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Originally Posted by GDwarf
If I know, beyond a doubt, that I can torture your sister and she won't disown your family, does that make it just for me to kidnap her and start doing so? Obviously not. So why does God get a free pass here?
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Because he's God. And he says so.
To me, the Book of Job is just God showing off exactly how arbitrary his power is. "Hey, look how loyal my servants are JUST because I told them to. I can beat the crap out of them and they practically THANK me for it!"