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Have you actually read Job? Job 1:6-12 clearly states that God did not do this to Job for personal growth purposes, but because he made bet with Satan
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If you read the last chapter of Job, there is evidence that God did it for Jobs growth (he recieved more than he ever had). Now, i dont see why you said he made a bet, he would if he had something to win from satan, and he would if he didnt really know the outcome of the bet, but God knows all, so there was nothing at stake for God, maybe for Satan though, but not for God since he knows all. In the first chapters you dont see the purpose of why God allowed it, just the conversation, but in the last chapters you can understand why it all happened.
Maybe if that conversation was between two human beigns, assuming it was a bet would be at least posible, but since God isnt a human beign, and he possesess different traits than a human, assuming it was a bet is not an accurate assumption, strip away all of Gods trait and yes, maybe it was a bet, but if you have in mind all of Gods traits when reading the conversation, then assuming it was a bet is not a possibility.
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God's response was basically "How dare you question me? You can't understand the ways of God" (Job 38-40). I'm sure if Job knew his suffering was a result of a bet with Satan, he wouldn't have held nearly the respect for God as he did, as God's behavior in this book is reprehensible.
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Actually, what God did was reason with him to make him understand his position as a human beign and the difference between him and Gods position, he was actually teaching him and convincing him of his mistake, and Job understood him in the end.
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Job 42:2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Job 42:5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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Have in mind all that Job suffered, all that he lost, and that even his friends didnt support him, but at the end he recognized he was wrong and that he made a mistake in his response, and he did learn something from God thanks to that, and when he grown in that sense he even recieved the double he had before.
I just wanted to present you this different perspective than yours, its your decition tough, to take it at heart or not. Good luck.