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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
I do not see God being portrayed as a Buffoon. I do see God manipulating Satan to do His will. I do see Satan portrayed as a pawn in God's plan. I see that Job has caught God's attention and now God wants to work with Job, so He is focusing Satan on Job to do His bidding. If you wanted to call God a "puppet master" i would find that about the worst of what I would think to be reasonable observations. If you want to say that Satan is a "tool" and that God is a master craftsman, that I would find a much more acceptably worded observation.
But no, I do not see Buffoon. I don't see God portrayed as a clown, or as an ill educated person, or as a fool.
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So you do see that God is pretending with Satan, to not know what he's been up to? And Satan, acting like a buffoon, thinks God hasn't been keeping an omniscient eye on him?