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Originally Posted by BloodRedLion727
Now hold on. Don't flame me just yet. MJK is infinitely more gifted musically. What i'm talking about it a religious "conversion," a la Trent Reznor. This seems to be particularly on display in 10,000 days. I know that Tool songs are always open to interpretation and their meaning are never simply spelled out in the lyrics..but if this happens to be the case, then I'm sincerely dissapointed.
It never ceases to amaze me how people so gifted in some areas can so mispercieve reality and the meaning of life.
Perhaps Keenan hasn't changed his stance and is simply using it as imagery. However, if he has, I can't support Tool or APC from this point on. I will always love his work up until now, and listen to all the previous APC and Tool albums as fervently as I always have--but I can't support his future efforts. I can't support someone who supports the cause of more deaths than anything else in human history--religion.
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maynard has repeatedly stated in the past, even before tool came out with lateralus, that he has nothing against the teachings of spiritual figures such as christ, buddha, mohammed, etc. in fact he often admires the teachings of such figures. what he has a problem against is organized religion, and the way people have used it to gain personal power, money, and fuel wars and conflicts. NOWHERE in 10,000 days do i see any evidence that maynard has come to cherish organized religion. personally i don't think he's changed at all.