As most people know, according to the story in the Bible, Job's entire family died, he lost all his wealth and was afflicted with a horrible sickness just so God could win a bet with Satan. At the end of it all, God gives him a new family, wealth, and health as a reward for being so good and faithful.
Doesn't this scenario strike anybody else as being really wrong? Is Job really supposed to not be sad about his old wife and family because he has a new one? Is it fair to his old wife and family to die for a measly bet? How can people think that "God made it OK" by giving him a brand new family, as if it were as easy to replace a family as it is a worn-out car?
Any thoughts?
P.S. I know there are other interpretations of this text. I'm asking specifically those people who take the story at face value, the way I was taught it should be regarded when I was a Christian.
2007-12-05
16:51:37
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