Today in class we looked at a different bible story not from genesis. This was the book of Job. Mr. Reiff pronounced it "Jobe" which rhymed with probe. Oh well i'll just say it how it looks. In this story satan and god make a bet. This is the first time i have ever read, or heard about satan and god openly conversing, seems kinda odd. The bet they make is whether or not Job will stay pious even without out all of materialistic items, or even his health. This is very similar to the other stories we learned about because god is testing how much the people love him and have faith. This is a little different however because the person being tested, job, is actually being physically hurt, through disease and torture. I found this story pretty disturbing but quite interesting. This question keeps arising in my mind. If god is all knowing, then why does he constantly feel the need to test his followers faiths?Doesn't that seem odd?
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