The Answer to Job

    I’ve been reading The Answer to Job by Carl Jung because I have nothing else better to do. It makes a lot of bold claims, & although they’re interesting, they’re all wrong. Let me break it down.

    God’s Consciousness:

    The first thing that caught my attention was the claim that God isn’t conscious. This claim wasn’t backed up, but was a backup for the rest of the text. If God isn’t conscious, then He’s just…Whatever He is. Matter, energy, maybe just power? If He isn’t conscious, He isn’t God. How can a god be God if that god isn’t conscious? Think of the ontological argument: If God is a being with all positive properties, & consciousness is a positive property, then God is conscious. Simple.
    The fact that we are conscious is proof that He’s conscious—how can the unconscious make consciousness? The fact that He replies to our prayers is proof that He’s conscience. The fact that He’s present is proof that He’s conscious. We serve a very conscious and aware God, & we read about that in the Bible (Psalm 139:1-6, Hebrews 4:12-13, Isaiah 55:8-9).

    God’s Sin Toward Job:

    Sin is the absence of God, & if God is fully God, sin is not part of Him or His nature—therefore He can’t sin (James 1:13, 1 Peter 1:16, Habakkuk 1:13). 1+1=2. “Well, if we serve an all-powerful God, why can’t He sin?” Sin is not a sign of power—& we happen to serve an all-powerful God.
The claim that God sent Jesus not only to remove our sin, but also His sin against Job is absurd. If God sinned toward Job, then He lied to us about His sinless nature. He lied to us in the Bible; therefore, the Bible is corrupt, & nothing is true. But that's not how it is, is it? God’s Word has been proven reliable through fulfilled promises, spoken and fulfilled prophecies, & God’s sinless nature, which we’ve addressed.

    God’s Jealousy:

    Paul makes it blatant that we serve a jealous God. Not the irrational jealousy we feel as people, but a rational jealousy. The definition of jealousy is the desire for something that belongs to you; unlike envy, which is the desire for something that belongs to someone else. Our praise & love belong to God, so when we give those to an idol, He becomes jealous. He has more than every right to be frustrated.
    A good analogy is a wife showing eros towards a stranger. The husband has every right to be jealous; his wife’s love belongs to him, not this other man. They made vows under God to cherish their love together, not just give it out to anyone. It’s very similar to God; we—as the church—are His bride, & when we prioritize idols over Him, God has every right to be jealous righteously and rationally.

    Dualism:

    Mr. Jung depicts God as embodying both good & evil. This is a fancy form of dualism. Instead of two different powers individually embodying good or evil, this is one power embodying both. If anyone thinks this is the case, I urge you to pick up your dusty Bible. The majority of the Psalms—if not all of them—proclaim God’s goodness even through discipline and/or hardships. Declaring His fully good nature. (Psalm 34:8, Psalm 100:5, Psalm 145:9, James 1:17, Nahum 1:7, Romans 8:28, etc., etc., etc. …)
    It’s also important to note that God’s version of good is different from ours. God sees the ultimate of a situation, whereas we only see the present and our pleasures at that moment.

   The Real Answer to Job:

    It’s in the book of Job. God basically reminds us that we are (Job 14:2) like a flower, blossoming, then quickly withering. Ecclesiastes is also a great book for this kind of stuff, too. We are less than a mere speck of dust in comparison to God, so who are we to curse Him? It’s not like God allowed Job to go through all of this torture for no reason. God knew Job would concur, and He rewarded him for it. This whole book is a lesson for us.

    Conclusion:

    It’s easy to make bold assumptions about God through the eyes of our flesh. When we look at the book of Job without considering the point of view of a good and just God, it can look like the very opposite of good and just. But once we bring the Bible into our sight, it starts to make a bit more sense.
It is completely okay to question God; it’s even encouraged in the Bible (Hosea 4:6, 2 Timothy 3:7). It only becomes an issue when we start warping God’s Word and doubt Him.