Struggles With God

"Israel" means "One who struggles with God." The Bible is a dialogue in which God, personified ultimate reality, is not only heard but also questioned and challenged.

Poul Anderson's Peter Berg lives this prophetic tradition when he screams:

"'Why did You do this to her, why did You do it?'"
-Poul Anderson, "The Problem of Pain" IN Anderson, The Van Rijn Method (Riverdale, NY, 2009), pp. 103-134 AT p. 130.

An hour later, he says:

"'Your will be done...'" (ibid.)

So Peter struggles or at least argues with God. Does this bring him closer to the Ythrians than he thinks?