"Did God really lose Job to Satan in a card game? Or did God let him win just to make a point? And anyway, either way, what kind of theology is that?"
"There wasn't a card game."
"Sure there was. I saw it in that Ingmar Bergman film. The one with the knight."
"Oh. That was a chess match and--"
"Same thing. Anyway how do you just give someone up like that. It's slavery, giving over ownership of a person like that."
"I don't think that's the main point of Job's story. Is it?"
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Conversations Around the Holy Hand Grenade
PoetryA lot of people are confused. These are stories about people that might be confused, except for the ones who are not confused, and their friends, and some acquaintances.
