...and You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Isis Unveiled

 

Apart from having one of the raddest band names in history, ...Trail of Dead are one of the most original (wikipedia calls them an 'Art Rock band' whatever that means), and most badass rock bands out there. Producing consistently good music since their first album in '99, their latest was released in Feb 2009 and I've listened to it, in full, at least thrice every month since I got it and it sounds better and better every time. One of the best tracks is, in my opinion (and everyone is entitled to my opinion) Isis Unveiled. It's got a ball-tearing riff that just makes you wanna thrash around, and then there's the subject matter as well, taking on Creation (one of my favourite subjects), God's apparent 'gift' of free will and forgiveness -

"I have made you in my likeness
And I make you the keepers of my garden world
And if you honor me in kind, I will be grateful, but be warned
For I'm a jealous God
Who placed the demons in hell
And the angels in heaven
At my side"  

and the chorus  

And if they taste the blood we'll let them drink
And if they taste the flesh we'll let them eat
And if one has to be forgiven the we'll pardon all that
And if they raise our walls we'll let them in
And if they raise their swords we'll let them hit
And if one asks to be forgiven then, pardon all that"

If any of you reading this know me you'll know that I'm a hardcore atheist and find all this stuff super interesting and get right into it.

So it's no surprise that I'm interpreting all this as alluding to the pointlessness of the belief in God or the concept that 'He has given us free will', which is both completely oxymoronic and moronic and therefore intolerably infuriating for someone like me. 

This concept is so frustrating to hear people talk about it, because if free will is something that were given to you, then surely it is something that can be taken away, although it won't be taken away, and you can't really give it back.

If you misuse you're free will and let's say you murdered someone, God will forgive you and let you into heaven anyway because you're a believer and that's what they do, and what you did can't be God's will, because God wouldn't command such a thing, would he? Though if he did command it, you wouldn't be responsible- God would right? But who's going to go to jail? You can't throw God in jail, so you'll take the fall for doing God's work. But then where's your free will gone? If you told the court that God told you to do it, they'd just pad your cell. 

Free will was created so that nobody could blame God for their sins, even though everything that happens on this earth is apparently God's will and ''He has a plan for every one of us and yadda yadda yadda''.

Aaaaaaaaanyway. This song is fucking awesome. Listen to it, thrash, jump around, just don't murder anyone in the process.

Hoot!

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