When the Good Suffer
I examine my response to the Kings and Deuteronomic possible interpretations of relationships between God and his people under Immanuel Kant’s view of the golden rule, that “A deontological normative theory holds that moral worth is an intrinsic feature of human actions, determined by formal rules of conduct”. Thus Job’s suffering is to me the antithesis of a pragmatic religious and spiritual living grounded in the commandments. As a matter of fact, my own questioning of the existence of God derives from the same principle of a God who offers punishment for good deeds.
As he said in 13:23–24 , "Make me know my transgression and my sin. Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy?" I, like Job have felt that
I examine my response to the Kings and Deuteronomic possible interpretations of relationships between God and his people under Immanuel Kant’s view of the golden rule, that “A deontological normative theory holds that moral worth is an intrinsic feature of human actions, determined by formal rules of conduct”. Thus Job’s suffering is to me the antithesis of a pragmatic religious and spiritual living grounded in the commandments. As a matter of fact, my own questioning of the existence of God derives from the same principle of a God who offers punishment for good deeds.
As he said in 13:23–24 , "Make me know my transgression and my sin. Why dost thou hide thy face, and count me as thy enemy?" I, like Job have felt that