The Book of Job is a literary work which comes from the Hebrew Bible. Job is the wealthiest man in the village who possesses many farmlands, animals and other properties “he had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants…” (A 126). In addition, he has a wife, seven sons and three daughters. He is very happy and thankful for all the blessings he has from the God. Thus, he “…was blameless and upright, one who feared God, and turned away from Evil” (A, 126). Satan claims to God that Job is honest and faithful only because he has everything. However, God disagrees and permits the Evil to test Job’s honesty. So Job loses his children and all wealth; however, he still believes in God. Even if he is seriously ill, he still believes in God. In addition, his wife and friends aren’t able to convince him to curse God. In the end of the story Job suffers a lot and curses the day of his birth but never curses the God. As a reward of his honesty God returns all of Job’s lost properties. Then, the God gives a long speech about his creations. He asks Job “where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?” (A, 135) which shows how small is a human being in God‘s eyes. Also, God claims that he is the only one who possesses the power to create and control everything and nobody is able to understand his acts. Above quote proves that almighty God holds all the knowledge and power of the world.
The New York Times article, Slouching Toward Washington, by Maureen Dowd presents her thoughts about creation and modern science. In both readings people are not able to understand many aspects of daily life. For example, in the Book of Job, God keeps many secrets about human creation. Also, he is the only one who decides how to organize life in the earth. Similarly, Maureen Dowd who is a great journalist is asking herself a question about the proof of Darwin’s theory of evolution. She can’t answer how human being is evolved from monkey. To better understand this concept she visited the zoo; however, she still couldn’t find many similarities between Homo sapiens and monkey. She also thinks why doesn’t the monkey that exist today do not become human being few generations later. “Christine O’Donnell doesn’t understand why monkeys can’t turn into people right before her eyes.” In both cases, the answers of creation are inaccessible for human being.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/opinion/26dowd.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=slouching%20washington&st=cse
