You're getting too hung up on the poetic prose of the Bible. These are simply a series of musings created to instill the reader with a sense of adaration and faith. They're not a historical accord, and that's pretty obvious. I mean, where does it say "And Peter exclaimed 'What a big fuckin' lizard, Oh Lord!'"? Job is put through this ordeal to prove to Satan the will and faith of a suffering man. The lesson is suffering, and how the righteous should suffer. The idea is to come out better, hardened, more knowledgable. Of all the fairy tales the bible offers, I actually kinda dig Job. It's more geared toward humanity than piety. The question that I think is more prudent is to the Chruch. The Book of Job shows us that not only is it perfectly rational to doubt God's intentions and His methods, but it's actually incouraged. While the Church would rather you spend a little more time on the pew, next to the donation plate. I could have a PhD in theology, a personal reltationship with the Pope, and intimate access to original transcripts of the Bible....and I couldn't tell you what in the fuck Noah is supposed to represent. Probably just a simple 'smite the wicked, spar the righteous' message. The animal thing was....I don't know. A gross digression by the author. Perhaps we can take this of evidence that the Bible is entirely a half-baked notion of people with way too much time and opium.
Wob, I think I might disagree there. I don't think there was any intent of proving that even the righteous should suffer. To me, it clearly appeared to be a pride driven situation. God wanted satan to know that Job would not turn on him. Where's the justice in that? I don't think the idea was suffereing, I think it was god attemption to prove himself to satan... And in regards to your comment about the poetic prose... I totally agree. That's what I am pointing to. That the bible is simple prose and grand stories of the imagination. The bible is taken for truth, in all aspects... now could that have possibly been true? Absolutely not, that's all that I am saying. I am telling people that blind faith is foolish, one must understand themselves and what they feel is most appropriate for their life rather than reading what is told and following it blindly.
Job is put through this ordeal to prove to Satan the will and faith of a suffering man. The lesson is suffering, and how the righteous should suffer. The idea is to come out better, hardened, more knowledgable. Of all the fairy tales the bible offers, I actually kinda dig Job. It's more geared toward humanity than piety. The question that I think is more prudent is to the Chruch. The Book of Job shows us that not only is it perfectly rational to doubt God's intentions and His methods, but it's actually incouraged. While the Church would rather you spend a little more time on the pew, next to the donation plate.
I could have a PhD in theology, a personal reltationship with the Pope, and intimate access to original transcripts of the Bible....and I couldn't tell you what in the fuck Noah is supposed to represent. Probably just a simple 'smite the wicked, spar the righteous' message. The animal thing was....I don't know. A gross digression by the author. Perhaps we can take this of evidence that the Bible is entirely a half-baked notion of people with way too much time and opium.
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