A "Job" well done: The Book of Job

[rustytool100]

Very well done.

[kalsolarUK]

@rustytool100 thanks for that, been a while since I made this one!

[RadarKat73080]

God and the Devil frequent the same pub.

[gouki02]

HAHAHAH FUNNY COOL!! BUT ONE LITTLE MISTAKE!! GOD IS NO GOOD, GOD IS NEUTRAL, HE´S NOT THE END OF ONE STICK HE´S WHY THE BLODDY STICK HAVE TOO ENDS, AND PPL MISTAKENLY THINK THAT ONE END IS GOD!! LOL BUT IM COOL HAHA

[Phatcass]

google Doe's Account.

[mrstevehartman]

I hope you go on to acting school !!!

[kalsolarUK]

@mrstevehartman are you suggesting that my acting is almost as phoney as the bible stories? Damn.

[mrstevehartman]

@kalsolarUK Well brother, lifes a sewer sandwich no matter how you cut it ! Ill admit that the Old Testament is hard to swollow. The New Testament is not. Look, ya got your choice. Creation or evolution. I find life, especially human life, far to complex for there not to be a creator of it all. The greatest question of all is tho.. where did ANYTHING come from, be it God or just star stuff ( matter ) ???????

[footballward]

and your comment on everything happening so suddenly: Is that not how it happens in all of our lives? Do we expect our loved ones to suddenly die? Or to be diagnosed with cancer? No

[MrHead1972]

@footballward you dont have 2 expect it but sometimes death and a diagnoses of cancer happens suddenly.

[joints1979]

i tought you were some thing proper .....but you end up being a waste of time ......

[Iwillstealyourlawn]

I hate people like this... they gotta put on an act as if theyre doing stand up to assert their own beliefs and interpretations. Your not funny, thats not the way it went down in history, and your ugly. "Oh dear....stop raising your squeaky sarcastic voice every 5 secs and remove that rubber band from around your testicles." Oh dear oh dear.

[kalsolarUK]

You're right..it didn't go down like that in history...because it never actually happened. Yes thats right (I hate to be the one to break it to you) its a story - like most other things in the bible. Oh...and the rubber band is staying right where it is thankyou. lol.

[Iwillstealyourlawn]

I do agree with you that the bible is not made out of pure facts, its the moral of the story. I think job is about perserverance and faith, whether or not it happened is irrelavent to the teachings the story is trying to get across to people

[Iwillstealyourlawn]

Oh and btw im not christian and i cant stand catholics. its just your personality that pisses me off

[kalsolarUK]

well if you think you can talk me out of taking the rubber band off, you've got another thing coming. lol.

[Iwillstealyourlawn]

The rubber band?

[Iwillstealyourlawn]

Or were you trying to imply something with the word "coming"....?

[sthcrox]

i don't know what your point is but one thing: YOU are the pathetic ridiculous fool!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahaah

wake up, fool!

[kalsolarUK]

oh dear...keep taking the tablets. lol.

[sthcrox]

did you remember to swallow yours, fool?

[bookwormpaul]

where do words come from.. did words exits before man.. or did man give birth to words..man speaks to man. can the earth speak to man. (words,are SUBSTANCE AND AUTHORITY) THAT SO.. WHY IS MAN LIMTED.

[kalsolarUK]

Words were invented by man as a visual representation of speech..... speech that evolved over time, starting with simple sounds used to communicate certain things. The sounds became fully formed speech over a ver very long period of time.

[kalsolarUK]

well I've learned something. Crazy evangelists can get high IQ's too. Well done.

[Rizzy55]

Part2

Dont think of a witty retort now. You know, something to impress yourself--just go ask God--or are you afraid? God used faith as a vehicle so no one would be coerced by fear of hell. There is plenty of doubt available to deny God and pretend its all a bad dream. This dynamic allows only those who are really for God to search for him and ask to be saved. If God was on CNN, you unbelievers would enter heaven only to escape hell. --and lets face it--you would follow the devil to escape hell.

[TheAlexANGST]

Might I interest you in an educational video? It's called "Why Don't Scientists Fear Hell?" It shows you, LOGICALLY of course, how hell can't exist, and how people use it to scare people into being religious. It's ridiculous, just watch, it might help you see, but... you're a fundamentalist, I'm guessing, so... I tried, at least

[RadarKat73080]

Did your God give you the uncanny ability to know what everyone on earth is thinking?

[Rizzy55]

Part 1

People...

The vehicle to God is FAITH. It isnt Columbo. If it was-- only the smartest people would go to heaven. Its not --whoever is clever enough to study archeology can be saved. You dont think Christ is a crock because you dont have enough evidence. You simply think he's a crock regardless. If you humbled yourself and asked God himself if Christ saves you--God would put it as a fact in your mind. But you dont ask God because your arrogant--and because you are you will always be lost

[ijaju]

same reason why santa have to prove all to leprechaun

[RubyHypatia]

Job 1:6 One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, ... Actually "angels" are really "sons of God." This is evidence of a pantheon, polytheism. "Satan" means "Accuser" and isn't the nasty, evil devil, yet. Just like Noah being based on the character of Utnapishtim from The Epic of Gilgamesh, Job is based on a Sumerian poem, The Righteous Sufferer.

[BlueEye222]

This is hilarious! We need people as talented as you to highlight the ridiculous nature of the Judeo-Christian faiths

[RadarKat73080]

Speaking as a father, having your kids die and having them "replaced" doesn't work! The only way it could work is if God did give Job the same kids.

[ThisJustAwsome1]

With out Him(God) we would have nothing. So God is the source of all that we have. That includes our kids. God Knows how long we have in the life. If Job was an upright man then his children most likely where also because he past on his values to them. So God would be simple calling his own to him. Because Job showed God faith even in despair and pain he rewarded him. God wouldn't have to give him back the same kids because thy where never his but Gods to begin with. Job understood this.

[RadarKat73080]

You didn't address the point I made.

[TaurusCanser]

"God" rewards Job, but what about the children? They are dead... The children that, by the way were Job's seed, his own flesh and blood, are not Job's? Then why doesn't "god" pay child support? What is their reward? "Well, they get to be with god!" Why do their lives have no worth? Why are they just characters in the story of Job, to be murdered and never atoned for? If it is true that they belonged to "god" in the first place, why do we try killers?

Do you have kids?

[ThisJustAwsome1]

We are stewards over what God has Given to Us.Of course we have the responsibility to care and provide for what we have bin given. God however is more concerned with a persons eternal destination then how long they are on this temporary earth. People show they belong to God By how they treat one another. If one kills out of selfishness or hate then one is showing contempt of life and therefor is in opposition God the giver of life. Job said God Has Given and God has taken Blessed be his name

[TaurusCanser]

1) Which "god"?

2) Truly the Earth, and in fact the entire Universe is temporary, so why does "god" have us playing this game of life?

3) If you were to let your children suffer torture, famine, and death; all the while screaming out your name for salvation that you said you would bring if only they asked, would you expect the other children watching to like or praise you?

It doesn't make sense for a being of godlike intellect to reason its creation would serve it after allowing such horrors.

[TaurusCanser]

It makes even less sense for a loving father to put his beloved son, in the hands of the most evil being ever to exist. What loving parent would throw their child into a snake pit with vipers? Yet an infant would stand more chance vs a snake than a man vs "the Morning Star" Lucifer, who took 1/3rd of the angels with him when he was cast upon Earth!

The logic behind allowing this to happen is one thing, but then to allow it to be recorded for all to read about...

I'm good, you praise "god".

[ThisJustAwsome1]

"torture, famine, and death"

"Which God" The God of the Bible or the one that has always been(When Moses asked his name he said I AM that I AM) And Jesus Said "Before Abraham was I AM"

God created a perfect world free of these but it was man that brought these sufferings on to creation. Just as through one man all men

where condemned now through one man(Jesus) all can be saved. If people Call

out to him he will save them, But don't expect this world to be free of heartache and pain.

[TaurusCanser]

["don't expect this world to be free of heartache and pain. "]- ThisJustAwsome1

8 billion babies CANNOT destroy a single sky scraper. Are we so powerful in comparison to almighty god, that we can ruin a perfect structure built by god?

Also, questions 2 and 3 were not answered. If we are to be with god when we die, why wouldn't he create us like Angels? Why would one watching another cry out to god in futility, believe that god exists? The god of Moses doesn't hear you, why should I praise it?

[ThisJustAwsome1]

"so why does "god" have us playing this game of life?"

If you want to compare it with anything it would be WAR. When we Disobeyed God we separated ourselves from God. Their is a spiritual battle taking place for the very heart of us. We can choose to stay where we are or beleive and enter out of the bondage of sin. We are by no means perfect but we are through Jesus forgiven. And this choice is what separates us from the Angles.

[Andjealous]

Let's just get to the point, why do you believe in the god of the bible?

[ThisJustAwsome1]

Why do I believe...

1) For me it would take more faith to not believe in the God of the Bible then to believe.

2) Prophetic scriptures are coming to pass today that where wright en down more the 2000 years ago.

3) The Earth testify's to the integrity of the Bible

I could give you 100 more but I'll start with these

So why do you not Believe?

[Andjealous]

1. Does it take more faith to disbelieve in other gods?

2. what has come to pass that makes you believe this? Please give your strongest answer.

3. So the Earth exists therefore a god exists? How can you then determine which god exists?

[ThisJustAwsome1]

1. Does it take more faith to disbelieve in other gods?

Whether you beleive God (of the Bible) or in some other god or no god at all these positions have to hinge on a belief or faith that what you see today can be explained either through 1)the Bible (believing that it was inspired by God) 2) some other "holy text"or belief system or 3) some natural process excluding god.

So does it take more faith. It depends on what you know and our own experiences. A little faith can go a long way.

[ThisJustAwsome1]

How can you then determine which god exists?

If the evidence you see on the Earth agrees with the wright en word (in the bible)then why Doubt?

[Andjealous]

But the evidence doesn't go along with the Bible, or any other holy book for that matter. So what is this evidence that you allude to that agrees with it? How would that possibly support your god claim? The Bible is fraught with contradictions to a scientific understanding of the way the universe is.

[ThisJustAwsome1]

"The Bible is fraught with contradictions to a scientific understanding of the way the universe is. "

What you are calling "Scientific Understanding" is just an explanation using Presuppositions only your using different assumptions about the past then mine. Mine being of course that the Bible can give an explanation on the world around us. Nothing in empirical science contradicts what the Bible says. Each persons world view will determine how one will interpret the data.

[Andjealous]

How about the accounts in genesis, it's the very first book and it manages to mess up on every single count. The world is not laid out on four pillars, we weren't created from mud. Exodus is the same, there is no historical evidence, not a single one, that jews were enslaved and brought out of Egypt or that there were these plagues. The New testament is the same, no evidence Jesus even existed in person outside the bible . We have no reason to believe anything in the Bible ever occured.

[ThisJustAwsome1]

"How about the accounts in genesis, it's the very first book and it manages to mess up on every single count."

Is God obligated to do things the way we think they should have been done? God according to scripture does not think the same way we think or do things the way we might do. God by definition is not limited in any way and he also will not contradict his own character.

I Agree that Genesis turns the "conventional wisdom" in mainstream science today on its head.

[ThisJustAwsome1]

"But the evidence doesn't go along with the Bible"

What Evidence Are you referring to?

[KairuHakubi]

It's not though. You're thinking of the medieval catholic european understanding of the world. That stuff was way unscientific. Ancient middle eastern understanding was pretty accurate.

[BelieveNoGod]

Maybe because the bible are full of shit, and if there ever was a god this violent and unjust. Let's all hope we never met him.

[ThisJustAwsome1]

"Exodus is the same, there is no historical evidence, not a single one, that Jews were enslaved and brought out of Egypt or that there were these plagues."

Actually their is some evident. their are markers(huge pillars) on each side of where they beleive Israel crossed the red sea put up by king Solomon and that is just for starters

[Andjealous]

Well, I don't think either of us is going to get anywhere with this conversation, especially since this is on a comments page. All I can say is I disagree with you and you disagree with me. My original question, " why do you believe in god?" has been answered.

[KairuHakubi]

Well they've found ONE and only one Egyptian stela relating the story. Of course in the Egyptian version they wiped out the slaves.. XD they wrote the history they wanted..

[RadarKat73080]

King Solomon, correct me if I'm wrong but that was long after the Exodus, right?

[kalsolarUK]

Yes, king solomon was way way after Job... The book of job is thought to be the oldest book...which is odd when you consider that surely it should be genesis?? lol

[footballward]

@kalsolarUK shouldnt genesis should be the oldest book in the bible? moses wrote genesis and he lived after the events of job, so yea.

[MrHead1972]

@kalsolarUK whats odd about job being the oldest book? considering that in the bible burning bushes and donkeys talk,the earth has four corners,people lived 2 be hundreds of years old and somebody lived in a whale for three days when everybody knows that only geppeto can do that. So tell me sir whats odd about job being after genesis?

[Munkatten]

tangible energy? evidence kthxbai.

[Munkatten]

Alright, you told me that something pop up all the time, and you don't need to prove it. Then more bullshit without a point whatsoever.

I do recognize the style of your argument, and I would guess that you're talking about gods tiny everyday miracles. The odd phenomenom religious nuts go crazy about. Personally, I'd think it was rather odd that god would do such trivial things instead, oh idk, feeding starving children? Ofcourse I could be wrong and you could be talking about aliens.

[Munkatten]

That's just mad ramblings, did you even have a point? except calling me stupid, which was a pretty lame attempt to be honest.

If you want to say something, say it. I don't care much for your inane gibberish.

[Munkatten]

You can't expect me to do your work for you?

I expect my life is going to have it's ups and downs, I will deal with it accordingly. I will complain, and I wont do it alone. I wont be part of the group that never complains and just accepts all the evil shit going on.

I am thankfull for alot of things, right now I'm very thankfull that I'm not as judgemental as you. So many christians seem to think they're so much better than people who doesn't share their worldview, it's a bit sad.

[Munkatten]

Please provide the appropriate evidence that man can move mountains through prayer.

Or, you know, accept that you can't.

[Munkatten]

I have no idea what you're talking about, it seems you are completely fucking wrong. But I can't say for sure since you're so bloody vague.

I guess I could just quote something semi-relevant:

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer

[Munkatten]

It's funny how you talk about "people who white-knuckle their chairs in fury are people who are so "superior" using their logic" and just about 4 posts down you're caps locking and exlamation pointing your way through you faulty arguments while at the same time screaming liars to all intellectuals.

Interresting.

[RadarKat73080]

No $#!^ Speaking as a father myself, nothing can replace a child.

[julzabro]

Ahhhh Job is my fave! Besides the fact that it would make a great screenplay as u said, I have found that Job is one of the best sources 4 pointing out God's INjustice and LIES! The most gleaming aspect is that if God allows Satan to test us (which is bad enuff) for the purpose of teaching us obedience, y screw with Job when he WAS righteous 2 begin with?

[ArmandoXIII]

I for once accept death as it is so I don't need people to lie to me when a loved relative is deathly ill, it just make the situation worse if you ask me, I would rather have someone supporting me and helping me confront the situation as it is. Recently one of my most loved uncles died (Severe parkinson for 13 years deteriorated his heart) and lies from friends and relatives didn't help, they just amplified the terrible truth.

[ArmandoXIII]

You say every day life backs up your "scientific knowledge" about how the thoughts have direct impact on the environment as they are a form of energy? Lol, no it doesn't show me those scientific investigations on serious scientific journals to support this disparate theory or shut up.

[ArmandoXIII]

Most christians are not jealous and malicious? LOL, you are completely wrong here and should check your facts, religious people are specially jealous and intolerant due to their ignorance and poor rational skills, they are primitive!

[ArmandoXIII]

You keep making wild assumptions in your arguments it's not even funny that you could consider them true or valuable, also this doesn't make a bit of sense, rational people are not jealous when people gain faith succesfully. Seriously, what?

Well educated rational people are rarely jealous, jealously is a "value" taught in christianity churches and strenghten by the media, and we rational people are not affected intellectually by either the church or the media.

[ArmandoXIII]

How can you be rational and faithful at the same time? Faith by definition isn't rationalistic, it's actually the opposite, so then again your argument is invalid, about thoughts being a kind of energy that affects the environment, please tell me what does that have to do with anything? by the way whenever you claim things like that you should have serious sources backing it up. And yes, I know several christians that stupid, in fact several members of my family and people in my community.

[ArmandoXIII]

wrong, your premise is that logic is normally pesimistic and negative, and that is a fallacy, that's why your argument doesn't make sense. People with "faith" will shut themselves down expecting a miracle and most likely end up in misery, while a rational person will search out for the answer and work for it, that's the difference between a loser's life and a worthy life.

[ArmandoXIII]

that's so false, figuring things rationally helps you confront tought situations better and get out of them the best, and be happier too.

[paulbottomley42]

You, sir, are amazing. Better than some "proper" stand up comedians I've seen. Is this your day job? Because It damn well should be.

[Nagrobek78]

wandoX, sorry, I didn't understand your explanation of why it was OK for god to kill job's children... that's probably because English is not my first language. Could you be more clear (punctuation marks would be most helpful)? As for your "as a god fearing man if god is not real i have nothing to fear" it sounds a lot like Pascal's Wager and it's totally flawed... Why? See here --> watch?v=lBUWjMhGzrk Generally you have to fear that you have wasted your life. Cheers

[bettybinkyboo]

You should do a podcast of these vids. They'd be great to listen to in the car.

Best wishes

BBB

[SuperiorSavior]

I've got ten kids to feed... oh, not any more :p (classic line!)

[daveheet]

hahaha Ive got 3,000 fucking camels haha!!

[Denamic]

That HOWEVER was even bigger in fullscreen mode.

[xbrakx]

wow you did a great a great job in perverting God and the book of Job. first off in the book of Job God gave the power of everything that Job had except his life to be decided by the devil so God did not cause it but allowed it to show Jobs faith. The sons of Job as told by Bildad in chapter 8:3-4 and also 1:5. At the end of this story we also see that since job was faithful God gave him double his wealth as before.

[kalsolarUK]

you forgot to mention that God also was kind enough to make jobs new daughters prettier than the ones he had before. He really does think of everything. (well, he would if he really existed anyway).

[xbrakx]

Well God does exist now doesn't he so i think we're all in good hands

[Nagrobek78]

were the original job kids in good hands? God killed them off just to show his point, they didn't do anything bad...

[whade62000]

And another thing - why is God so keen on impressing the Devil? God doesn't owe shit to the Devil, you'd think that keeping on being all-good and all-merciful he's usually so keen on is a bit more important than showing off to the bloody devil? Also, all this shit happened like, in a few days, the earliest he can have all his kids back (not that in reality they could have replaced the deaths of the original kids) is ten or twenty years, to be spent in grief, and he'd be an old man?

[blackprince84]

Wonderful, wonderful as usual. I have missed your posts.

God, the merciful judge slaughtering ten innocent kids just to test their father's faith. Nice - and people choose to worship that!

There is a psalm I am trying to find; I read it years ago. It has God hopping on Cherubim and using them as passenger jets to fly from place to place. Does that ring a bell for anyone?

[kalsolarUK]

I read that psalm only a couple of weeks ago...sadly I have no idea which one it was now. Doh! Good to see you back!

[blackprince84]

Found it! It is psalm 18. Verses 7 to 30. Any psalm that has God blowing "Smoke rose in his nostrils, a devouring fire poured from his mouth; it kindled coals into flame." and ends (or nearly) "with my God to help I can leap a wall!" and has with God riding a cherubim in the middle is a fun read. The whole thing would make a great comic book.

[ekid2k]

So each of the servants was the only servant alive?

[kalsolarUK]

lol, yes, but they were clearly different groups of servants, I'm just quoting it what it says in the good book - although there may be bits of the script that I took artistic licence on for comic effect. Although nothing that alters the story or facts in anyway.

[AzmodanKijur]

Who needs satan when God is fully willing to fuck you over himself and laugh while he's doing it.

Nice vid, KalsolarUK

[battybuddy]

Devil: I bet if you put a live snake up his butt, Job will curse your name

God: You got yourself a BET- hornhead...

(Excerpted from an issue of MAD magazine. :D)

[joeyoap]

In the history of all time evil fuckers god really takes some beating.

[kalsolarUK]

yep, who needs satan with god so obviously comfortable in both roles? lol.

[spookysaurus]

"Stick gatherers - people who gather sticks...". What a hoot! Yet more 'God's testing you' from the OT. There's further fecund material to be found in Job: the constantly-aired claim by creationists that Behemoth and Leviathan were, in fact, dinosaurs. Yes, folks, I kid you not.. lumbering Behemoth, according to creationism, was really a sauropod. Proof positive that dinosaurs and humans existed together, and that the Earth is only 6,000 years old. Yeah, right.

[MathewGSmith]

You skipped the bit about god yelling at him for asking why this shit was happening to him.

[kalsolarUK]

Yes thats true, God did give Job a serious ear bending about that. Oh well, at least they all lived happily ever after in the end..well asside from Job's original 10 kids, who for no fault of their own became dispensible props in this story.

[RosieDesire]

Penguins and Polar bears bumping into one another ... LOL... I love it. Gary Larson said that readers would write in telling him that his comic with penguins and polar bears was inaccurate and unrealistic because of the reason you stated. however, he added, "no one commented about the animals talking." :)

I guess that's a lot like the bible, if you can stomach the other BS, accepting the devil/god dialog is easy. :)

[kalsolarUK]

well, we have a talking snake and donkey in the bible and believers seem to have no problem accepting this as factual, despite the fact that their mouths are not remotely designed for this job or their brains designed to be capable of meaningful conversational thought.

[RosieDesire]

Yep... if you can make people believe in talking donkeys and snakes.... and convince them that dragons and unicorns are real... I suppose those gullible believers would also believe about anything you told them. Can we say resurrection?

[RosieDesire]

I do love you sooo. :)

[CrucieFiction]

Fantastic! Hilarious! May be your best yet!

[lamnaa]

No god mocking Job, but then it is alot of crazy to fit into a video.

[kalsolarUK]

yes, I did leave that bit out - I did'nt know how long the video was going to run so I didn't put everything in, in case it did'nt fit. I may well return to this subject at some point.

[Philos2006]

You must be NUTS to believe these impossible childish stories. But then, true believers have lost all sense of reality. Peace !!

[ToddAllenGates]

1 of 4:

C'mon now---not only did God give Job 10 new children at the end, the new daughters were the "prettiest in the land" (Job 42:15). And I think I can speak for most parents when I say that if our kids were crushed to death but we got new ones that were more physically attractive than the originals, well, "all's well that ends well."

[ToddAllenGates]

2 of 4:

Then again, the Bible doesn't tell us whether the replacements were the same ages as the crushed kids, or whether Job & his wife were given 10 new babies all at once . . . b/c having to deal with diapering 10 newborns . . . well, that puts something a damper on the happy ending.

[ToddAllenGates]

3 of 4:

On a more serious note, the Book of Job makes perfect sense from the perspective that it was composed by a minimum of two separate authors. Author 1 wrote a short & simple & shallow tale about how we need to keep faith in God even in the face of great suffering, b/c in the end He'll reward us for loyalty and good behavior (Chapters 1, 2, and the end of chapter 42).

Author 2, on the other hand, wrote a long and poignant work of philosophy on life's injustices and ...

[ToddAllenGates]

4 of 4:

... God's indifference, & it ends with God lambasting Job from the whirlwind for daring to question the incomprehensible. Separately, the stories work well (Author 1's shallowness notwithstanding). When you combine these two clashing storylines & clashing philosophies and try to read it as one book, well, you have to go through mental gymnastics to try to make sense of it. My video response "Job: an awkward combination of two separate tales?" has the details.

[illuminator83]

Yeah, because parants dont have any emotional bonds to their children.

What?! All of our children are dead?! Who cares. Just let us make new ones!

[hairyreasoner]

God surely does test our faith. He's hidden himself so well it's as though he's not there!

[iHillman]

anyone tell you, you sound like Lee Evans? :D

[rozeboosje]

Interesting.... Next time I hear somebody lost a kid I'll go and suggest to them that they get a brand new one. That'll go down very well no doubt.

The writers of that particular piece of fiction obviously never thought about that.

[jwoodswce]

Job sure did receive God's blessing; it is a cautionary tale of how God will love you to death if only you will let him.

[kalsolarUK]

I often wonder how many church goers would still be church goers if they actually sat down and read some of these bizarre bible stories for themselves - rather than the carefully selected bits they are given to read by the nice man in the pulpit on sunday.

[jollychris1010101]

Great video, very amusing.

[daleshankins]

Awesome. Five for you mate!!!!!!!!!

[pornoopel]

i was very entertained..-a job well done! ;)

[thefakeyeti]

The book of job was probably the first attempt at explaining why god "lets bad things happen to good people"

And instead of trying to sugarcoat it like todadies theists do..

They wen't the opposite direction and said... "God is fucking with you to see if you would still believe you!"

(I guess a way of saying testing your faith... but more twisted)

[kalsolarUK]

Very possible, also interesting that Job is the oldest known book of the bible (older than genesis!)

[TheMathGuy]

Yes, and not having as much knowledge of science or the causes of weather, disasters, etc., the scare tactic worked much better on people. "How dare you question God?" works best when people are completely ignorant of how their world works and are powerless to do anything about it. Now religion has to work a lot harder to paint the image of their god as "good", or else people won't find the religion attractive and leave.

[otakursed]

From what I've heard, there's actually speculation as whether or not Job was some form of Pagan lesson that got incorporated into the "holiest of holies" . . . lol, and should it get any holier, you'd think it was swiss cheese.

[favoritefood0]

"Should it get any holier, you'd think it was swiss cheese"

Epic.

[TheReaderReport]

Excellently done!

[BryanAJParry]

You forgot the best bit! Eventually Job does speak ill against god at which point God goes "Oh yeh where the hell were YOU when I made the world? Huh? Huh? Do YOU know how many stars're in the sky? Huh? Do YOU know how many grains of sand? Huh? Huh? NO. You LUMP OF TURD". Job falls to his knees & goes "No you are splendid lord & this suffering is all a great lark. I am not worthy" At which point he is "rewarded" as you say. What in the flippedy flip of Lord Fliphammer's holy flipp!

[BryanAJParry]

The Book of Job is in fact completely and utterly insane in every way.

[kalsolarUK]

I think most of the scribes were utterly insane to have written such a nonsensical (yet imaginative)book too.

[BryanAJParry]

Can't wait till you get onto the Book of Revelations.... bwak!

[kalsolarUK]

I'll probably be a jibbering wreck by then..this bible reading really does take its toll on you. lol.

[BryanAJParry]

No, seriously, it really really does :'(

[Solarees]

no Rhinoceros this time,huh?

[BryanAJParry]

I smoked a toke of dope and wrote the coke crack-head craziness that is the most laziest and most zaniest book in the whole goddamn bibleshizzfizzrizzlizzaliest.

Job is a crack up. I'm writing a poem based on it right now :D

[NEWSTOGOD]

What did Job's wife think of all of this-20 kids. In those days you probably had to have a few extras to compensate for the kids that died during child birth. Always amazes me ppl believe this stuff.

[lovasip]

Good one.

(Altough it should be noted that the role of God and Satan was different when this book was written, then now. Myths come, go, and change shape)

[Facecageworshipper]

You should do standup.

[DeletedDelusion]

In the book of Job god is like a little boy with a magnifying glass having some fun on the expense of some ants.

[Panman38]

I don't know why you're surprised at the ending to the book of Job. Pretty much every book in the bible ends with "and then god made it all better."

[Paxmax]

Haha... I love your "book reports". They are a great source of smiles when the bible pages actually make you cringe in horror.

[ivarbt]

Good one! :D

[Paxmax]

That Mr.Diety is an evil old gambler... and tortures poor earthlings for sport.

He knew the outcome, since he is Mr.Diety he knows everything. Why put people in harms way when he could have told the devil that he is simply wrong and that's the end of it.

No no no... Mr.Diety likes to torture, maim, kill both people and sheep... for the fun of it obviously.

And christians ask of us to respect that wholesome world view???

Things that make you go "hmmmm..."

[kalsolarUK]

Yep, none of it makes a shred of sense - but I suppose if you're a god fearing so-and-so then its better to believe in utter piffle than risk being burned in hell for eternity.

[Atheistblindchick]

LOL

A little perturbed he was, that Job...

5/5 and fav'd!

[kalsolarUK]

lol, what can I say - I accidentally picked up the dictionary to read last night instead of bible. The plots in the dictionary are just as hard to fathom as those in the bible..but at least each word is explained as you go along.

[Atheistblindchick]

LOL, I actually found that the plots and sub-plots in the dictionary were a little easier to grasp...

However, I find it hard to believe you'd have to use a dictionary... Except for some light reading that is...

[Arexux]

Great video , K. :)

Great video. About a terrible , horrible book.

[BadYahweh]

LMAO!

[Darwinsgift]

Nice vid ... apparently the devil had no more luck when he went down to Georgia and played the violin!

[kalsolarUK]

Yes, he's always on the look out for a soul to steal. I think he will be getting mine by default if I'm wrong about the stories of the bible.

[riversonthemoon]

It's interesting that Christians actually present the Book of Job to be an answer to the problem of evil - Supernatural betting!

If it seems like God is testing you, he's not. He's just bored out of his mind from existing forever.

Omni-benevolent God? My arse!

And the betting doesn't help alleviate his boredom. Probability has no meaning for an omniscient being.

[kalsolarUK]

"supernatural betting" - lol!

[twelve121]

wow amazin 5 stars for u

[riversonthemoon]

Yeah. It wasn't exactly the zinger I promised. But the first time you posted, I was first! And I resisted the temptation of writing 'First!'.

:)

[mortemdei]

You are so funny!!!!! me encantan tus videos.

[mark9165]

celestial "game for a laugh" from our cosmic Jeremy Beadle.

[cowboycoco]

Great Vid.

[TheAtheistNeophyte]

Awesome!!!