The explanation of the problem of evil in the Book of Job has its strong points and weak points. The book of Job explains that God is not the creator of evil. However, for some reason in the world that God created the innocent suffer. Even though the innocent suffer in this live they are rewarded in the afterlives. On the other hand, in the Book of …show more content…
When Satan says the Job only praises God because of how well off Job is God disagrees. He accepts Satan’s challenge to see if Job will curse God when he loses everything. The important part of this is that God accepts the challenge to take away everything away from Job to see if he will curse God. However, the important part of this is that God does not punish Job himself. It is Satan who punishes Job, “The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger” (Job:1:12). This shows that God is not the creator of