ath camps were so unspeakable that we are reminded of the Book of Job, for it is in this document that the entire issue of God's will for mankind is examined. Job, as we recall, is caused to suffer almost beyond human capacity. In this stark revelation of a man whose will and faith is tested, neither hope nor despair are adequate responses. In Job 3:2 Job asks "Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, whom God hath hedged in?" Why is it that human life has so much suffering? The Book of Job tells us that it is the principle of radical evil which is loose on the planet--Satan--who ravages Job. Throughout, Job speaks of his bitterness and anger. He is mocked by his friends, who believe that evil falls on evil men and that therefore Job must be evil. Job looses all hope that his life will come to have meaning or to be understood: "My life is wind," he says, "For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow" (Job 8:9). As his afflictions increase, Job questions the reason for his life, and curses the day he was
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