Job
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Injustice in Job

  1. God gives Satan power over all that Job possesses. 1:12

  2. To start off God and Satan's gruesome game, Job's slaves and animals are killed. 1:14-17

  3. God (or Satan -- it's hard to tell them apart) sends a wind that kills Job's sons and daughters. 1:18-19

  4. God kills (or allows Satan to kill) Job's children, but Job doesn't "foolishly" blame God. Since God was responsible, why would it be foolish to blame God? 1:22

  5. God and Satan play a little game with Job. God allows Satan to torment Job, just to see how he will react. 2:3-6

  6. "So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown." 2:7

  7. Because of God's cruel wager with Satan, Job curses the day he was born. 3:1-3, 11

  8. God terrorizes people with arrows and poison. 6:4

  9. God terrifies people by sending them nightmares while they sleep. 7:14

  10. Does God pervert Justice? Well, if you believe the Bible he sure as hell does! 8:3

  11. God multiplies wounds without cause, destroys the perfect along with the wicked, laughs at the trial of the innocent, and hides the truth from judges. 9:17, 22-24

  12. Job asks God an excellent question: "Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands?" God doesn't answer. 10:3

  13. Speaking of God, Job says: "He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth." 16:9

  14. The bible is wrong about ostriches being cruel and inattentive parents (39:13-16). But if they were, whose fault would it be? Why would God deprive them of the tools that are needed to do the job right? 39:17

  15. All of Job's troubles were brought on by God. 42:11

  16. After God (or Satan) kills Job's first set of kids (1:19), he is given an even better set -- with even prettier daughters! 42:13-15