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Chapter 5 - God is a disciplinary father
Job's friends warn of resentment. They encourage Job to plead with God for a miracle.
“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal."
*Circular Reasoning*
They seem to be subtly insisting that Job has done wrong, but to not be discouraged as God probably acts like a disciplinary father in both punishing and comforting. This dualistic nature of God makes it easy to attribute most observable phenomenon to him. If you receive blessings, God is rewarding you! If you receive cursings, God is punishing you! If you are enjoying a good life despite sin, your time hasn't come yet - God is giving you time to repent! If you are suffering despite your righteousness, God is testing you! By having an explanation for every possible observed phenomenon, the theist has an unlimited supply of supposed evidence for God's intervention in their life - without realizing how circular their interpretation of reality is.
NEXT: Chapter 6 - Suicide
Job's friends warn of resentment. They encourage Job to plead with God for a miracle.
“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal."
*Circular Reasoning*
They seem to be subtly insisting that Job has done wrong, but to not be discouraged as God probably acts like a disciplinary father in both punishing and comforting. This dualistic nature of God makes it easy to attribute most observable phenomenon to him. If you receive blessings, God is rewarding you! If you receive cursings, God is punishing you! If you are enjoying a good life despite sin, your time hasn't come yet - God is giving you time to repent! If you are suffering despite your righteousness, God is testing you! By having an explanation for every possible observed phenomenon, the theist has an unlimited supply of supposed evidence for God's intervention in their life - without realizing how circular their interpretation of reality is.
NEXT: Chapter 6 - Suicide
