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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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Has MJK pulled a Reznor?

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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Uh... Trent Reznor isn't religious, and he didn't convert to anything.
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Uh... Trent Reznor isn't religious, and he didn't convert to anything.
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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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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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Not true, my friend. If you play NIN's semi-new CD (With Teeth) backwards, there are parts in which Reznor says "Our savior is coming again soon...I wonder when." Also, he has admitted in public that "Hand that Feeds" is about god, (I intentionally use a small "g,") in particular, that the judeo-christian god is said "hand that feeds."
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Not true, my friend. If you play NIN's semi-new CD (With Teeth) backwards, there are parts in which Reznor says "Our savior is coming again soon...I wonder when." Also, he has admitted in public that "Hand that Feeds" is about god, (I intentionally use a small "g,") in particular, that the judeo-christian god is said "hand that feeds."
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I thought the hand that feeds was political.... He probably meant the "god" that's in the white house.
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I thought the hand that feeds was political.... He probably meant the "god" that's in the white house.
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Oh, I'm not fighting that, dude. I'm just saying that your lack of support really won't make a difference. Have your argument be more consequential.

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Oh, I'm not fighting that, dude. I'm just saying that your lack of support really won't make a difference. Have your argument be more consequential.

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Not true, my friend. If you play NIN's semi-new CD (With Teeth) backwards, there are parts in which Reznor says "Our savior is coming again soon...I wonder when." Also, he has admitted in public that "Hand that Feeds" is about god, (I intentionally use a small "g,") in particular, that the judeo-christian god is said "hand that feeds."
..wait are you actually serious? wow. actually, no, you are, in everyway, wrong.
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Not true, my friend. If you play NIN's semi-new CD (With Teeth) backwards, there are parts in which Reznor says "Our savior is coming again soon...I wonder when." Also, he has admitted in public that "Hand that Feeds" is about god, (I intentionally use a small "g,") in particular, that the judeo-christian god is said "hand that feeds."
..wait are you actually serious? wow. actually, no, you are, in everyway, wrong.
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I thought the hand that feeds was political.... He probably meant the "god" that's in the white house.
I still stick behind that one, dude. Totally. It's one of those "right on" lyrics that needs little further thought...

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I thought the hand that feeds was political.... He probably meant the "god" that's in the white house.
I still stick behind that one, dude. Totally. It's one of those "right on" lyrics that needs little further thought...

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..wait are you actually serious? wow. actually, no, you are, in everyway, wrong.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
Well put. I think that is what I really wanted to express.
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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.
Well put. I think that is what I really wanted to express.
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Maybe maynard is trying to tell us he is the G-O-Dizzle
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Maybe maynard is trying to tell us he is the G-O-Dizzle
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10,000 days is basically saying, his if anyone deserves heaven, it should be his mom, beacuse she believed so much. He isnt saying there is a God or anywhere on this album that he is turning religious.... he is basically looking at the ironies of religion.
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10,000 days is basically saying, his if anyone deserves heaven, it should be his mom, beacuse she believed so much. He isnt saying there is a God or anywhere on this album that he is turning religious.... he is basically looking at the ironies of religion.
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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.

have you ever really kmown nards real beliefs ? he 's selling you a product/his art . use your mind develope your own veiws and don't worry about some other dude's state of mind , he's not worried about yours . As far as i'm concerned eversince opiate maynard has been a jesus freak , i've told other "fans" this and they disagreed , hate to say it but...you know who you are
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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.

have you ever really kmown nards real beliefs ? he 's selling you a product/his art . use your mind develope your own veiws and don't worry about some other dude's state of mind , he's not worried about yours . As far as i'm concerned eversince opiate maynard has been a jesus freak , i've told other "fans" this and they disagreed , hate to say it but...you know who you are
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have you ever really kmown nards real beliefs ? he 's selling you a product/his art . use your mind develope your own veiws and don't worry about some other dude's state of mind , he's not worried about yours . As far as i'm concerned eversince opiate maynard has been a jesus freak , i've told other "fans" this and they disagreed , hate to say it but...you know who you are

i know its already kinda of been said, but he doesnt hate religion he hates people who use religion for personal gain instead of personal growth.
What is religion if not just a set of rules to live by? Everybody has their religion in one way or another. We all listen to the "teachings" of TOOL and interpret them in our own ways and many of us, me included, get it wrong.
Obvioulsy the people who follow organised religion will interpret the parabols in their own way and take soemthing different from it than the next christian and they get it wrong.
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have you ever really kmown nards real beliefs ? he 's selling you a product/his art . use your mind develope your own veiws and don't worry about some other dude's state of mind , he's not worried about yours . As far as i'm concerned eversince opiate maynard has been a jesus freak , i've told other "fans" this and they disagreed , hate to say it but...you know who you are

i know its already kinda of been said, but he doesnt hate religion he hates people who use religion for personal gain instead of personal growth.
What is religion if not just a set of rules to live by? Everybody has their religion in one way or another. We all listen to the "teachings" of TOOL and interpret them in our own ways and many of us, me included, get it wrong.
Obvioulsy the people who follow organised religion will interpret the parabols in their own way and take soemthing different from it than the next christian and they get it wrong.
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i know its already kinda of been said, but he doesnt hate religion he hates people who use religion for personal gain instead of personal growth.
What is religion if not just a set of rules to live by? Everybody has their religion in one way or another. We all listen to the "teachings" of TOOL and interpret them in our own ways and many of us, me included, get it wrong.
Obvioulsy the people who follow organised religion will interpret the parabols in their own way and take soemthing different from it than the next christian and they get it wrong.
Whoa there, my friend. I hope you're not implyng that listening to Tool is a form of religion. They are very different activities and need to be distinguished one from the other to maintain sanity (in and out of this forum).

I basically see Tool's music as a form of entertainment. I'm not sure if I can affirm that I follow their "teachings", but I do try to get the best out their music and lyrics and somehow apply it to my life. And this process is barely conscious. When MJK says at the intro to this opinion section, "in a perfect world, bla bla bla, everyone would pick something up from our music and do something extraordinary", you can infer that he's asking for too much, and he makes this explicit by starting off saying "in a perfect world".

No, no. Religion is another matter entirely. It relies on faith, which is nice and interesting in some aspects. My affinity with Tool has nothing to do with faith. It's more to do with a deep rooted feeling I have and that grows and transforms every time I listen to their music. And this is even less conscious.
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i know its already kinda of been said, but he doesnt hate religion he hates people who use religion for personal gain instead of personal growth.
What is religion if not just a set of rules to live by? Everybody has their religion in one way or another. We all listen to the "teachings" of TOOL and interpret them in our own ways and many of us, me included, get it wrong.
Obvioulsy the people who follow organised religion will interpret the parabols in their own way and take soemthing different from it than the next christian and they get it wrong.
Whoa there, my friend. I hope you're not implyng that listening to Tool is a form of religion. They are very different activities and need to be distinguished one from the other to maintain sanity (in and out of this forum).

I basically see Tool's music as a form of entertainment. I'm not sure if I can affirm that I follow their "teachings", but I do try to get the best out their music and lyrics and somehow apply it to my life. And this process is barely conscious. When MJK says at the intro to this opinion section, "in a perfect world, bla bla bla, everyone would pick something up from our music and do something extraordinary", you can infer that he's asking for too much, and he makes this explicit by starting off saying "in a perfect world".

No, no. Religion is another matter entirely. It relies on faith, which is nice and interesting in some aspects. My affinity with Tool has nothing to do with faith. It's more to do with a deep rooted feeling I have and that grows and transforms every time I listen to their music. And this is even less conscious.
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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.

oh and to actaully reply to the post. Maynard isnt a more talented musician than Trent. Trent plays all the instruments on his albums (or at least used to) and does a bit of production (he has a band that play live only).
I dont think that MJK has embraced religion.
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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.

oh and to actaully reply to the post. Maynard isnt a more talented musician than Trent. Trent plays all the instruments on his albums (or at least used to) and does a bit of production (he has a band that play live only).
I dont think that MJK has embraced religion.
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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.
You think the meaning of life has anything to do with reality?

You think that because Maynard uses religious imagery he has "converted"?

You need to think again.
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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.
You think the meaning of life has anything to do with reality?

You think that because Maynard uses religious imagery he has "converted"?

You need to think again.
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Whoa there, my friend. I hope you're not implyng that listening to Tool is a form of religion. They are very different activities and need to be distinguished one from the other to maintain sanity (in and out of this forum).

I basically see Tool's music as a form of entertainment. I'm not sure if I can affirm that I follow their "teachings", but I do try to get the best out their music and lyrics and somehow apply it to my life. And this process is barely conscious. When MJK says at the intro to this opinion section, "in a perfect world, bla bla bla, everyone would pick something up from our music and do something extraordinary", you can infer that he's asking for too much, and he makes this explicit by starting off saying "in a perfect world".

No, no. Religion is another matter entirely. It relies on faith, which is nice and interesting in some aspects. My affinity with Tool has nothing to do with faith. It's more to do with a deep rooted feeling I have and that grows and transforms every time I listen to their music. And this is even less conscious.

i see what you're saying. I will admit iwas kind of generaliseing, but you have to generalise to make a point. What is faith? Belief, soemthing to believe in to make us feel safe really.
I undersand what you're saying about the music, it is the same for me. But seperate the men frm the music andyou have what soem people consider to be spiritual, god-like figures, especially maynard. The comparisons are there, and although that doesnt apply to you i'm sure it applies to others. But basically i was not saying TOOL was a religion. My point was that everyone has rules that they live by, i have mine and you have yours, just some people choose to share the beliefs of others (organised religion).
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Whoa there, my friend. I hope you're not implyng that listening to Tool is a form of religion. They are very different activities and need to be distinguished one from the other to maintain sanity (in and out of this forum).

I basically see Tool's music as a form of entertainment. I'm not sure if I can affirm that I follow their "teachings", but I do try to get the best out their music and lyrics and somehow apply it to my life. And this process is barely conscious. When MJK says at the intro to this opinion section, "in a perfect world, bla bla bla, everyone would pick something up from our music and do something extraordinary", you can infer that he's asking for too much, and he makes this explicit by starting off saying "in a perfect world".

No, no. Religion is another matter entirely. It relies on faith, which is nice and interesting in some aspects. My affinity with Tool has nothing to do with faith. It's more to do with a deep rooted feeling I have and that grows and transforms every time I listen to their music. And this is even less conscious.

i see what you're saying. I will admit iwas kind of generaliseing, but you have to generalise to make a point. What is faith? Belief, soemthing to believe in to make us feel safe really.
I undersand what you're saying about the music, it is the same for me. But seperate the men frm the music andyou have what soem people consider to be spiritual, god-like figures, especially maynard. The comparisons are there, and although that doesnt apply to you i'm sure it applies to others. But basically i was not saying TOOL was a religion. My point was that everyone has rules that they live by, i have mine and you have yours, just some people choose to share the beliefs of others (organised religion).
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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.
Most close-minded comment I've ever heard.

You've lumped religion into one category; notwithstanding the essence of the source of all religion is peaceful. It is the people that are so-called followers of these religions that choose to kill, destroy, and display monstrosities in God's name. Supporting the people that enact these horrors doesn't entail a support of their beliefs.
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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.
Most close-minded comment I've ever heard.

You've lumped religion into one category; notwithstanding the essence of the source of all religion is peaceful. It is the people that are so-called followers of these religions that choose to kill, destroy, and display monstrosities in God's name. Supporting the people that enact these horrors doesn't entail a support of their beliefs.
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Trent Reznor is very gifted musically... to say MJK is infinitely more gifted than him is ignorant.
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Trent Reznor is very gifted musically... to say MJK is infinitely more gifted than him is ignorant.
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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.
Niether Reznor nor MJK are religious. Both are often talking about religion. Furthermore, music is music. If you enjoy how music sounds and the emotions it evokes you can listen to a band simply endorsing their music and not their beliefs. It is a straw-man fallacy to do otherwise
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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.
Niether Reznor nor MJK are religious. Both are often talking about religion. Furthermore, music is music. If you enjoy how music sounds and the emotions it evokes you can listen to a band simply endorsing their music and not their beliefs. It is a straw-man fallacy to do otherwise
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if the anti-christ mentioned "God" in his song, i guess he must have gone through a conversion too.
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if the anti-christ mentioned "God" in his song, i guess he must have gone through a conversion too.
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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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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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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.
you're not very perceptive, are ya?
i think its entirely OBVIOUS that MJK is using that religious/christian imagery for the benefit of his mother's memory.
it has nothing to do with him accepting jesus or becoming relgious. ahhahahahahahahahaah
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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.
you're not very perceptive, are ya?
i think its entirely OBVIOUS that MJK is using that religious/christian imagery for the benefit of his mother's memory.
it has nothing to do with him accepting jesus or becoming relgious. ahhahahahahahahahaah
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you're not very perceptive, are ya?
i think its entirely OBVIOUS that MJK is using that religious/christian imagery for the benefit of his mother's memory.
it has nothing to do with him accepting jesus or becoming relgious. ahhahahahahahahahaah
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you're not very perceptive, are ya?
i think its entirely OBVIOUS that MJK is using that religious/christian imagery for the benefit of his mother's memory.
it has nothing to do with him accepting jesus or becoming relgious. ahhahahahahahahahaah
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It never ceases to amaze me how people so gifted in some areas can so mispercieve reality and the meaning of life.
I don't think Maynard has "converted" to religion. MJK pretty openly opposes organized religion (Trent too) presumably because many Christians (especially in the US) hold such absolutist, narrow-minded views. Views extremely similar to the kind of rhetoric in this post.

It amazes me that someone who "loves" Tool (I assume both their music and the things they have to say) would cease "supporting" them because he has a different perception of reality (note: I didn't say "wrong"). Isn't this much closer to the kind of mindset that leads to religious/ideological wars.

Just because you don't go to a church, temple, or mosque on the weekends doesn't mean you are free of homogenizing, elitist, and ultimately violent views. I am glad that you have found a perception of reality and the meaning of life that you find to be true, however that doesn't mean that anyone that doesn't share your view is an ignorant fool unworthy of your respect.

On the subject of the spiritual/religious overtones of 10,000 days, what is known about MJK alcohol (if not drug problem). APC's 13th Step pretty clearly seems to be written by someone who is familiar with addiction. Not to mention songs throughout Tool's history indicate a struggle with drugs or alcohol (Sober, H, etc.). A friend told me that between The Fragile and With Teeth, Trent quit drinking.

I am not saying that either have become Southern Baptist Republicans. But it might help to explain the spirituality that seems to permeate the lyrics of both artists.

I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's a terrible tragedy.
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It never ceases to amaze me how people so gifted in some areas can so mispercieve reality and the meaning of life.
I don't think Maynard has "converted" to religion. MJK pretty openly opposes organized religion (Trent too) presumably because many Christians (especially in the US) hold such absolutist, narrow-minded views. Views extremely similar to the kind of rhetoric in this post.

It amazes me that someone who "loves" Tool (I assume both their music and the things they have to say) would cease "supporting" them because he has a different perception of reality (note: I didn't say "wrong"). Isn't this much closer to the kind of mindset that leads to religious/ideological wars.

Just because you don't go to a church, temple, or mosque on the weekends doesn't mean you are free of homogenizing, elitist, and ultimately violent views. I am glad that you have found a perception of reality and the meaning of life that you find to be true, however that doesn't mean that anyone that doesn't share your view is an ignorant fool unworthy of your respect.

On the subject of the spiritual/religious overtones of 10,000 days, what is known about MJK alcohol (if not drug problem). APC's 13th Step pretty clearly seems to be written by someone who is familiar with addiction. Not to mention songs throughout Tool's history indicate a struggle with drugs or alcohol (Sober, H, etc.). A friend told me that between The Fragile and With Teeth, Trent quit drinking.

I am not saying that either have become Southern Baptist Republicans. But it might help to explain the spirituality that seems to permeate the lyrics of both artists.

I don't know, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's a terrible tragedy.
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you're not very perceptive, are ya?
i think its entirely OBVIOUS that MJK is using that religious/christian imagery for the benefit of his mother's memory.
it has nothing to do with him accepting jesus or becoming relgious. ahhahahahahahahahaah
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you're not very perceptive, are ya?
i think its entirely OBVIOUS that MJK is using that religious/christian imagery for the benefit of his mother's memory.
it has nothing to do with him accepting jesus or becoming relgious. ahhahahahahahahahaah
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Think of the social world like this, every person out there is just an option of the person you can be. Using that idea... what are friends then? Friends would be two or more people who influence each other (directly) to help become the people they hope/plan/destine to be in the end. Maynard and Trent are friends, so ive heard? Dont they work together with the tapeworm project? I think they will share similar beliefs, ideas, influences that any type of friendship would encounter. Its expected that they would spit out, not necesarily the same, but work that is in common with each others, right? I may be wrong, but my friends hear what i have to say, and it affects them... just because maynard and trent are famous people, and im sure much more intelligent than i am, that doesnt make them any less human than i or even you.
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Think of the social world like this, every person out there is just an option of the person you can be. Using that idea... what are friends then? Friends would be two or more people who influence each other (directly) to help become the people they hope/plan/destine to be in the end. Maynard and Trent are friends, so ive heard? Dont they work together with the tapeworm project? I think they will share similar beliefs, ideas, influences that any type of friendship would encounter. Its expected that they would spit out, not necesarily the same, but work that is in common with each others, right? I may be wrong, but my friends hear what i have to say, and it affects them... just because maynard and trent are famous people, and im sure much more intelligent than i am, that doesnt make them any less human than i or even you.
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Now hold on. Don't flame me just yet. MJK is infinitely more gifted musically. .
Uh......yeaaaahhh. I don't post here, just a lurker, but this just compelled me to type up a response. Trent Reznor is a phenomenal musician cut from an entirely different cloth than Maynard, who is also quite talented. Your remarks just make you seem like an ignorant asshole.
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Now hold on. Don't flame me just yet. MJK is infinitely more gifted musically. .
Uh......yeaaaahhh. I don't post here, just a lurker, but this just compelled me to type up a response. Trent Reznor is a phenomenal musician cut from an entirely different cloth than Maynard, who is also quite talented. Your remarks just make you seem like an ignorant asshole.
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Now hold on. Don't flame me just yet. MJK is infinitely more gifted musically.

To support seven, just because MJK is more appealing to you, doesnt mean you can just state that MJK is more gifted. Show me some proof and i might believe you, but i probably wont. Trent is a genious, in my opinion he might be the most genious of any rock musician out there today.

And i dont mean to trash maynard at all... But musically, what has he demonstrated? He can come up with amazing melodies, hes got an amazing voice, one of the best screams in the music scene today, but most importantly he works very well with the other 3 guys in his band. Tool is not a reflection of maynard, its a reflection of all 4 guys working together. Where as someone said, most of NIN is a reflection of the work of trent reznor.
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Now hold on. Don't flame me just yet. MJK is infinitely more gifted musically.

To support seven, just because MJK is more appealing to you, doesnt mean you can just state that MJK is more gifted. Show me some proof and i might believe you, but i probably wont. Trent is a genious, in my opinion he might be the most genious of any rock musician out there today.

And i dont mean to trash maynard at all... But musically, what has he demonstrated? He can come up with amazing melodies, hes got an amazing voice, one of the best screams in the music scene today, but most importantly he works very well with the other 3 guys in his band. Tool is not a reflection of maynard, its a reflection of all 4 guys working together. Where as someone said, most of NIN is a reflection of the work of trent reznor.
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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.

Ok Einstein...go right now and move out of your parents' basement on the grounds that war over LAND has killed billions of people throughout the ages. If you had any brain at all you would have realized years ago that the problem is not in God but in mankind; take any good or great idea and give it to we fallible, failing humans...of course we're gonna fuck it up. Yes, killing is horrible, but that doesn't necessarily mean that what they're killing for is horrible too. Any intelligent person can make that conclusion. Judge religion by God, Christ, or whoever people believe in...alone. Not by the way stupid people choose to express their beliefs in that god. Kill the messenger but not the boss. And in the meantime, get off your soapbox and get a life because nobody cares. "Oh, I'm gonna boycott a band because I think they don't hate God..." Who's the religious bigot now? Congratulations, you're both a hyporcite and a moron.
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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.

Ok Einstein...go right now and move out of your parents' basement on the grounds that war over LAND has killed billions of people throughout the ages. If you had any brain at all you would have realized years ago that the problem is not in God but in mankind; take any good or great idea and give it to we fallible, failing humans...of course we're gonna fuck it up. Yes, killing is horrible, but that doesn't necessarily mean that what they're killing for is horrible too. Any intelligent person can make that conclusion. Judge religion by God, Christ, or whoever people believe in...alone. Not by the way stupid people choose to express their beliefs in that god. Kill the messenger but not the boss. And in the meantime, get off your soapbox and get a life because nobody cares. "Oh, I'm gonna boycott a band because I think they don't hate God..." Who's the religious bigot now? Congratulations, you're both a hyporcite and a moron.
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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.
I agree. His mother was the religious one (see Judith) and he questioned faith because of it. But he's about as spiritual as you can get and 10,000 Days (the song) just shows his respect for his mother (I thought he hated her for being devout).
...of course that just my opinion - I could be wrong.
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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.
I agree. His mother was the religious one (see Judith) and he questioned faith because of it. But he's about as spiritual as you can get and 10,000 Days (the song) just shows his respect for his mother (I thought he hated her for being devout).
...of course that just my opinion - I could be wrong.
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trent and maynard are two of the most gifted artists in the past decade or two.
They're lyrics are actually very similar. Trent might be more anti religion than maynard in fact. Hand that Feeds is not at all positive toward religion, where wings is somewhat positive.
People misinterpret Maynard so much, Opiate isn't about religion its about the people like Pat Robertson, who use it for their own personal gain, Judith isn't about hating god it's more of amazement that his mom would stay devout. Yes it's angry, but not at her
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trent and maynard are two of the most gifted artists in the past decade or two.
They're lyrics are actually very similar. Trent might be more anti religion than maynard in fact. Hand that Feeds is not at all positive toward religion, where wings is somewhat positive.
People misinterpret Maynard so much, Opiate isn't about religion its about the people like Pat Robertson, who use it for their own personal gain, Judith isn't about hating god it's more of amazement that his mom would stay devout. Yes it's angry, but not at her
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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.
To say that Maynard is musically more gifted is false. Reznor writes the majority of his music himself, as Maynard is one of the four that writes Tool’s music. You may prefer one or the other in terms of style but no way can you say one or the other is musically more gifted.

In my view the most gifted musicians are, Trent Reznor, Mike Patton and Devin Townsend. And the most gifted band is Tool.
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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.
To say that Maynard is musically more gifted is false. Reznor writes the majority of his music himself, as Maynard is one of the four that writes Tool’s music. You may prefer one or the other in terms of style but no way can you say one or the other is musically more gifted.

In my view the most gifted musicians are, Trent Reznor, Mike Patton and Devin Townsend. And the most gifted band is Tool.
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To say that Maynard is musically more gifted is false. Reznor writes the majority of his music himself, as Maynard is one of the four that writes Tool’s music. You may prefer one or the other in terms of style but no way can you say one or the other is musically more gifted.

In my view the most gifted musicians are, Trent Reznor, Mike Patton and Devin Townsend. And the most gifted band is Tool.

excellent post!!
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To say that Maynard is musically more gifted is false. Reznor writes the majority of his music himself, as Maynard is one of the four that writes Tool’s music. You may prefer one or the other in terms of style but no way can you say one or the other is musically more gifted.

In my view the most gifted musicians are, Trent Reznor, Mike Patton and Devin Townsend. And the most gifted band is Tool.

excellent post!!
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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.
It is so black and white to think that anyone in Tool used to be an atheist and has now turned Christian. If you'd really feel where the lyrics come from you should know they are against dogma, but encourage a deep, almost religious kind of respect for the reality in which we live.

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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.
It is so black and white to think that anyone in Tool used to be an atheist and has now turned Christian. If you'd really feel where the lyrics come from you should know they are against dogma, but encourage a deep, almost religious kind of respect for the reality in which we live.

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