Lyric discussion by Xrunner 

Cover art for Sorrow lyrics by Bad Religion

Source: http://www.punknews.org/article/9447

Well, it’s the story of Job from the Old Testament. Job was the most righteous man in the world. The devil said to God “these people are basically bad” and god said “Well no.”

The devil said “Give me one example” and god said “Look at Job, he’s a righteous man.”

The devil said that he could corrupt him like any man, and they made a wager. And that was god’s way of rewarding the one righteous man on the planet. That was god turning his back on the one man who was good and righteous. That’s not god, that’s religion.

That’s an example of how detestable religion is. What is the lesson there?

No matter how good you are, god will turn his back on you? This is the basis for Judaeo-Christian religion? Is it any surprise the world is so screwed up.

They say that the story of the Job is the saddest story ever told, so it seemed like the best archetypal story to start a song called “Sorrow”

@Xrunner Job is the saddest story ever told? Did you even get to the ending?