I think they're using zombies as a sort of loose metaphor for religion, getting in your brains and causing you to seek out the "uninfected" to share your disease with them. It's an awesome metaphor, and I'm glad it's not an outright religious bashing. After all, Catholicism (and thus Christianity) and Islam are just about equally messed up, no matter what your bias is; this is in contrast to the far more peaceful and accepting Hinduism and Buddhism.
It's only those 2 lines that directly refer to religion ("As it has for 2000 years / It's infected the Hindus, infected the Buddhists"), so that's the only clue tying it in as a religious metaphor. Otherwise, yeah, zombies.
I think they're using zombies as a sort of loose metaphor for religion, getting in your brains and causing you to seek out the "uninfected" to share your disease with them. It's an awesome metaphor, and I'm glad it's not an outright religious bashing. After all, Catholicism (and thus Christianity) and Islam are just about equally messed up, no matter what your bias is; this is in contrast to the far more peaceful and accepting Hinduism and Buddhism.
It's only those 2 lines that directly refer to religion ("As it has for 2000 years / It's infected the Hindus, infected the Buddhists"), so that's the only clue tying it in as a religious metaphor. Otherwise, yeah, zombies.