| The Most Puzzling Question Of All - Why Is Life Unfair? |
| Written by Ace C. Erin | |
| Sunday, 23 May 2010 | |
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The Book of Job is one of the most beautiful books in the entire Bible and a favorite of existentialists the world over, even those who don't believe in the supernatural. For the Book of Job is just about the one most puzzling question that anyone that has ever lived is sure to have wondered: Why is life unfair?
The Book of Job is one of the most beautiful books in the entire Bible and a favorite of existentialists the world over, even those who don't believe in the supernatural. For the Book of Job is just about the one most puzzling question that anyone that has ever lived is sure to have wondered: Why is life unfair? Job, according to the parable, was a holy servant of God who was perfect in his obedience of divine laws. Yet one day he starts experiencing a series of increasingly catastrophic events, from the loss of his property to the loss of his family to the loss of his health. He's puzzled, for in a just world with an all-powerful all-loving God who is both just and merciful, none of it makes any sense whatsoever . And so his friends and neighbours try to console him, till they also can only imagine that Job must have done some terrible evil, to which he's not admitting, for which he is being so ruthlessly punished. Ultimately in his frustration Job can stand it no longer and instead of simply trusting in God cries out to God, virtually accusing Him of bad faith. Job is at his wits' end and virtually at the end of his faith, it would appear, when God ultimately answers not Job's questions over why God has permitted all this misery, but answers rhetorically with challenge after challenge along the lines of where-were-you-when-I-created-the-world, essentially saying, Who are you to judge me? In this story we will be able to see the futility of inquiring after life's fundamental unfairness. For what appears unfair to us is just a part of a greater natural activity that just happens to inconvenience us, oftentimes seriously, even fatally. But it's not private and perhaps that is the most sour moral of all, that such things occur without any reference at all to our individual selves, which is to claim, our egos. The Article Author: Want to find out more about The Book of Job, then visit www.blogslurp.com on how to choose the best divine laws for your needs. |
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