[gscc]

You cannot deny that when Israel walk righteously with the Lord we blessed them and when they did not he not only withdrew His favor but punished them.

[SoothingDave]

You cannot deny that when Israel walk righteously with the Lord we blessed them and when they did not he not only withdrew His favor but punished them.

And Job's friends were sure he had committed some horrible sin since he was afflicted so.

SD

[Conservative til I die]

You cannot deny that when Israel walk righteously with the Lord we blessed them and when they did not he not only withdrew His favor but punished them.

1) Israel 4000 BC is not America 2006 AD.

2) How do you know that America's prosperity is due to God's blessing?

3) Japan is a prosperous country. It's also 0.7% Christian. Is God blessing Japan? China's economy is turning into quite the juggernaut. It's also an oppressive fascist state. Is God blessing fascism? Much of the world's oil sits underneath terroristic Arab Muslim states. Is God blessing these Muslim states?

4) Who says we're walking righteously with the Lord? We embrace things that would cause the ancient Isrealites' eyeballs to fall out of their heads, even the un-righteous ones.

[Cronos]

You cannot deny that when Israel walk righteously with the Lord we blessed them and when they did not he not only withdrew His favor but punished them.

Huh?  YOU blessed Israel?  Isn't that a little bit too much of deification?