I'm about to go back and comment on everybody else, but I'm going to post this link to Job 38 first. I second Chris' idea for a reading list, that is to say, and this is an interesting selection.
My favorite bit, 19-21:
"What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?
Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!
I read this not just as God being snarky, but as a real description of human existence.
Posted by seth at May 4, 2004 09:09 AM