[SIZE=6]he Book of Job: The Worst Book of the bible[/SIZE]
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A post from my blog: http://rejectthegods.wordpress.com/
If anyone reading the bible actually has any doubts that it isnât real, there is one book that, above all others, should convince them that either a) god isnât real or b) if he is real, he isnât worth worshiping.
Iâll start out by posting a summary of the book of job from wikipedia:
There was an extremely pious man named Job. He was very prosperous, and had seven sons and three daughters. Constantly fearing that his sons may have sinned and âcursed God in their heartsâ, he habitually offered burnt offerings as a pardon for their sins.[2]
The âsons of Godâ (a phrase commonly interpreted as referring to the angels) and Satan (literally, the Hebrew word means âthe accuserâ or âthe adversaryâ) present themselves to God. God asks Satan his opinion on Job, apparently a truly pious man. Satan answers that Job is pious only because he is prosperous. In response to Satanâs assertion, God gives Satan permission to destroy Jobâs possessions and family.[3]
All of Jobâs possessions are destroyed and a âruachâ (wind/spirit) causes the house of the firstborn to collapse killing all of Jobâs offspring who were gathered for a feast[note 1]. Job does not curse God after this but instead shaves his head, tears his clothes and says, âNaked I came out of my motherâs womb, and naked shall I return : Lord has given, and Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of Lordâ (Simplified).[4]
As Job endures these calamities without reproaching Divine Providence, Satan solicits permission to afflict his person as well, and God says, âBehold, he is in your hand, but donât touch his life.â Satan, therefore, smites him with dreadful boils, and Job, seated in ashes, scrapes his skin with broken pottery. His wife prompts him to âcurse God, and dieâ but Job answers, âYou speak as one of the foolish speaks. Moreover, shall we receive good from God and shall not receive evil?â
Three friends of Job, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, come to console him. And the three of Jobâs friends heard all this evil that came on him, and they came every man from his place â Eliphaz the Temanite (Heb: Aliphaz the Thimanite), Bildad the Shuhite (Heb: Bildad the Shuchite), and Zophar Naamathite (Heb: Zuphar the Nomathite). A fourth, Elihu the Buzite (Heb: Alieua ben Barakal the Buzite), first begins talking in chapter 32 and plays a significant role in the dialogue; however, his arrival is not described. The friends spend 7 days sitting on the ground with Job, without saying anything to him because they see that he is suffering and in much pain. Job at last breaks his silence and âcurses the day he was bornâ.
There are a lot of problems with the story and Iâll start by pointing a few:
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[li]In 1:7 god asks satan where heâs been lately and satan replies that he is just been walking around a bit. Wait? God didnât KNOW where satan was???[/li][li]In 1:6 it says that the âsons of godâ came before himâŚwaitâŚsons? What about jesus? I thought he was the ONLY begotten son?[/li][li]In 2:3 god says Job was perfect and upright. Wait? I thought jesus was the only perfect man![/li][li]In 7:9 it says that what goes to the grave shall come up no more. What about all that stuff about busting from the grave?[/li][li]In 9:6 it talks about pillars the earth rests upon. Donât know about you, but this wasnât in my science textbook.[/li][li]In 14:10 and 14:12 it talks about how death is final. And there isnât anything more.[/li][li]In 21:24 - apparently HIS breasts are full of milk. WowâŚ[/li][li]In 37:10 apparently the frost is the breath of god.[/li][li]In 37:18 we are told that god spread out the sky and it is hard like a mirror. Hmmm[/li][li]In 39:9 we are told about the unicorns! Where is candy mountain Charlie Job?[/li][li]In 39:13-17 we are told ostriches are stupid birds who lay eggs and forget about them. They donât care for them and then treat them like they were not hers. Then it goes on to say that they are this way because god make them without understanding. Firstly, ostriches are not stupid and do a very good job of caring for their young. Just another science mistake by the all knowing god.[/li][li]In 42:2 job tells god that he knows god canât do everythingâŚreally?[/li][li]And finally job lives to be 140. Very impressive[/li][/ul]
Now those are just the few contradictions. Now lets look at the ACTUAL story itself.
So Satan and God were having a little chit chat. Apparently Job was a good guy. Had a wife and a family and was pretty well off. So Satan says that if he didnât have so much, he wouldnât be so good. So god says, oh really. So Jobâs family is killed, loses all his wealth, and becomes sickly.
THIS is the god of the christians? To prove a point he murders a good manâs family? What did Job do to deserve this? Nothing. God just wanted to prove a point to satan. Just like the godâs of Olympus, god apparently, on a whim, kills, destroys, takes, and all in the name of fun.
But despite all this, the part that really makes me mad is that christians FAR from push this book to the hind end of the bible or replace it with something more appropriate, they celebrate this book! They actually march it out and PREACH about it. Iâve even heard sermons where they talk about how WONDERFUL god is for restoring Job! This is just crazy! In the new testament Job is celebrated as a testament of of perseverance in suffering! WHAT? If it werenât for god and his gambling problem, Job wouldnât have had to suffer OR persevere!
This reminds me of those people who ask for prayer after a bad wreck. Iâm wondering why they donât ask for god to not have a wreck in the first place - oh waitâŚthey do. And there are still wrecks. Even christians have wrecks!
So if you ever wonder why bad things happen to good people, just read the book of Job. Maybe god is just having a josh at your expense with satan!
trying to apply religious dogma into the real world issues? Wengi waliamini Jehovah Wanyonyi is God, did it come to pass?
@Unicorn i finally found you in the holy book
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So god and satan meet regularly?? They still buddies who can even engage in a gamble??..
they are immortals,you are just but a fucking mere mortal.
you wouldnt understand until you eat the fruit of the tree at the middle of the garden(hapa eve alichapa adam bj na akameza)
Lakini hii story ya god kuwa omnipresent is jus chiethâŚ
First, in genesis he cant find adam hence asks âadam man where are u?â
Then ile story ya tower of babel he says "come, lets go down and see wat humans are uptoâŚblah blah blah lets confuse them⌠ââ
Alaf story ya job heâs like " yoh satan my niggah, where u been man, howâs my niggah job doing, he aaaight yeah?? "
Now isnt an allknowing everpresent god supposta know all these things??
but he can be omni fuckitent if he impreginated mary even before joseph had a chance.
poor jose
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Bros, go slow on God. Just go slow. Dont pick a fight with Him. Mark my words.
nobody is fighting anybody,we are just mere mortals trying to make sense of this fax from heaven.
beleive me you
Read or listen to an audio the book by joseph murphy the power of your subconcious mind
this stuff you have quoted has so many mistatements, i donât know where to start to discredit it, good thing God doesnât need me to defend Him however, i will discredit just one line just to save one soul that might have been convinced by it. Last line âAnd finally job lives to be 140. Very impressiveâ⌠the âfaxâ from heaven says âafter this, job lived a hundred and forty years, he saw his children and their children and their children to the FOURTH generation. He died old, and full of years.â I guess we all did English throughout 844, it doesnât require a degree in phonology to know what âafter thisâ means. second, we all did science and biology throughout 844, it doesnât require a phd in gene-biology to know that when you live to 140 years, there is no possible way you can see your fourth generation, thirdly, there is something called the spirit of discernment, it helps us understand the bible, not taking it so literally like nursery school kids. i can go on and on, but time doesnât allow. the idea is, all the above that has been written to discredit the 'fax" from heaven, are just misquotations of the bible to suit your point of view. As i said, God doesnât really need me to defend Him, He can do that very ably, but it haunts my conscious when i see guys mocking God. It only takes good men to be silent for evil to prevail.
Mbona sielewi hii essay yako nanii
EeehhâŚpoint of correction itâs âbelieve you meââŚ
fuucking grammar nazis,i know.
kwani unafikiria nilienda chule kuchunga walimu wasimwagikiwe na chalk?