(November 5, 2013 at 12:12 pm)Tonus Wrote:(November 5, 2013 at 11:42 am)missluckie26 Wrote: if god already knew the outcome of the bet
The far more fascinating consideration (IMO) is based around the premise that the future is not fixed and therefore god did not know the outcome. Job, for all of his positive qualities, was still an imperfect human. What if he had failed the test, by renouncing god? Would that have proven Satan right and god wrong? And what would the implications of that be?
One could also wonder 'What if Paul Atreides had succumbed whilst under the influence of the Water of Life in Dune?'
Plot devices in fiction typically serve a purpose, even when the story is farfetched.
