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RE: If there is a God, why do so many bad things happen? @ecotrain QOTW
In the book of Job, Satan is not allowed to perform any evil(here on Earth) without God first granting permission to him to do so. And God does grant that permission. Job is then tormented several ways by Satan, with God's permission. All this torment is done for God to prove a point to Satan. In context to your above mentioned analogy, to me, that is like a parent(God) allowing an evil person to hurt their children...just to see if the child will still love the parent....your thoughts?
Greetings sir @johndoer123. Job was a rich man who's very faithful to God. Satan raised another accusation to this part, he said that Job is only faithful because Job has everything in life and once Job lost everything, he will hate God.
And noticed that God told Satan to do everything but never kill Job. Job lost his children and he got very sick, but in end, he is still faithful to God. And Satan was proved wrong in his own accusation.
I guess the most appropriate term to use is allowing instead of permitting.
Allowing (allow) is letting things to happen even if you are not please to see it.
Permitting (permission) is letting things to happen because you are please to see it.
Job's case is still happening to us. Satan is still messing up with people, he will do everything to make us hate God.
And soon, Satan's time will be over.
Have a wonderful day sir! God bless you. :)