I'm a fan of skepticism myself. Hell, I'm even skeptical of my
  own skepticism sometimes and even let myself accept something as
  tentatively true once in a while. Even as a kid in Sunday School
  (methodist) I remember shaking my head at this story, but it was
  never really an emphasized one anyway. Always liked Job though.
  That's a story I found more relatable that was somewhat similar
  in focus. == But again, it's fiction. Even when we learned it,
  they explained it was based on an older story (a borrowed story
  from another culture) that found its way in. Anyway, I'm not
  going to argue the relative merits of contextual vs isolated
  readings of texts to ascertain meaning or what are best/worst
  conclusions to draw from. Just sayin' - fiction doesn't take
  away from thought experiments, whatever conclusions one reaches.
  ==

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