I'm all for religion, and I like the song. I'm not Christian, but it's got a positive message from my point of view. As others have mentioned before, independent thinking is something stressed. I feel that some of their other songs were dark just to be dark. This whole album (except for Sweet Leaf) pretty much conveys positive messages. Religion was a big deal, and has a lot to do with the music of Black Sabbath. There's nothing expressly against religion that I've heard, though. A lot of their stuff is against evil.
The riff is awesome too. I just don't like the little musical interlude between verses, though.
@Vizzue I loved what you said. You stated that a lot of their stuff is against evil, but keep in mind that they did a lot of cult themed lyrics and in several songs they wanted to capture a sense of evil. Are they themselves evil? I think they've went through some dark times and were influenced by both good and evil philosophies, and I believe they used that in their music. Either way, great band, Mater of Reality is a marvelous album, and the music is great.
@Vizzue I loved what you said. You stated that a lot of their stuff is against evil, but keep in mind that they did a lot of cult themed lyrics and in several songs they wanted to capture a sense of evil. Are they themselves evil? I think they've went through some dark times and were influenced by both good and evil philosophies, and I believe they used that in their music. Either way, great band, Mater of Reality is a marvelous album, and the music is great.
I'm all for religion, and I like the song. I'm not Christian, but it's got a positive message from my point of view. As others have mentioned before, independent thinking is something stressed. I feel that some of their other songs were dark just to be dark. This whole album (except for Sweet Leaf) pretty much conveys positive messages. Religion was a big deal, and has a lot to do with the music of Black Sabbath. There's nothing expressly against religion that I've heard, though. A lot of their stuff is against evil.
The riff is awesome too. I just don't like the little musical interlude between verses, though.
@Vizzue I loved what you said. You stated that a lot of their stuff is against evil, but keep in mind that they did a lot of cult themed lyrics and in several songs they wanted to capture a sense of evil. Are they themselves evil? I think they've went through some dark times and were influenced by both good and evil philosophies, and I believe they used that in their music. Either way, great band, Mater of Reality is a marvelous album, and the music is great.
@Vizzue I loved what you said. You stated that a lot of their stuff is against evil, but keep in mind that they did a lot of cult themed lyrics and in several songs they wanted to capture a sense of evil. Are they themselves evil? I think they've went through some dark times and were influenced by both good and evil philosophies, and I believe they used that in their music. Either way, great band, Mater of Reality is a marvelous album, and the music is great.