Comments on: Raiding and The Book of Job

By: logtar

logtar — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:01:50 +0000

One of the reasons I hate RSS is that it makes me just as lazy as people that don’t comment on things they should.

First, congrats on the Rag kill again

Second, I wanted to say that this post meant a lot to me. I am not too religious, but I do respect how you took something so positive about Job and applied it to your understanding of life. I had been also dealing with something not WoW related and in a way this helped out with it. So thanks!

By: Nazuvious

Nazuvious — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:37:42 +0000

The amazing thing about the the Book of Job (and heck most literary works) is how life experience can influence and affect a persons interpretation of the narrative.

The pros/cons of religion aside there is a lot of depth to the bible in general because of the many different writers over the centuries that contributed to it. Imagine ‘The Lord of the Rings’ if it was written over the span of several thousand years~I shudder to think of the movie implications!

By: Dendrite

Dendrite — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:09:10 +0000

Hi, Random Internet Stranger!

Speaking as one of the “supporting cast” with a shitty CPU (protip: turning off EVERYTHING in your UI still doesn’t help much) and a habit of standing in the fire I think you’re maybe looking at this (and perhaps at Job) in a strange light. I don’t think any of us ever felt that we were there to make Beru’s personal narrative more compelling.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:21:09 +0000

I guess when I was writing it I never really thought about the faith component much. And perhaps that was a mistake. You are right, it is the faith in myself and my team mates that should represent the aspect of faith. As for people being offended, I think it’s risky to bring any form of religion into a conversation without offending someone, even if you don’t mean any harm. I dare say that is the nature of religion, and why there have been so many wars in history where religion is the root.

Regardless, for me Job will always have meaning. But I think it would be folly to think that the meaning I took from the story will match everyone else’s.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:15:34 +0000

I think a lot of people struggle with the story of Job. I think part of the reason that I came feeling the way I did about it is because I read about Job in the context of literature first, and then had time to think about how I felt it fell into my faith. And I came to that decision of my own accord, and it wasn’t colored with other opinions. I might be wrong on that, but I know that you aren’t alone is struggling with coming to terms with The Book of Job.

With regards to Rag, I wish you the best of luck! It’s really hard sometimes to stay positive, so I will send good thoughts your way!

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:11:01 +0000

I suppose in short, that paragraph there could sum up a lot of what I was feeling when I wrote this post. Of course…you had to get through like 1500 other words before getting to that part, but a look at those values was at the heart of what I was feeling.

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:08:17 +0000

You found me out! Before I had a chance to post about it, even!

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:07:47 +0000

Thanks!

More than anything I feel relieved

But on top of the world isn’t a bad description either!

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:06:21 +0000

Phil -

Something perhaps you should know about me…I cry at commercials. You know those feel good ones during the olympics? Yea…Brade has to change the channel. I tend to let my emotions pent up until I have no choice but to let them escape. I don’t think shedding tears of frustration, anger or hurt is a bad thing. I think it’s a natural reaction for a lot of people. Some people scream, holler, throw things (not that I haven’t been known to do at least one of the above) and some people take a softer emotional approach to dealing with their anxieties. I don’t know why people so often feel that this show of emotion is so terrible.

In the end, I question if what I am doing is worth it frequently. Both to myself, to Brade and sometimes to guild mates. And the truth of the matter is that at the end of the day the answer is always “yes”, otherwise I wouldn’t still be doing it ^.^

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:02:06 +0000

Thanks!

The interesting things about religion is that everyone is effected in different ways by different things. For me, I didn’t learn about Job until I was old enough to be able to look at it analytically. And on that same note, I took it from a literary, not a religious, perspective. Which, to an extent, means that I got to form my own opinions on things and not have another’s opinions color mine. Anyhow, I certainly found it all very interesting!

I am most definitely looking forward to some down time between now and 4.3