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- From: czl30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Chris Lee)
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- Subject: Re: THE MIND OF THE BIBLE BELIEVER
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- Date: 30 Dec 92 16:07:22 GMT
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- In article <parsons.725691151@cygnus.cis.ksu.edu.cis.ksu.edu> parsons@cis.ksu.edu (Scott S Parish ) writes:
- >jwest@wisc (Jeff West) writes:
- >
- >[Deletions from previous posts.]
- >
- >>As for the rest of you post I only have 2 comments.
- >
- >> 1.) Why did your god "deliever into the hands of Satan" such a
- >> righteous man as Job? Why did your god need to torture a
- >> true believer? Wasn't his obedience and faithfulness enough?
- >> Or is it just your gods form of entertainment?
- >
- >Satan was the one coming before God accusing Job of only serving God
- >for the cash, land, camels, sheep, etc. So, to prove Satan wrong He
- >allowed Satan to rake Job over the coals. It wasn't so much to punish
- >or torture (as you put it) Job, as to put Satan in his place. That's
- >just MH interpretation of the story. And, in the end God blesses Job
- >seven times more than he had to begin with; which just goes to prove
- >Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work together for good to
- >them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his]
- >purpose."
- >
-
- But your god is supposed to be omniscient so it would know anyway.
- So it didn't need to......
-
- >
- >--
- >Scott Parish | The Truth is still the Truth | John 14:6
- >parsons@cygnus.cis.ksu.edu | even if you choose to ignore it. |
-
- Chris Lee | Biblical contradictions are still | Me
- | contradictions even if you choose |
- | to ignore them. |
-