Originally posted by AxXiZ
Mhhhh... just noticed something very strange.
At the one hand you guys always say "Why do people always have those prejudices against (death) metal when they don't know the lyrics and stuff?" but on the other hand you say something like "God is by far THE MOST wrathful entity ever concieved. I mean, he's a genocidal maniac, and jealous to the point where he'll condemn you to an eternity of fiery torment if you don't believe in him or spend your life telling him how great he is and trying to please him."
Do you know the lyrics of the bible? Do you? REALLY? 
Read it again and try to read inbetween the lines!
And btw, no I'm not a dumb fanatic spamming metal forums to prove to you that metal sucks. Opeth is one of my favourite bands, too, and I saw them live at Wacken
A valid point, I suppose, but the stories of the bible are part of the consciousness of our Judeo-Christian society. I don't need to read the bible (although I have read some of it) to know what Jesus was all about, or who Noah is, or what the Ten Commandments say, or what any of the major underlying principles of the religion are. Death metal lyrics are NOT part of our culture, and thus people who pre-judge their meaning are doing so from a far greater ignorace - they don't have the vaguest idea at all - just pre-concieved notions due to the supposed audio/visual asthetics of SOME bands, and not others. For the sake of my arguement, I think it's safe to say that there's only one bible.
As for reading between the lines, that'd be personally interpreting the Bible, which is a no-no according to Fundamentalist Christians (or at least the ones I've talked to). I think denoting God as a dictator IS reading between the lines, myself, considering that the Bible obviously only wants to paint a positive portrait of their God, sans interpretation.
...not that this matters or this is the thread to argue this, but I couldn't resist making this point
Soo... adorning TWO avatars, is Angelina Jolie now the forum's most popular specific avatar subject?