Q: If there is a God, why did he allow Wilson Pickett to write "Mustang Sally"?

 

Dear Vanilla Pop:

First off, I just want to say that I love your show. You guys are great.

Here's my issue:

For the record, I wouldn't really call myself a true "believer". I mean how did Noah figure out how to keep the rabbits from just taking over the whole ship right?

But if there is a God, why on his good green Earth did he let Wilson Pickett write a song like "Mustang Sally"? Have you listened to that thing? It's absolute torture. It makes me wonder if God is a sadist.

Is God a sadist?

Thanks guys!

-Wondering whether or not God is a sadist.

DEAR WWONGIAS:

Thanks for your letter. We've actually been wondering about this ourselves for a few years, and have come to the conclusion that it's not really a question of whether God is a sadist or not, it's a question of whether he really cares for music or not.

I understand that creating an entire universe is probably a lot of work. Even for a guy like God.

All work and no play...

If you've read your scripture, you know that on day one, he creates the heavens and the earth, and the next day- the sky. (Which you'd think would just be an after effect of day one right?) 
 
The next day he does the land, then the stars and heavenly bodies, then all water borne life on day five, and finally- the land animals on day six. Then he takes a break cause he's probably exhausted from figuring out how to get a platypus to lay an egg.

But what he does on that day of rest is still a big mystery.

You'd be tired too.

All I know is that nowhere in the bible does it say "And on the seventh day, God picked up a guitar and sang because it was good." Neither does it say, "And God sat down at the piano and knocked out a little ditty to commemorate his creation." Or even: "And God whistled." 

I could go on but you get my drift. He just doesn't seem to care about music. 

There are rumors that God was tone deaf and pretty bent about the whole affair, so he just stayed away from the music thing altogether.

There is also the theory that he may have been a bit jealous. ("For I am a jealous God blah, blah, blah...) due to the fact that Lucifer seems to have inherited all the talent. Ezekiel 28:13 contains this bit of info- 

"the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created."

"Tabrets" are very small drums, (NOT the Asian pronunciation of "Tablets"). And "Pipes" probably refer to the Pan Flute. This shows us that Lucifer was most likely the musically inclined one, and that Zamfir, master of the Pan Flute, may possibly be the Devil reincarnate.

Even in modern music, we find several references to Lucifer's love of the note. "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" by the Charlie Daniel's Band is the one that first comes to mind. Hell he loves music so much he actually travels to Georgia of all places to search out this Johnny kid, just to have a fiddle-off. Dedicated? I think so.

Death by music

So our take on the whole thing is that he just avoided music altogether for personal reasons. If music did matter to him, trust me... he would have smote Mr. Pickett mid verse.
 
He also wouldn't have allowed "Bare Naked Ladies" to become a "band", and would never allowed Starship's "We Built This City" to stay on the Billboard Top 100 chart for over 16 weeks for Christ's Heaven's sake.

So no Virginia, God is not a sadist. He just doesn't give a damn. 
 
For further reading, check out this guy's blog post: http://new.exchristian.net/2014/01/lucifer-lord-of-music.html
Hope this helps you figure things out.
 
All the best...
Al & Les. (Hey that Rhymes.)

If God had musical talent