lunes, 5 de noviembre de 2007

Job, Chapters 12-End

I find it odd that God would have allowed Satan to so torture one of his most loyal and devout, in short most exemplary citizens, to get him to curse God. First off, if God created everything and is the most powerful thing in existence (and before existence), he created Satan. Second, he created Job. Why would he allow Satan to hurt Job, if Job was amongst his most "successful" creations.

Then it came to me. God is colored by human opinions, since it was translated by men. Like Greek Gods, they are a reflection of us, humans. Humans learn by experience, which turns them into who they are. We forgive, but don't forget and our past experiences influence all our future decisions. As God was betrayed by Adam and Eve, and subsequently other humans, like Lot's wife, he is less trustworthy, and more wary of humans, Thus, he is in a way insecure, and allows Satan, his own creation, to manipulate him into allowing the "torture" on Job.

1 comentario:

J. Tangen dijo...

I think you're doing a great job coming up with your own readings of the text (i.e, humans coloring God).

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Why would he allow Satan to hurt Job, if Job was amongst his most "successful" creations.