There no deep philosophical framework in the American Civic Religion, which these people actually follow. They read the story of Job and think, "Wasn't Job good, he believed despite all those things that happened to him," and that's it. There's nothing more to it.

[–] BeanisBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They read the story of Job and think, "Wasn't Job good, he believed despite all those things that happened to him," and that's it. There's nothing more to it.

Literally how I was taught to read the story.

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 2 points 11 hours ago

Haha, yeah. I wasn't even being "online pessimistic" about that. I mean it as a literal matter-of-fact. I grew up Catholic and that's how we were taught the story with maybe only slightly more insight but not really.

Which is sad, because a lot of bible stories are pretty boring but Job is one that is kind of immensely interesting from the implications of it. God is perpetuating the evil upon Job, not Lucifer. If anything, Lucifer seems to have control of the situation.