In article , Bob Felts says...
>
>Matthew Johnson  wrote:
>
>> In article ,
Robert Sutherland
>> says...
>>
>>>
>> >We can infer that from the self-evident truth "ought implies
>> >can".
>>
>> Well, _some_ of us can infer this. But A rather disturbingly high
>> proportion of regular participants in this NG rejedt the truth you label
>> 'self-evident'.
>
>And why not?  Christianity itself is hardly "self-evident".  In fact,
>Jesus and Paul are so radical that many Christians have trouble
>understanding them.
>
>>
>> >Job has consistently done that which is right.
>>
>> And what I find even _more_ disturbing is how many participants deny _this_
>> truth.
>
>Why, Job was so righteous that he had to admit that "I despise myself
>and repent in dust and ashes."  [J 42:6]

Aha! So you ARE relying on a tendentious translation! No, that is NOT what God
said to Job.

On the contrary: the HEbrew of that passage is maddengly vague. It is quote
plausible to translate it as something quite different. Use google to see.


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quidquid boni habet, tribuat illi a quo factus est.
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