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Mephi2K
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| Posted 3/11/2002 11:34 AM (GMT -6) |   | YO. I just thought about something after listening to a sermon about Job.
Let's put THEODICY theologians in Job's place. They pretty much say this:
"God, there is seems to be far too much GRATUITOUS evil in the world. Atrocities that don't seem to have any redemptive purpose. The amount and depth of meaningless, pointless evil seems to speak against your goodness, wisdom, and love. We must do theological work to solve this problem."
Would God talk to them like he talked to Job...saying something like...
How in the WORLD can you people know what evil is "pointless" and what "evil" is purposeful? Are you forgetting your vast ignorance? Where YOU there when I created the heavens and the earth. (and so forth) You have absolutely NO point of reference beside your little finite point of view. How different do you think you are from Job??? You are so busy trying to justify my actions or inactions by what you THINK you know that you have forgotten the main thing. YOU DON'T KNOW..and you WON'T know. By what means can YOU mortals ascertain whether or not I did anything in the Holocaust? By what means can YOU mortals ascertain whether or not I allowed Sept. 11th? By what means can YOU mortals ascertain whether or not I allowed Genie's torture?? How do YOU know that I'm not doing something for the "greater good" that you will never know about? Such arrogance. Such overestimation of one's powers. Should YOU not repent in ashes like My servant Job? Should YOU not consider yourself wrong for attempting to fathom things to high for you? Just who do you "theologians" think you are? Free-will and Soul-making defenses indeed. You "theologians" are like unto Job's friends. Can't you see that? Go back to the basics and relearn some things.
If God were to say something like the above, wouldn't he be FUNDAMENTALLY in line with what he told Job? Wouldn't God be right in his condemnation of our hubris? What do you think?
Just thinking,
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