[July 2006 journal entry]
Peterson (6:11b) has “future” (RSV “end”). What future/end has motivated the ‘scrapheap’ Job to this point? Is he confirming what the Accuser proposes in the prologue – i.e., that Job’s noble behavior prior to his tragedies had been motivated by self-serving ambitions? Yes. Are self-serving ambitions characteristic of ‘religion’ and the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm? Yes. A ‘non-religious’ approach to ethics and spirituality – which I do not find represented by any character (‘God’ included) in the story/play -- is centered by goals and values other than self-serving ambitions.
Peterson (6:11b) has “future” (RSV “end”). What future/end has motivated the ‘scrapheap’ Job to this point? Is he confirming what the Accuser proposes in the prologue – i.e., that Job’s noble behavior prior to his tragedies had been motivated by self-serving ambitions? Yes. Are self-serving ambitions characteristic of ‘religion’ and the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm? Yes. A ‘non-religious’ approach to ethics and spirituality – which I do not find represented by any character (‘God’ included) in the story/play -- is centered by goals and values other than self-serving ambitions.