Ben's goldfish question

• Is it fair to think of God as being to us as we are to goldfish?
• How do we reconcile God's anger in the prophets with his goodness?

Ben frames the episode's hard question: reading Isaiah has him troubled by God's anger, and he asks whether it is fair to think of God as being to us as we are to goldfish, in terms of wisdom - if a six-month-old misbehaved, would you scream at it and burn its toys? He asks how to think about God's angry, vengeful-sounding language and his character.

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