The first point the Book of Job made was that suffering is not evidence of sin.....Job's suffering was a test of his faith:...
Job's lessons for today:
(1) Victims of this cataclysm in no way "deserved" a fate inflicted by the Leviathanic force of nature.
(2) Questioning God's inscrutable ways has its exemplar in the Bible and need not undermine faith.
(3) Humanity's obligation to ameliorate injustice on earth is being expressed in a surge of generosity that refutes Voltaire's cynicism. (Read here)
Monday, January 10, 2005
Lessons From Job
William Safire has interesting advice for tsunami victims and those questioning "Where Was God?", based on Job.
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