Better Alone

Better Off Alone In the bible God’s greatest servant is Job; “This man was innocent, upright, and God-fearing, and kept himself apart from evil” (66). Job did everything God requested, and yet Job was maliciously tested by his creator. Throughout the story of Job there were several accounts of Job expressing his misery that resulted from God’s cruel tests of faith. Reading the story of Job I came up with the question of, would Job be happier without the weight of God’s continuous misperception and unannounced tests? Yaweh strikes Job with a “test” and murders his sons, daughters, and animals to see if Job will still love him. Perhaps God didn’t have faith in Job instead of visa versa. Yaweh causes Job to be miserable and want to kill himself; in no way is this enjoyable, or worth proceeding to worship a deity. If God were to tell Job he is the one who permitted all of these deeds, Job would no longer follow this deity. God is lying to get what he wants from Job, I don’t believe Job would still appreciate a God that goes against what he orates. It’s as if a wife had gone behind her devoted partners back and had a secret accomplice to pursue her other in a “test” of fidelity; If she were to tell him “I tested you, and had another female pursue you to see if you would stay loyal to me”, He would be mad and most likely leave her for lack of trust. Just as Job should leave his “creator” in the dark as nothing and move on to be happy, instead of constantly trying to please a God that is never satisfied.
Job is “innocent” and “kept himself apart from evil” (66) and he was also tested with God’s sinful acts of murder and pain. Job was more than true to God, he showed this by even filling his own son’s faithful void; “Job would send to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer whole burnt offerings, one for each” (66). First off Job was this great of a servant so therefor Job should have been treated better and shouldn’t have been tested. This didn’t happen;