Questions from an atheist part 6
“The answers to this question lie largely in the book of Job. When Job suffered the loss of all his property to foreign raiders; his sons and daughters to natural disaster; and his quality of life to horrific disease, Job acknowledged that God had allowed all of this. Job’s response to God? ‘Yahweh [”the LORD”] gave, and Yahweh has taken away; blessed be the name of Yahweh.’ (Job 1:21)
Job recognized that God is the giver of life; therefore, as life’s giver, God has the right to take the life He gave. When God does so, it is not murder. It is His prerogative. Murder is the unlawful taking of human life. While it is unlawful (immoral) for one human to take another human life, except under strict circumstances prescribed by law (see Ex. 21, Gen. 9:6), this is so because humans did not give life. God did…”
