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Because God says in the Book of Job that
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this is the most just of all men,
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he's the best and most innocent.
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And yet to try his faith, he was scourged by Satan.
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This is a painting by William Blake of this scourging of Job by Satan,
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who's pouring out boils that will soon torment him from head to foot.
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And the description of the disease that afflicted Job,
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in the Book of Job,
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is highly suggestive of what we might call a venereal disease or STD.
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He was covered from head to foot in boils.
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And yet Job was reassuringly free from sin.
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We know that because God tells us so.