First world problems

I was speaking about the world in general. And the world is fallen and can never achieve this idealistic equality. So all attempt by human idealist to enforce equality will eventually lead to disaster.. We have seen many ""cultural revolutions"" through history wanting to create a perfect society and all of them end in violence and the breakdown of society.. All the experiments seeking to create a perfect society have failed dismally..

As for the brethren God wants us to love the brethren but God himself declares that some will be called greater in the kingdom of Heaven and some will be called lesser in the kingdom of heaven.. All of them will be loved and are loved by God but some will have greater honor in eternity..

As for the parable of the workers in the field which you mention the same "pay" is Salvation the time the workers are working in the field is referring to the length of time a person is a Christian.. Some people become Christians early in their lives and they work for God for many years. Others become Christian near to the end of their lives. Some even on the day of their deaths.. The same reward is given to all Christians (Salvation) no matter if they are Christians for 80 years before the die or if they are Christians for only 8 minutes before they die..

Satan wanted to be a God equal with God..

Isaiah 14: KJV
12 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! {13} For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: {14} I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. {15} Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."

The Most High is God..

And i am not sure how you come to the conclusion that Job was telling God what to do?

read scripture lucifer said he wanted to exalt my throne ABOVE the stars of God.

also read Job when God was having a conversation with him asking well where were you at the beginning of creation? Job was whining about how he had been treated and that God wasnt blessing him. it was because Job had always been blessed and didnt think he had to suffer cos he had been so good.

it would have been like Jesus saying to his Father Im too good to be crucificed Im not going to do it, and giving all the reasons then saying crucify someone else instead.

That is my take on it, Im not saying you have to agree with me on every little point. i have noticed that many people use Job to illustrate their idea of 'why do good people suffer' but really they mean 'why do wealthy people suffer' as if being wealthy and having a certain comfortable lifestyle is meant to insulate them from all the suffering in the world. That's why Job was attacked it is clear in his story that he was a very wealthy man. righteous, as he emphasised, but wealthy too. it listed all his possesions and such. everything was taken away from him to test whther he was still faithful to God. thankfully he did pass the test but not without some soul searching.

i define equality the way God defines it.
much of Library work is about quality not quantity. many people cant get their head around it though, they assume that the longer hours you do the more you should be paid. but that just means people work slower. .

I think you ought to look a bit deeper into the way God measures things. its not a mans measure.

When you state, "I think you ought to look a bit deeper into the way God measures things. it's not a mans (as you wrote it) measure."

Yes. This is exactly the point I was trying to get across to you -- that some of the things you speak about or against continually might actually be set in place by God for His own reasons, and from a human standpoint, they don't seem fair at all.

Sometimes these inequalities are meant to be righted, and sometimes they are God's own choice and doing.

I was pointing that out because I think your posts seem to overlook that.

About toilet paper and/or shortages.

You can use water like millions have over the centuries...……..but it will take some facing up to the abilities. Wash your hands afterwards, by all means.