Heresy

I think this song is more about Atheism than anything else. It was at least a song that helped me feel more affirmation when I first questioned religion. Always helps to know that someone else feels or thinks the same when you start crossing into the forbidden thought realm.

It's a shame that it targets Christianity, but I think that just a side effect of the Trent being American, and Christianity is the dominant religion here, so he is exposed to more of the hypocrisies in Christianity than any other religion. I think the same lyrics can be applied other religions though.

As most atheists and some agnostics believe, all religions were just created by people to explain the unexplainable and to control other people. As a former atheist (now somewhere in the agnostic territory), this song makes perfect sense and was how I used to see things when I first encountered depression and started to question the presence of a God.

The first verse seems to fixate more on the idea that religion is man made.

He sewed his eyes shut because he is afraid to see 
He tries to tell me what I put inside of me 
He's got the answers to ease my curiosity 
He dreamed up a god and called it Christianity

It's hard to believe that there is a benevolent God in control when there are so many things in this world that bring about suffering. I think the second verse really captures this.

He flexed his muscles to keep his flock of sheep in line 
He made a virus that would kill off all the swine 
His perfect kingdom of killing suffering and pain 
Demands devotion atrocities done in his name 

Hope this helps explain another side of the anti religious tones in this song. I was actually turned off by Atheism myself later as I found that most atheists can be just as stubborn as some Christians about their beliefs and can be just as fanatical.

I don't believe you can prove or disprove the existence of God. Just believe what you want or what makes sense to you, let others do the same, and we should all be good.