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Re: POV-RAY orange color
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 19 Aug 1999 23:41:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
<snip> (about Job)
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> It's a story. Didn't really happen. It is, however, a fascinating insight • into
> the development of the Jewish concept of God. An immature belief in God • assumes
> that the good in this world would get rewarded, and the bad punished. That's
> fair, right? Well, they were starting to realize that bad things happen to
> *good* people, and that a lot of bad people were doing just fine. Job • addresses
> this harse reality that life isn't fair, and sometimes God doesn't *seem* • fair,
> either.
John, I'm intrigued. In all the discussions I've followed here, you appear to
have been arguing from the Christian point of view - but I don't know of
that many Christians who'd argue that a story from the Bible didn't really
happen.
What, exactly, do you believe?
> IMO Job is one of the most interesting and honest books in the Bible.
Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com
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| (...) Well, let me first say that I am a Christian, which is to say that I follow the teachings of Jesus. Jesus was the Jewish Messiah who came from God to teach us about Him and about how to live. His nature (man/God) is a mystery which cannot be (...) (25 years ago, 20-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote in message news:FGqKGr.sy@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) I think there are some books that could be stories (not real) without taking away from the overall message of the book. Job and Esther come to (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) It's a story. Didn't really happen. It is, however, a fascinating insight into the development of the Jewish concept of God. An immature belief in God assumes that the good in this world would get rewarded, and the bad punished. That's fair, (...) (25 years ago, 19-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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