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- From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
- Subject: Re: THE MIND OF THE BIBLE BELIEVER
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.013239.15872@jcnpc.cmhnet.org>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 01:32:39 GMT
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- Scott S Parish (parsons@cis.ksu.edu) wrote:
- : 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."
-
- Oh sure, and the herdsmen, shepherds, the men tending the camels, and Job's
- children are just minor statistics in the game of celestial power politics.
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- Mike McAngus | As if I needed Another time consuming hobby.
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