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Anyone else have trouble coming to comfort with this book?
I gave it a full and serious read recently, and honestly something about it just feels off putting. It's unlike any other book in the Bible, it's very much a philosophical one, a rotating dialogue. But.. what is the conclusion to be taken here? So, Job has these awful afflictions put on him, the people who are closest to him try to console him but only end up insulting him, only for the end to be a wrap up with God speaking from the heavens to Job about how mighty his creation is, rebuking his friends, and then restoring all that he has.
I don't get it. I went in expected some sort of answer, instead it feels largely like a very dark composition. Considering the piece deals with theodicy, it doesn't do much to explain it. In a way I almost feel it's telling me to shut up and suffer, not offering any clear way out of that suffering or an explanation for why God allows it.
It feels very nihilistic in an indirect way, and the "resolution" feels less like a response to Job's complaint and his agony but moreso powerlevelling. Perhaps I don't understand? It is indeed a very dense piece of literature
I gave it a full and serious read recently, and honestly something about it just feels off putting. It's unlike any other book in the Bible, it's very much a philosophical one, a rotating dialogue. But.. what is the conclusion to be taken here? So, Job has these awful afflictions put on him, the people who are closest to him try to console him but only end up insulting him, only for the end to be a wrap up with God speaking from the heavens to Job about how mighty his creation is, rebuking his friends, and then restoring all that he has.
I don't get it. I went in expected some sort of answer, instead it feels largely like a very dark composition. Considering the piece deals with theodicy, it doesn't do much to explain it. In a way I almost feel it's telling me to shut up and suffer, not offering any clear way out of that suffering or an explanation for why God allows it.
It feels very nihilistic in an indirect way, and the "resolution" feels less like a response to Job's complaint and his agony but moreso powerlevelling. Perhaps I don't understand? It is indeed a very dense piece of literature