The problem is that if a person feels that he wasn't given the same chance as others whom he knows for a fact are scum-bags who are enjoying life to the fullest, then it is only to be expected he will feel a strong sense of being unjustly punished or being maliciously attacked. I don't blame Job for complaining about what was occurring to him. I fully understand that his reaction was totally normal.
For example, if I observe godless heathens successfully mounting those beasts but whenever I try I plummet strait down into the rocks, then I will assume that someone is fiddling around with the details in order to prevent it and will eventually begin to very angrily ask why. If that is an irrational reaction then I really don't know what I should consider rational.
Well, what we think is a huge subject, and IMO it is at the heart of salvation too. Not that what we think saves us but what we think literally shapes us, (as well as being shaped by who we actually are), and largely determines how we experience life.
This is something I've given a lot of thought to, because I like to read monastic texts on the subject. Those have to be read carefully, by the way, because we are not all monks and can be harmful if taken too literally in some cases, but reading many of them and practicing certain things has taught me about myself in this regard.
It may be understandable to think a certain way, because we are inherently concerned with ourselves. In almost all of us, there is a degree of pride that wants to assert OUR rights, and so on. So yes, human tendencies (what some might call our "fallen nature" makes certain thoughts normal, though not beneficial. Add to that if one believes in a spiritual realm and the possibility of demonic temptation, then we may be encouraged to think such thoughts.
And they may create a wall between us and God's grace, or feed passions within us that will cause us to reject it.
It is a battle.
But God doesn't give up. I do believe He puts us in beneficial circumstances, uses the bad that comes to us in ways to ultimately help us, sends angels to strengthen where demons would tear down, and so on.
But when we are somewhat warped by those negative thoughts, begin to prefer them, latch onto them, adopt them as who we are rather than realizing there is a counter (and better) way to think ... this is a process of us embracing darkness and preferring it to the light. Hopefully something else will later change the person to be open to God, but during life there are processes that can turn us into one eternally condemned, and these very often involve our thoughts, or are born there.
You're right. I've been focusing on the salvific parts of life, but there are condemnatory impulses too. In God's mercy, I think He does all possible to reach us. But He doesn't force us to accept it.
I'm not sure if that answers your question or not. It's hard to speak in generalities - usually specific examples explain better.
