Man, why do these songs always have to turn into religious debates? Although I must say (with moronic ignorance like syko227 aside) this is perhaps the most polite religious debate I have seen on here, no one has called anyone a fag yet, way to go!
Anyway, I personaly did not see this song as mockery because like the whole album, it is telling a story. This is the point of view of someone else, not Trent going "oooh, look at meee, I'm a christain and I believe blah blah blah" it's the corrupt and incorrect views of characters in the story.
In my opinon, I agree with the one who said it is more about the goverment than christains. Seriously, I never had to think about it, I heard it and it just made sense to me (being as many of the songs from Year Zero are from the viewpoint of the goverment or a soldier) that it was the goverment trying to justify what it is doing by saying it is God's will. I mean, seriously, this is something that has been done millions of times in the past. So in all honesty, I see mockery or blasphemy in this song, just a goverement trying to trick the people into following them by saying this is God's will and we are His chosen people, like the Muslims before them and thousands of religions before them.
So, in all honesty, I think it is the Anti-Religious people here that are trying to claim a song that doesn't mean what you want it to mean. Seriously, there are pleanty of anti-religious songs out there, just go listen to a Marilyn Manson cd (not just because of the anti-religious content, I mean come on... they are fucking amazing) or any death metal cd (if thats your thing), but understand that this song and CD is not anti-religious, it is anti-goverment.
Man, why do these songs always have to turn into religious debates? Although I must say (with moronic ignorance like syko227 aside) this is perhaps the most polite religious debate I have seen on here, no one has called anyone a fag yet, way to go!
Anyway, I personaly did not see this song as mockery because like the whole album, it is telling a story. This is the point of view of someone else, not Trent going "oooh, look at meee, I'm a christain and I believe blah blah blah" it's the corrupt and incorrect views of characters in the story.
In my opinon, I agree with the one who said it is more about the goverment than christains. Seriously, I never had to think about it, I heard it and it just made sense to me (being as many of the songs from Year Zero are from the viewpoint of the goverment or a soldier) that it was the goverment trying to justify what it is doing by saying it is God's will. I mean, seriously, this is something that has been done millions of times in the past. So in all honesty, I see mockery or blasphemy in this song, just a goverement trying to trick the people into following them by saying this is God's will and we are His chosen people, like the Muslims before them and thousands of religions before them.
So, in all honesty, I think it is the Anti-Religious people here that are trying to claim a song that doesn't mean what you want it to mean. Seriously, there are pleanty of anti-religious songs out there, just go listen to a Marilyn Manson cd (not just because of the anti-religious content, I mean come on... they are fucking amazing) or any death metal cd (if thats your thing), but understand that this song and CD is not anti-religious, it is anti-goverment.