In the Book of Job, God proceeds to impress suffering Job with His might: “Where were you when I created the world?” And goes on to describe some mighty creatures and natural wonders. Granted: Job was not there and could not even approximate these feats. But God does not impress me, in this story, with His love, only with His might. He is willing to gamble with the Devil for Job’s soul.

Power or might is almost the opposite of love. Possession and exercise of power, even the power to create the Universe, does not prove love. God did not really answer Job’s question, which was why he had to suffer when he had always been virtuous. He still has not answered our complaint about the mass sufferings of our time.