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- From: sumner@math.scarolina.edu (David Sumner)
- Subject: The Book of Job
- Message-ID: <sumner.725742512@milo.math.scarolina.edu>
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- Organization: USC Department of Computer Science
- Date: 30 Dec 92 19:08:32 GMT
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- The book of JOB has been the topic of several messages
- lately.
- A commonly heard comment from the Xtain side is this:
- (From Scott S Parish )
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- > 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.
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- Isn't it strange that God needs to 'prove' something to
- Satan? Don't the Christians realize how insecure this makes
- their god appear to be? He hurts an innocent man just to
- make a point with the Devil.
- David
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