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said, ‘From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. And Yahweh said unto Satan, ‘Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth Elohim, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.’ And Satan answered Yahweh, and said, ‘Skin for skin, yea, all that aman hath will he give for his life. But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.’ And Yahweh said unto Satan, “Behold, he is in thine hand; Yahweh therefore allows Satan to ruin Job’s health so as to see if he will always love his creators. And Job continues to respect the Elohim. Only then he began to ask Yahweh why he had been brought into the world, if it was only to be afflicted with all kinds of misfortunes. Finally, Yahweh intervenes and briefly explains to Job what has happened. Yahweh tells Job that he is wrong to judge his creators who ran the test, and to regret having been born. Yahweh restores Job’s health, and even more possessions than he had before he was ruined. At the end of the meeting I had with Yahweh on the relay vessel, he stepped out for a few moments, telling me that he would meet with me later. Then one of the other two Elohim asked me to follow him. He took me to a small room, marvelously decorated. The walls were like the interior of a round pyramid, and those walls were covered with luminous sound waves which gave the impression of multicolored water waves. Everything was moving to a marvelously relaxing rhythm of musical vibrations. After having me seated in a comfortable chair which was covered with black fur, giving it the impression of being alive, he said: I must warn you that among the Elohim there is not only one opinion as to the future of Humanity on Earth. Yahweh thinks that 1 rrooe 4 1 tid 1 1 men are good, and he feels that we should let them progress by themselves, convinced that if they are negative, they will self-destroy. 284 INTELLIGENT DESIGN: MESSAGE FROM THE DESIGNERS but save his life.’ Job 2: 1-6.