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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find “blessed” language annoying because a blessing is a gift from God. Do you really think God gave you a nice house and loving partner and good teeth, but decided NOT to give those nice things to the rest of us? No. You probably think some of it is dumb luck (the teeth) and the rest of it is a combination of your own hard work and smarts. But saying you are “blessed” seems to make people feel better about saying “I have nice things! I’m happy and grateful!” Like they aren’t bragging. But God doesn’t withhold nice houses from undeserving folk and give them to the deserving, so I don’t see your nice house as a blessing. I see it as a result of our socio-economic system that rewards some kinds of labor and doesn’t compensate others as well. I don’t think God is a capitalist.[/quote]
Please explain why God blessed Joseph but not Job?

But ITA, God is not a capitalist. God is a SJW Socialist.[/quote]

Even Job didn’t get an answer to that question, did he? I am a Christian, but I don’t think believing in God and Jesus means every word of the Bible is true. So I don’t actually believe God murdered Job’s family. I don’t believe God sends us bad things, and I don’t believe a loving God would withhold good things from people randomly, so I don’t actually believe God meddles in our lives that way. I do believe in the concept on “blessing,” but I guess I have found blessings are the things that are open to everyone and found through a relationship with God (acknowledging that God is not only the God of Abraham, but also the Goddess of Wicca and the Buddhist path to enlightenment, etc). Those blessing are things like serenity and empathy and oneness with God. It has nothing to do with trips to Hawaii or whose child lives and whose child dies.[/quote]

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