Theodicy in Job

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In our discussion of Job thus far we've talked about the difference between the "Sunday school version" of Job, essentially consisting of the very beginning and very end of the book, where Job has things taken away from him, still praises God, then has even more things returned to him. And this version of Job tends to be a cop-out answer to the question of Theodicy, see more above. So, essentially the message you get with this answer is either that God is showing how loyal you are to him, or, in a more pessimistic interpretation, that God is simply screwing with you. Neither of these I feel are valid answers to the question. Rather then repeat myself on my personal opinion on this question I'll simply refer you to my previous post "The Slave."