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J2215 Absurd reasoning about God
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- God's wastefulness. A man is robbed and later the same day is given much money. He complains to God, "What was the use of taking from me what you were going to give back to me after stealing from another?" · J2215.1 entry
- The servant of God beaten. A man who says that he is the servant of so and so is treated with great consideration. His companion, who says that he is a servant of God is put to work. He cannot understand why God's servant should not be more important than the other · J2215.2 entry
- Man honored above God: the dead hen. A fool finds a dead hen and cooks it and serves it for dinner. When reproached he says "How should it be unclean when God has killed it instead of men?" · J2215.3 entry
- Fool waits for God to provide. Nearly starves · J2215.4 entry
- God blamed for heavy rain. Since he is an old man he should have known that more rain was unwelcome · J2215.5 entry
- God blamed for letting pumpkin vines produce larger fruit than nut trees · J2215.6 entry