chooses to force them to do what is best for them. Still, sin continues unabated. No real long-term solution to this menace has appeared. Clearly polytheists must accept limited confidence in the gods’ character, limited security under the gods’ “ordering” of the earth and limited knowledge of how or why they may be judged. Moses’ account, however, urges readers to know that God grieves over sin, controls injustice, never perpetuates tyranny of any sort and empowers those who are obedient. Monotheists