Bildad's angle is quite simple. God is true and God punishes sinners, therefore Job must have sinned to deserve his bad treatment but his argument is also wrong because his equation is not complete. I would love to write a book about Christian equations and what we often think logically being very wrong but Bildad has not allowed for the fact that God does not always allow suffering simply as a result of sin but sometimes to teach and train us and sometimes to bring His glory another way.
One of the best ways to find out how dodgy our logic can be is to discuss these things with friends and make a bold statement such as "women are not allowed to teach" and see why people disagree with it. You will find in some situations that somebody has a revelation of another factor which you haven't considered in your 'logic'
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