Job 29-31

[wolfpurplemoon]

Job has decided that he deserves his punishment, and his rather gruesome afflictions, because he may have at some point not been quite nice enough to someone he was superior to.

And this is the best thing I've heard so far in Job: "The words of Job are ended." Does that mean something will actually happen now?

Comments

[jaronsjournal.livejournal.com]

You are the one who said it could be argued that religion might cause one to disown their child for being gay. I was responding to you. I disagree that a follower of Christ would treat a gay person hatefully, though he/she would be firm about the sinfulness of homosexuality.

I don't think I get off subject unless I'm responding to a subject someone else brought up.

[bill_sheehan.livejournal.com]

You've wandered off the path while chasing a hobbyhorse. Here's the original question again: You seem to be making the point that people who aren't members of your religion do bad things. Are you arguing that therefore your religion is true, or are you arguing that your religion is highly desirable whether true or not?

This is a bit tangential to Job, which is about why bad things happen to good people, but relates to the testimony of his friends. Are good people religious, or does religion make people good?