Job vs Paul

[Doug Millison]

Terrance:
>You are correct. However, my point remains unchallenged by your
>objection. My point is not that there is any sort of monolithic OT man.

Then it's not very useful to refer to him to make a point, imo.

>
>Of course, my silly OT=Job=Hebraic Faith vs NT=Paul=Christianity is
>silly

Silly is not the word I'd use.  Your parallels just don't seem very useful
or offer much explanatory power.  Wrong tool for the job.


>
>Yes, it's not that OT characters lack reason or the rational faculty or
>the ability to reason with god or anyone they meet.

I was responding to your point that "The
>> > OT God is very unpredictable and doesn't need reason
>> > to justify his ways
>> > to men."

But the  "OT God"  (actually, several Gods, or one who evolves rather
dramaticaly) responds to Abraham's reasoning, in a way that God doesn't
respond to Job's.  Sometimes God does, sometimes God doesn't.  Same with
Jesus in the New Testament.


>
>Is that what St. Paul says?


Sounds like a rhetorical question to me, so I'll let you answer it.

Paul does ask, death where is thy victory?


>It become more intense because it has to contend with "Greek" REASON.
>In this sense, NT faith in the resurrection of Jesus, and the
>sacrifice,  is more intense than Abe's faith in the OT God and the
>aborted sacrifice of his son.


I don't see how anything can get much more intense than putting your own
son on the chopping block and, but if you say philosophical argumentation
is more intense than the faith required to raise the blade to sacrifice the
little guy, I won't argue.


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