Job 38 – Skeptic's Annotated Bible answered

A response and reply to the notes on Job 38 in the Skeptic's Annotated Bible (SAB).

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2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?



(38:4-6) The earth is set on foundations and does not move.
"All the sons of God shouted for joy."
How many sons does God have?
When were the stars made?
How are Jesus and Satan alike?
The phrase “laying the foundations of the earth” means the creation of the earth. To the author of the SAB that is unscientific. The current scientific theory that is in vogue is that everything that is, is because of the big bang. But before that theory became popular, scientists strongly objected against it, because it implied that the universe had a beginning. If our foundations are set upon the feeble and changing nature of scientific understanding, we build our wisdom upon sand.




"All the sons of God shouted for joy."
How many sons does God have?
When were the stars made?
How are Jesus and Satan alike?
The sons of God in this verse are the angels. They are called sons of God, because God created them. The Bible uses the word son in a few different contexts: for Christ, as in begotten Son, or for saints, as in sons by adoption.
We know that God created all things in six days, Ex. 20:11. And because of this verse, it seems the angels were created on the first day.
On the author of the SAB's pityful comparison between Jesus and Satan, see 1 Pet. 5:8.







God could (if he wanted to) pick up the earth by its ends and shake all the wicked people off of it.
Capella's Guide to Atheism - The Bible's Flat Earth
“Ends of the earth, ” well, that proves it, the Bible says the earth has ends! With that handy guide to spotting people who believe in the flat earth, it's amazing how many still believe it. We won't be surprised that New Zealand television journalists believe in a flat earth, or that MSNBC even went to the ends of the earth. But even astronomers regularly drive there! There's clearly a conspiracy against true science going on.
See also biblical cosmology.










God has snow and hail stored up to use later "in time of trouble."
Life must lose a lot of its colors if one cannot read poetry.










Does God live in the Pleiades?
Jehovah's Witnesses used to believe that God lives on the planet Alcyone in the Pleiades cluster. The only biblical justification for this was this verse and 2 Chr.6:21. This belief was clearly stated in "Reconciliation" (1928): "But the greatness in size of other stars or planets is small when compared with the Pleiades in importance, because the Pleiades is the place of the eternal throne of God." This is just one of many JW beliefs that has since died a quiet death and is no longer mentioned in the Watchtower.
Indeed, the Jehovah's witnesses have little use for the Bible. They appreciate their own fantasies much more.







"Who can stay the bottles of heaven?"
Are there bottles in heaven?
The bottles of heaven are the clouds in sky that are full of rain.



(38:39-41) "Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?"
God seems pleased to have created prey for lions and ravens to eat.
God did not create lions who ate meat. He created them to eat grass. And they can still survive very well without meat.
This text simply takes as example nature as Job knew it.

