh... no, dimwit. The reason I protect and reward him is because he's my faithful servant. It'd be pretty stupid for me to punish him because you happen to be jealous.
Satan (thinking): Shit, this is going to be harder than I thought...

Why would god allow Satan to punish Job for being a good and faithful servant? If the idea was that following god would result in good things happening and rejecting god would result in suffering, god should have told Satan to kindly piss off and go bother someone who cared. But no, he allows Satan to draw him into a game of flaming darts with Job serving as the board. Then he rips Job a new asshole for having the sensible reaction of figuring that god would explain why he had allowed such horrors to be visited upon him.

God in the story of Job is portrayed as both gullible and a sadistic bully, which is a very scary combination when you think of it.