@GregYan I agree. I am amazed at what some people come up with sometimes.
The first response sounds like a response where that's what they want the song to be about, but I think it couldn't be more off base and is exactly the opposite. Religion, politics, law all create a lot of wrongs when you look at it pragmatically and keep emotion out of it.
For example, partying, sexual deeds, etc. People do what they want and then are taught to punish themselves for it and others punish them for it. Is it really "wrong" because some one else tells you its wrong? Is it really wrong if it doesn't hurt anyone directly?
I'm not answering that question, because I am not God, if there is one. Seems like it sometimes, but then again it seems like there isn't at others. But wait, It's simple, just have faith, right? Well, which religion do we choose from?
Make the right choice, or you will be abominated. The abomination from others can cause the most pain and confusion for some. The right choice is learned or communicated by the people we are around. So, what's right may be different for a person living in the Middle East than it is for a person in the United States. But some people come up with their own religious beliefs for example regardless of where they live and go by them and are happy.
My experience in life seems to have shown me that to a degree, the only way to avoid hurting people and pain and suffering is to keep your head down, your mouth shut and your eyes closed and turn your brain off and live a simple life. That doesn't come from religion, that comes from my experience. Catch is, that is much harder to do for some people than others, and that can be a biological/psychological/personality/soulful thing as much as anything else. To me these people are those who feel like "flightless birds" when living this simple life. These people are often creatives in a broad sense. They create new things that did not exist before, not just visual artists. I consider scientists creatives, not just musicians, to paint a picture. Without creatives, we would have no music and the world would be the same as it always was.
I do belive, that those who feel like flightless birds must not believe in religion. I mean, how can you expect to go to Heaven if you go against your region? Take Christianity, make no question, there is Hell to pay as far as the Bible is concerned. But if you are an objective person, who is to say there is a Heaven? And who is to say living life like a "flightless bird" ins't hell on earth? But again, this is a mindf*ck that things like religion can create for an individual like that.
What throws the entire song off in my opinion is where they speak of knowing good and evil. If you listen to the song "Heathens", you have to wonder if that song is personal to them. Well, I can answer that after watching an interview about it. IT IS. In fact, I would be surprised if he could put it any more clearly that this song 100% applies to them. Listen to the lyrics of THAT song, and you may be like me. What exactly do they define as good and evil? No judgement, it just seems a little hard to decipher any concrete message with that line thrown in there, because it seems that it was globally applied.
@GregYan I agree. I am amazed at what some people come up with sometimes.
The first response sounds like a response where that's what they want the song to be about, but I think it couldn't be more off base and is exactly the opposite. Religion, politics, law all create a lot of wrongs when you look at it pragmatically and keep emotion out of it.
For example, partying, sexual deeds, etc. People do what they want and then are taught to punish themselves for it and others punish them for it. Is it really "wrong" because some one else tells you its wrong? Is it really wrong if it doesn't hurt anyone directly?
I'm not answering that question, because I am not God, if there is one. Seems like it sometimes, but then again it seems like there isn't at others. But wait, It's simple, just have faith, right? Well, which religion do we choose from?
Make the right choice, or you will be abominated. The abomination from others can cause the most pain and confusion for some. The right choice is learned or communicated by the people we are around. So, what's right may be different for a person living in the Middle East than it is for a person in the United States. But some people come up with their own religious beliefs for example regardless of where they live and go by them and are happy.
My experience in life seems to have shown me that to a degree, the only way to avoid hurting people and pain and suffering is to keep your head down, your mouth shut and your eyes closed and turn your brain off and live a simple life. That doesn't come from religion, that comes from my experience. Catch is, that is much harder to do for some people than others, and that can be a biological/psychological/personality/soulful thing as much as anything else. To me these people are those who feel like "flightless birds" when living this simple life. These people are often creatives in a broad sense. They create new things that did not exist before, not just visual artists. I consider scientists creatives, not just musicians, to paint a picture. Without creatives, we would have no music and the world would be the same as it always was.
I do belive, that those who feel like flightless birds must not believe in religion. I mean, how can you expect to go to Heaven if you go against your region? Take Christianity, make no question, there is Hell to pay as far as the Bible is concerned. But if you are an objective person, who is to say there is a Heaven? And who is to say living life like a "flightless bird" ins't hell on earth? But again, this is a mindf*ck that things like religion can create for an individual like that.
What throws the entire song off in my opinion is where they speak of knowing good and evil. If you listen to the song "Heathens", you have to wonder if that song is personal to them. Well, I can answer that after watching an interview about it. IT IS. In fact, I would be surprised if he could put it any more clearly that this song 100% applies to them. Listen to the lyrics of THAT song, and you may be like me. What exactly do they define as good and evil? No judgement, it just seems a little hard to decipher any concrete message with that line thrown in there, because it seems that it was globally applied.