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Job's Loss Of Faith In God: A Biblical Story Of Job

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What would you do if you were faced with a contradiction of all you believed? In the biblical story of Job, a devote man by the name of Job is challenged in this manner. God and the Devil were having a conversation, the Devil began taunting God about his faithful. He claimed that they only praised him because they received good things and that the moment their luck turned sour they would renounce him. God knows this to be false, so he gives the Devil permission to torment one of his most faithful servants, Job. Once given free range over Jobs’s life, the Devil causes Job to lose all his wealth and children. However, despite these odds, Job never once loses faith in God. This story has empirical societal influence, as it provides an example of standing up for one’s principles, and as the source of this story is a theological text, it acts as a paragon of faith. Moreover, it promotes a philosophy that prioritizes spiritualism over materialism. …show more content…

Job was of the old Jewish religion, which preached that what you deserved would be delivered in this life and that if something bad happened to you, it was by your own fault. Therefore, when Job lost his riches and his family, the natural assumption was that he had done something to deserve it. However, since Job had been nothing but devote throughout his life, many people told him to abandon his God, as he was evidently not rewarding him for his faith. Despite all this, Job stood up for his beliefs and searched his heart and soul fervently to find out where he went wrong in the eyes of

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