Just figured i'd post the lyrics to one of my favorite songs. This is called In The Name of God by Dream Theatre
How can this be?
Why is he the chosen one?
Saint gone astray
With a scepter and a gun
Learn to believe
In the mighty and the strong
Come bleed the beast
Follow me it won't be long
Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God
Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God
Straight is the path
Leading to your salvation
Slaying the weak
Ethnic elimination
Any day we'll all be
Swept away
You'll be saved
As long as you obey
Lies
Tools of the devil inside
Written in Holy disguise
Meant to deceive and divide
Us all
Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God
Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God
Blurring the lines
Between virtue and sin
They can't tell
Where God ends
And mankind begins
They know no other
Life but this
From the cradle
They are claimed
Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God
Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God
Hundreds of believers
Lured into a doomsday cult
All would perish
In the name of God
Self-proclaimed messiah
Led his servants
To their death
Eighty murdered
In the name of God
Forty sons and daughters
Un-consenting plural wives
Perversions
In the name of God
Underground religion
Turning toward
The mainstream light
Blind devotion
In the name of God
Justifying violence
Citing from the Holy Book
Teaching hatred
In the name of God
Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God
Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God
Religious beliefs
Fanatic obsession
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?
Unyielding crusade
Divine revelation
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?
This song just kinda expresses my personnal view on the church and organized religion. Honestly I view it as pretty dumb, considering how hypocritical all religions are. They preach about how God doesn't discriminate and neither should we, yet Christians seem to have problems with Jews and Muslims and the other way around. Look at Jerusalem. Three major religions combine in one spot as they're holy ground, AND NOBODY CAN SEE HOW SIMILAR ALL THE RELIGIONS ARE?!?!?!?!?! seriously, three major religions, trying to say that each of the other ones are wrong, yet they all have the same exact holy ground? sounds kind of suspicious to me. Forgive me for being so angry about it but religion pisses me off sometimes. It all started when I was 15 and noticed that this thing the church sent to all the members of it's congregation every year was simply to ask how much money they were planning on giving over the next year. Sounds awfully greedy to me. Anyway, that was just me venting for a little bit. And I'm done so peace out ya'll
How can this be?
Why is he the chosen one?
Saint gone astray
With a scepter and a gun
Learn to believe
In the mighty and the strong
Come bleed the beast
Follow me it won't be long
Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God
Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God
Straight is the path
Leading to your salvation
Slaying the weak
Ethnic elimination
Any day we'll all be
Swept away
You'll be saved
As long as you obey
Lies
Tools of the devil inside
Written in Holy disguise
Meant to deceive and divide
Us all
Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God
Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God
Blurring the lines
Between virtue and sin
They can't tell
Where God ends
And mankind begins
They know no other
Life but this
From the cradle
They are claimed
Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God
Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God
Hundreds of believers
Lured into a doomsday cult
All would perish
In the name of God
Self-proclaimed messiah
Led his servants
To their death
Eighty murdered
In the name of God
Forty sons and daughters
Un-consenting plural wives
Perversions
In the name of God
Underground religion
Turning toward
The mainstream light
Blind devotion
In the name of God
Justifying violence
Citing from the Holy Book
Teaching hatred
In the name of God
Listen when the prophet
Speaks to you
Killing in the name of God
Passion
Twisting faith into violence
In the name of God
Religious beliefs
Fanatic obsession
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?
Unyielding crusade
Divine revelation
Does following faith
Lead us to violence?
This song just kinda expresses my personnal view on the church and organized religion. Honestly I view it as pretty dumb, considering how hypocritical all religions are. They preach about how God doesn't discriminate and neither should we, yet Christians seem to have problems with Jews and Muslims and the other way around. Look at Jerusalem. Three major religions combine in one spot as they're holy ground, AND NOBODY CAN SEE HOW SIMILAR ALL THE RELIGIONS ARE?!?!?!?!?! seriously, three major religions, trying to say that each of the other ones are wrong, yet they all have the same exact holy ground? sounds kind of suspicious to me. Forgive me for being so angry about it but religion pisses me off sometimes. It all started when I was 15 and noticed that this thing the church sent to all the members of it's congregation every year was simply to ask how much money they were planning on giving over the next year. Sounds awfully greedy to me. Anyway, that was just me venting for a little bit. And I'm done so peace out ya'll