Zakk Wylde: 'I'm A Soldier Of Christ'

Zakk Wylde has given a rare insight into his spiritual side this week, calling himself "a soldier of Christ".

He also discussed his good fortune in being reunited with his long-lost and beloved guitar, 'The Grail'. According to Loudwire, his signature guitar was stolen years ago, but was thankfully returned when a fan of his found it in a guitar shop with the same serial number.

"I thank the good Lord every day," Wylde told the AU Review when asked about 'The Grail'. "I thank him when I wake up and when I go to bed. I thank him in the middle of the day. I’m definitely grateful for everything I have. Hands down.

"I don’t need a tragedy to happen to realize how blessed I am. I don’t need that. I don’t need to beat up an 80-year-old grandmother and do six years in jail to realize that beating up elderly people and stealing their money is really not a good thing."

Wylde says that avoiding temptation on the road and maintaining his spiritual side is important. "I’m a soldier of Christ, man. Without a doubt. The bottom line is that he's with me all the time."

His band, Black Label Society, reached number 41 on the Billboard chart last May with their last album "The Song Remains Not The Same". Their next release is expected to be an acoustic DVD called "Unblackened" in 2012.

Comments

[jjbarnes]

Hm, suspicious person is suspicious

[Skiny boy89]

Good man!

[Franko 316]

hmm, anybody else think of this when reading the title? .... /watch?v=taih2zUOmIM

[jimmyslashpage]

Anyone else think "The Song Remains Not the Same" is Wylde's miserable attempt at being clever? I cringe every time I read it.

[Grevling123]

jimmyslashpage wrote:
Anyone else think "The Song Remains Not the Same" is Wylde's miserable attempt at being clever? I cringe every time I read it.

to me it looks a bit like a bad parody of Eluveitie's "Everything remains, as it never was"

[Pagan_Poetry]

Soldier of christ... I always find this phrase a bit strange... Like Jesus is leading a war against another country and Zakk Wylde is out in the trenches shooting shit. I guess that's the metaphor, but still, you'd think a religion that does not favor hatred and fighting would, you know, not like to be connected with war.

I'm looking too far into this.

[crazyhorse174]

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

Soldier of christ... I always find this phrase a bit strange... Like Jesus is leading a war against another country and Zakk Wylde is out in the trenches shooting shit. I guess that's the metaphor, but still, you'd think a religion that does not favor hatred and fighting would, you know, not like to be connected with war.

I'm looking too far into this.

Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past!

[sg4ever]

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

Soldier of christ... I always find this phrase a bit strange... Like Jesus is leading a war against another country and Zakk Wylde is out in the trenches shooting shit. I guess that's the metaphor, but still, you'd think a religion that does not favor hatred and fighting would, you know, not like to be connected with war.

I'm looking too far into this.

It doesn't mean a physical soldier that will follow orders to go invade a country. It's talking about a more spiritual and mental war...fight temptation, fighting to make good decisions, fighting to keep your mind on God, that sort of thing. It does bring a strange picture to mind. Eh, I like "some" of his guitar work, but I've never heard him speak of anything spiritual. I honestly think that this bit of news was posted here to stir the proverbial waters of debate. This is a guitar site after all with many differences of opinions between the people who enjoy using the services and forum here.

[nargoth]

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

[Pagan_Poetry]

crazyhorse174 wrote:


Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past!

Lol I know =P

sg4ever wrote:


It doesn't mean a physical soldier that will follow orders to go invade a country. It's talking about a more spiritual and mental war...fight temptation, fighting to make good decisions, fighting to keep your mind on God, that sort of thing. It does bring a strange picture to mind. Eh, I like "some" of his guitar work, but I've never heard him speak of anything spiritual. I honestly think that this bit of news was posted here to stir the proverbial waters of debate. This is a guitar site after all with many differences of opinions between the people who enjoy using the services and forum here.

Mhmm, that's why I mentioned the "I guess that's the metaphor". I agree, though. Most of these articles are made not to promote news but for comments and reactions.

[Mobby32]

nargoth wrote:

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

Are you stupid or something?

[JimBonJovi]

sg4ever wrote:

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

Soldier of christ... I always find this phrase a bit strange... Like Jesus is leading a war against another country and Zakk Wylde is out in the trenches shooting shit. I guess that's the metaphor, but still, you'd think a religion that does not favor hatred and fighting would, you know, not like to be connected with war.

I'm looking too far into this.


It doesn't mean a physical soldier that will follow orders to go invade a country. It's talking about a more spiritual and mental war...fight temptation, fighting to make good decisions, fighting to keep your mind on God, that sort of thing. It does bring a strange picture to mind. Eh, I like "some" of his guitar work, but I've never heard him speak of anything spiritual. I honestly think that this bit of news was posted here to stir the proverbial waters of debate. This is a guitar site after all with many differences of opinions between the people who enjoy using the services and forum here.

Let's not mix up the meaning of spiritual and religious. Spiritual is believing in oneself and your environment not holding any judgements or thoughts to someone in the sky. Religious, well I think we all know what that means. A spiritual person isn't delusion enough to think there's a human up there somewhere, because that makes alot of sense...anyways, I'm glad Zakk Wylde is delusional.

[shwilly]

Lawl, soldier of Christ

I always thought those squealies he makes were meant to repel the hounds of hell as they try to drag him away for being the prince of darkness’ personal guitarist

[killektrika]

Mobby32 wrote:

nargoth wrote:

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

Are you stupid or something?

Its called SARCASM!!!

[napsterfire]

This is dumb

[Gexzilla]

Triple facepalm.
Even if Christ was real, why would he need soldiers?

[Pagan_Poetry]

killektrika wrote:

Mobby32 wrote:

nargoth wrote:

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

Are you stupid or something?

Its called SARCASM!!!

We know. It's still stupid.

[MT_Obsidian]

Gexzilla wrote:

Triple facepalm.
Even if Christ was real, why would he need soldiers?

Next time, try reading some of the other comments before putting yours onto the board; the term was nicely explained by someone else earlier on.

Thanks for playing, though.

[peachesenregali]

Its no secret Zakks a bible thumper, hes always been open about it. I just find it sad how he thanks God for his talent rather than giving himself the credit for knuckling down and getting shit done. Hes done brilliantly for someone with the I.Q of an urchin.

[strat0blaster]

Not sure how Jesus from the Bible would feel about someone following his teachings calling themselves a soldier, but whatever.

And sorry, but all that stuff about 'fighting a spiritual and mental war' doesn't excuse it, really, when your teacher/icon preaches that you should abstain from violence of any sort, and simply do what is good and right by your fellow man and yourself. If you know what's right, it's not necessary to fight a war to prove it.

[PatVanHalen5150]

He's also a soldier of awful tone, overuse of pinch harmonics & the worst singing voice going.

[BigMikeBDD]

I don't know why everyone is so scared and offended when someone is religious. You can see all the "dislikes" off to the right from the frightened or threatened ones. Quite pathetic actually. Let the believers believe and if you don't, then don't. But your insults and comments all sound extremely threatened and juvenile.

[iron_maiden93]

jimmyslashpage wrote:

Anyone else think "The Song Remains Not the Same" is Wylde's miserable attempt at being clever? I cringe every time I read it.

That title can only be second worse to Megadeth's Th1rt3en. Seriously, there are some bad album names out there. Never thought Zakk Wylde would put an album out with one.

[Evangelion 00]

Gexzilla wrote:

Triple facepalm.
Even if Christ was real, why would he need soldiers?

MT_Obsidian

Next time, try reading some of the other comments before putting yours onto the board; the term was nicely explained by someone else earlier on.

Thanks for playing, though.

Agreed, GG no re

[Silverpack]

PatVanHalen5150 wrote:

He's also a soldier of awful tone, overuse of pinch harmonics & the worst singing voice going.

I don't agree, but that was fun.

[thrashdeth]

You can't even mention religion of any kind without a religious debate following.

[!..!_Rock_!..!]

Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past!

How about the 11 wars against Israel by Muslims (1948, 1956, 1967, '67-'70, '73, 82, '82-2000, '87-'93, 2000-2005, 2006, '08-'09) all in the last century? Although I think Israel's been at war since 1948. How about the "religionless"? They don't start wars do they? Let's see... Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro. Not to mention every other communist revolutionary in Asia, Africa, and South America in the last hundred years. Hmm nope. No war starters there.

[i_am_metalhead]

He also discussed his good fortune in being reunited with his long-lost and beloved guitar, 'The Grail'. According to Loudwire, his signature guitar was stolen years ago, but was thankfully returned when a fan of his found it in a guitar shop with the same serial number.

This happened YEARS ago - this isn't news.

And if you're going to mention it, at least get the story right. Someone bought the guitar at a pawn shop and when they took the pickups out to swap them they noticed "Z.W." carved into the body under the pickups. The person was a Zakk Wylde fan and knew that he did this with all of this guitars so they got in contact with him and returned it to him.

[biga29]

"I don’t need to beat up an 80-year-old grandmother and do six years in jail to realize that beating up elderly people and stealing their money is really not a good thing."

Is he referencing a specific event?

[Thumper!]

It's so funny how many people these days are scared of the word *Christ* and *Jesus*. I'm an Atheist and I find it amusing.

[zomgguitarz1234]

Mobby32 wrote:

nargoth wrote:

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

Are you stupid or something?

Actually he's being sarcastic, something no one on this website can detect.

[zomgguitarz1234]

thrashdeth wrote:

You can't even mention religion of any kind without a religious debate following.

It's actually gotten better. A lot of users have shifted from the typical closed minded ******* with a 100% intolerance to any sort of opinion of philosophy differentiating from there's, to actually being able to realize that other people can have their own opinions on what is right.

[peachesenregali]

!..!_Rock_!..! wrote:

Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past!How about the 11 wars against Israel by Muslims (1948, 1956, 1967, '67-'70, '73, 82, '82-2000, '87-'93, 2000-2005, 2006, '08-'09) all in the last century? Although I think Israel's been at war since 1948. How about the "religionless"? They don't start wars do they? Let's see... Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro. Not to mention every other communist revolutionary in Asia, Africa, and South America in the last hundred years. Hmm nope. No war starters there.

Lenin opposed World War 1, Hitler was a Catholic, pretty sure Stalin didn't start World War 2 (think you got him and Hitler mixed up there) and Ho Chi Minh didnt start the war in Vietnam....not too sharp on your history are you?

[JBailey23]

Some people are confused of the meaning of "soldier" of Christ. Not to create a religious war on here but this is one of the originations of the term. http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+6%3A10 -18&version=NIV
But retaining to the article...didnt he get the grail back YEARS ago?

[theunforgivn]

So wait.... Beating up 80 year old grandmas is bad?

[faulterPro]

BigMikeBDD wrote:

I don't know why everyone is so scared and offended when someone is religious. You can see all the "dislikes" off to the right from the frightened or threatened ones. Quite pathetic actually. Let the believers believe and if you don't, then don't. But your insults and comments all sound extremely threatened and juvenile.

Right on man! There are Christians and Athiests on here. Instead of bad mouthing each other back and forth, which is obviously not going to sway the opinion of the other side, why can't we just get along and not put the others down?

I mean seriously Athiests, why do you get so worked up and nervous over a God you don't believe in? If you think about it, there is no reason for that. All's you are doing is starting a "war" for the "Soldiers of Christ".

[RichieJovie]

Cool more stories with no real relevance to guitar..

[NHECOS]

I hate when these guys start with this religious speech.

[Eirien]

!..!_Rock_!..! wrote:

Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past! How about the 11 wars against Israel by Muslims (1948, 1956, 1967, '67-'70, '73, 82, '82-2000, '87-'93, 2000-2005, 2006, '08-'09) all in the last century? Although I think Israel's been at war since 1948. How about the "religionless"? They don't start wars do they? Let's see... Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro. Not to mention every other communist revolutionary in Asia, Africa, and South America in the last hundred years. Hmm nope. No war starters there.

I seriously can't tell if you're stupid or just trolling. Either way UG brings it on itself, posting these pointless articles.

[Vypor]

!..!_Rock_!..! wrote:

Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past! How about the 11 wars against Israel by Muslims (1948, 1956, 1967, '67-'70, '73, 82, '82-2000, '87-'93, 2000-2005, 2006, '08-'09) all in the last century? Although I think Israel's been at war since 1948. How about the "religionless"? They don't start wars do they? Let's see... Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro. Not to mention every other communist revolutionary in Asia, Africa, and South America in the last hundred years. Hmm nope. No war starters there.

Wow. Just wow. Thats a pretty ill-informed statement there my friend, maybe you should consider scanning a history book. Anyways, this comes as a surpise to me. I myself am an athiest, but for some reason I never really envisioned a "Solider of Christ" to be a beer drinking heavy metal head that sticks his middle finger up the the masses on a daily basis. Zaks a sweet guitar player and all, but from a spirituality standpoint he seems to be just as confused as the rest of the world.

[MegaGreg]

Rating: 6.6

So close to being ironic...

[Iommianity]

peachesenregali wrote:

!..!_Rock_!..! wrote:

Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past!How about the 11 wars against Israel by Muslims (1948, 1956, 1967, '67-'70, '73, 82, '82-2000, '87-'93, 2000-2005, 2006, '08-'09) all in the last century? Although I think Israel's been at war since 1948. How about the "religionless"? They don't start wars do they? Let's see... Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro. Not to mention every other communist revolutionary in Asia, Africa, and South America in the last hundred years. Hmm nope. No war starters there.

Lenin opposed World War 1, Hitler was a Catholic, pretty sure Stalin didn't start World War 2 (think you got him and Hitler mixed up there) and Ho Chi Minh didnt start the war in Vietnam....not too sharp on your history are you?

What do you expect from someone who thinks they can draw a parallel between non-belief and violence the same way they can between violence in dogma?

[peachesenregali]

Iommianity wrote:

peachesenregali wrote:!..!_Rock_!..! wrote:Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past!How about the 11 wars against Israel by Muslims (1948, 1956, 1967, '67-'70, '73, 82, '82-2000, '87-'93, 2000-2005, 2006, '08-'09) all in the last century? Although I think Israel's been at war since 1948. How about the "religionless"? They don't start wars do they? Let's see... Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro. Not to mention every other communist revolutionary in Asia, Africa, and South America in the last hundred years. Hmm nope. No war starters there.Lenin opposed World War 1, Hitler was a Catholic, pretty sure Stalin didn't start World War 2 (think you got him and Hitler mixed up there) and Ho Chi Minh didnt start the war in Vietnam....not too sharp on your history are you?What do you expect from someone who thinks they can draw a parallel between non-belief and violence the same way they can between violence in dogma?

true.

[Year Zero]

First off Jesus Christ doesn't need soldiers, it goes completely what he preached. Second off if anyone has ever seen Zack Wylde live or has followed other interviews he really doesn't seem to christ like in his actions or words. Anyone can believe in religion but do they actually follow it? That's called a hypocrite.

On a side note what is up with all these rock and rollers and metal members getting all political and religious lately. Makes me want to puke in my mouth a little.

[peachesenregali]

faulterPro wrote:

BigMikeBDD wrote:I don't know why everyone is so scared and offended when someone is religious. You can see all the "dislikes" off to the right from the frightened or threatened ones. Quite pathetic actually. Let the believers believe and if you don't, then don't. But your insults and comments all sound extremely threatened and juvenile.Right on man! There are Christians and Athiests on here. Instead of bad mouthing each other back and forth, which is obviously not going to sway the opinion of the other side, why can't we just get along and not put the others down?I mean seriously Athiests, why do you get so worked up and nervous over a God you don't believe in? If you think about it, there is no reason for that. All's you are doing is starting a "war" for the "Soldiers of Christ".

I think its probably because speaking our minds a couple hundred years would have got us burned at the stake. Nice to finally have our say lol and if the soilders of christ want to get worked up over what we atheists have got to say thats thier problem. Im easy however, believe what you want, doesnt matter if I think its stupid what do I know?

[Korpi]

Grevling123 wrote:

jimmyslashpage wrote:
Anyone else think "The Song Remains Not the Same" is Wylde's miserable attempt at being clever? I cringe every time I read it.

to me it looks a bit like a bad parody of Eluveitie's "Everything remains, as it never was"

haha,that is so true...

[DavyG707]

Fantastic! Zack is the man!

[Driejan]

"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." - Ephesians 6:12

Wherever there is light there is darkness, and by the power of the holy spirit people like Zakk fight and overcome the forces of darkness daily.

You don't have to believe what I say,I just hope that explains the "Soldier" term to all you peeps out there.

[ljpfahey]

Where did beating up an old lady come from? lol wtf? Zakk?

[fret13]

in b4 people arguing about religi-

dammit.

[Iommianity]

ljpfahey wrote:

Where did beating up an old lady come from? lol wtf? Zakk?

Zakk should really think before he speaks. That old lady argument is one atheists commonly use. No, you don't have to beat up an old lady to know it's wrong, much like you don't have to reference the Bible for common sense morality. But that's Zakk Wylde for you.

[sickassfoo]

jimmyslashpage wrote:

Anyone else think "The Song Remains Not the Same" is Wylde's miserable attempt at being clever? I cringe every time I read it.

Yeah same here, when i first heard it i thought it was a stupid title

[remotenightowl]

The beating up an old lady was just some random example, I see where he is coming from though, I'm not a nutzo Westboro Christian, but I respect him for saying this, because it's nice to know where our favorite musicians stand as far as religion, and also it give us Metal heads who are Christians relief that the are others like us in the genre, so we don;t get completely beat down by like, Slayer or Slipknot fans, who, by the way, I love.

[Cinko]

peachesenregali wrote:

!..!_Rock_!..! wrote:

Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past!How about the 11 wars against Israel by Muslims (1948, 1956, 1967, '67-'70, '73, 82, '82-2000, '87-'93, 2000-2005, 2006, '08-'09) all in the last century? Although I think Israel's been at war since 1948. How about the "religionless"? They don't start wars do they? Let's see... Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro. Not to mention every other communist revolutionary in Asia, Africa, and South America in the last hundred years. Hmm nope. No war starters there.

Lenin opposed World War 1, Hitler was a Catholic, pretty sure Stalin didn't start World War 2 (think you got him and Hitler mixed up there) and Ho Chi Minh didnt start the war in Vietnam....not too sharp on your history are you?

Damn, I don't believe how uneducated antitheistic ignorant you are. Stalin and Lenin were responsible for the most bloody regimes in our history. Judging by your post, I'm sure you've never heard of Holodomor, Polish-Soviet War, Gulags, inspiring Chinese communists and providing them with weapons and so on.
Also, Hitler was Christian before he became a Fuhrer to get people's support easier. As we know from his journal, he was an atheist but admired Islam for being strong instead of Catholic weak religion of helping others. Also, he put some faith in Nordic Shamanism, and even created squad that was supposed to look for using it to improve the nazi army. Characteristic SS - comes from old futhark. Anyway, read more before writing again.

[crazysam23_Atax]

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

Soldier of christ... I always find this phrase a bit strange... Like Jesus is leading a war against another country and Zakk Wylde is out in the trenches shooting shit. I guess that's the metaphor, but still, you'd think a religion that does not favor hatred and fighting would, you know, not like to be connected with war.

I'm looking too far into this.

As far as Christianity goes, there's a spiritual war going on, meaning there's God and then the devil. The devil isn't as powerful as God, but he does try to coerce the world into straying from God's ways. A "soldier of Christ", therefore, tries to increasingly move him/herself towards God's ways and also tries to encourage others by actions and words to likewise move into God's ways. It's not a war with guns, swords, bombs, or any other physical weapon; it's war about following God or rebelling against God.

[Skuzzmo]

Errrmmmm ok.... thanks for telling us that Zakk, not sure why ya mentioned it but I'm happy you're happy.....

So is there actually any news today...?

[Shaungr]

His older stuff had dabbles of Jesus here and there in his lyrics (in a good way). I'm not a religious guy, nor an atheist, I just honestly don't care either way, but I don't see the harm in him believing despite his job?

[steve987]

!..!_Rock_!..! wrote:

Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past!
How about the 11 wars against Israel by Muslims (1948, 1956, 1967, '67-'70, '73, 82, '82-2000, '87-'93, 2000-2005, 2006, '08-'09) all in the last century? Although I think Israel's been at war since 1948. How about the "religionless"? They don't start wars do they? Let's see... Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro. Not to mention every other communist revolutionary in Asia, Africa, and South America in the last hundred years. Hmm nope. No war starters there.

What's your point? He's saying look back in history of wars about Christianity, not look at the past century on wars about islam, communism and dictatorship... *facepalm*

[whaip]

Gexzilla wrote:

Triple facepalm.
Even if Christ was real, why would he need soldiers?

Dude, Jesus was real.
But after his death, some weird sh't happened and *boom*...
Christianity.

[kevintimmers]

zakk wylde is one HAPPY man. order of the black was a killer album and played a kick ass show last year in london ontario.

[SlashWannabe1]

nargoth wrote:

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

No,just oil & crazy Muslims are. When the whities faught the indians that was over land not religion, the indians didn't care what religion, the civil war wasn't about religion. Learn your facts buddy.

[SlashWannabe1]

the revolutionary war wasn't about religion either.

[AxlVanhalen]

I hate these people who say that he cant believe in god or have a sense of spirituality because he's a metal guitarist! Zakk is the guitar player equivalent to THOR and im not talking about the sucky movie im talking about the greek god! SDMF

[Metalxorxdie]

Amen Zakk Wylde!...show the heathens of this world that you can be both a metal head and a Christian! Happy to hear he got his guitar back too

[Most_Triumphant]

jimmyslashpage wrote:

Anyone else think "The Song Remains Not the Same" is Wylde's miserable attempt at being clever? I cringe every time I read it.

Yeah I do too. Not many people get the joke about it though.

[GibsonMan321]

The album name is a parody of the Led Zeppelin album name. It's supposed to be "so stupid it's funny", not clever. That's just Zakk's humor.

As far as his religion goes, he doesn't really talk about it very much and always jokes around with the terminology. He calls his bass player J.D.esus, and his home recording studio the Black Label Vatican. It doesn't interfere with his music besides the occasional "Lord" or "Child"(if that could be construed as religious somehow...) so I don't really mind it.

So honestly, as long as he doesn't go all Dave Mustaine about it and the interviewers keep with the relevant questions, I have absolutely no problem with him. He's one of my guitar playing idols.

[JunKDepot]

this...really made my Day. Like when i found out Ozzy was a christian too...and Alice Cooper...

I'm sensing a trend.

[stonedhippos]

nargoth wrote:

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

really? did corey tell you personally? tell him i said "hi".

[ProgJazzMath]

Everyone is trying to jack Tebow's style these days.

trollface.jpg

[Jakerumbles]

Gotta love this guy

[Skuzzmo]

AxlVanhalen wrote:

I hate these people who say that he cant believe in god or have a sense of spirituality because he's a metal guitarist! Zakk is the guitar player equivalent to THOR and im not talking about the sucky movie im talking about the greek god! SDMF

Thought Thor was a Norse god...?

[Motorhed95]

nargoth wrote on 01/11/2012 - 10:45 am / quote |
Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

you're blindly following someone else's orders? very rock n roll

[dannydesktop]

ozzy was your only god and you have foresaken him

[Redfinton22]

JunKDepot wrote:

this...really made my Day. Like when i found out Ozzy was a christian too...and Alice Cooper...

I'm sensing a trend.

Don't forget Dave Mustaine and Brian Welch haha

[Pan-Tallica]

Checked.

No need for religious debates here, folks. In this article, Zakk expresses his strong Christian beliefs and how they get him through each day. Good for him - to each his own.

The term "soldier of Christ" has nothing to do with war. It's just a strong way of saying "devoted Christian".

[CaliforniaKid]

Yeah well... I'm a killer for Satan. Check and MATE. Christians believe because they fear what happens when they die... they believe the lies they've been fed by the pedophiles in dresses. Pathetic. Soldier for Christ... my arse.

[Wraithbound]

I believe there was a missing commandment missing on the tablet that said "keep thy religion to thyself". Seriously, belief is a personal thing. I guarantee that even two devout followers of the same religion will still beleive slightly different variations of what they're taught. It's human to interpret, understand, and believe. The larger a religion becomes, the wider variety of beliefs there is. Hence, every single differenc christian sect for example. People need to stop being butthurt and get off their "I'm right, you're wrong" high horse. Just my 2 cents.

[][v][ETAL]

nargoth wrote:

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

Dont conform, decde for yourself, not what idiots tell you

[6StringBlazer]

sg4ever wrote:

Pagan_Poetry wrote:

Soldier of christ... I always find this phrase a bit strange... Like Jesus is leading a war against another country and Zakk Wylde is out in the trenches shooting shit. I guess that's the metaphor, but still, you'd think a religion that does not favor hatred and fighting would, you know, not like to be connected with war.

I'm looking too far into this.

It doesn't mean a physical soldier that will follow orders to go invade a country. It's talking about a more spiritual and mental war...fight temptation, fighting to make good decisions, fighting to keep your mind on God, that sort of thing. It does bring a strange picture to mind. Eh, I like "some" of his guitar work, but I've never heard him speak of anything spiritual. I honestly think that this bit of news was posted here to stir the proverbial waters of debate. This is a guitar site after all with many differences of opinions between the people who enjoy using the services and forum here.

Well said, man! But wow, this sure came from left field. Zakk is the last person I'd expect to say something like this.

[peachesenregali]

SlashWannabe1 wrote:

nargoth wrote:Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

No,just oil & crazy Muslims are.

Oh-oh we got a racist here...

[ZOSO <(")]

Look back in history - for a religion that doesn't favour war, it sure as hell waged a fair amount in the past![/quote]

you obviously looked into history, but not into christianity, war isnt favored by any means, but its necessary.

[GeekInThePink]

CaliforniaKid wrote:

Christians believe because they fear what happens when they die... they believe the lies they've been fed by the pedophiles in dresses. Pathetic. Soldier for Christ... my arse.

No.

[irishboy17]

AxlVanhalen wrote:

I hate these people who say that he cant believe in god or have a sense of spirituality because he's a metal guitrist! Zakk is the guitar player equivalent to THOR and im not talking about the sucky movie im talking about the greek god! SDMF

Um...Greek? I was of the opinion he was, in fact, Nordic.

[da.benson8r]

I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I'm glad to see this. Few, if any, performers in the musical mainstream (besides those specifically Christian-based) ever make any mention of religious affairs, and to see someone as big as Zakk Wylde openly admit about his faith is a really big thing to me. It proves that even though they may be musical icons, they can still have a sense of faith and duty.

[rebeltildeth87]

"I don’t need a tragedy to happen to realize how blessed I am. I don’t need that. I don’t need to beat up an 80-year-old grandmother and do six years in jail to realize that beating up elderly people and stealing their money is really not a good thing."

i dont see what that has to do with Christ. Im an atheist and I figured that one out all by myself. I love Zakk, I could care less if he thinks hes a soldier for Christ. I do find his chosen religion ridiculously silly and dangerous but if I hated him for being Christian I would have to hate every member of my family and 75% of my countries citizens. Lifes too short for that much hate.

[lintons44]

nargoth wrote:

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

actually every war was caused by mankind, though religion is often used as a reason for war

[lintons44]

Yeah well... I'm a killer for Satan. Check and MATE. Christians believe because they fear what happens when they die... they believe the lies they've been fed by the pedophiles in dresses. Pathetic. Soldier for Christ... my arse.

u do know that satan is an aspect of Christianity, thus satanism is really just a sub-religion of Christianity, and therefore u called urself pathetic (im assuming that by saying ur a killer for satan means u belive in satan or that satan exst), and not all priest/bishops/archbishops etc are pedophiles. Wat is wrong with fearing death, fear is a naturally occurring emotion and can actually be very useful, and i'm sure that there is something in life u fear, lastly how do u know Christianity is a lie, just cause u dont believe in something doesn't mean is not real, and vice versa. repect peoples choices to believe wat they wish

[thedevil]

Another reason fr me to dislike him ontop the several others

[thedevil]

Let's not mix up the meaning of spiritual and religious. Spiritual is believing in oneself and your environment not holding any judgements or thoughts to someone in the sky. Religious, well I think we all know what that means. A spiritual person isn't delusion enough to think there's a human up there somewhere, because that makes alot of sense...anyways, I'm glad Zakk Wylde is delusional.[/quote]

THIS X100000

[thedevil]

faulterPro wrote:

BigMikeBDD wrote:

I don't know why everyone is so scared and offended when someone is religious. You can see all the "dislikes" off to the right from the frightened or threatened ones. Quite pathetic actually. Let the believers believe and if you don't, then don't. But your insults and comments all sound extremely threatened and juvenile.


Right on man! There are Christians and Athiests on here. Instead of bad mouthing each other back and forth, which is obviously not going to sway the opinion of the other side, why can't we just get along and not put the others down?

I mean seriously Athiests, why do you get so worked up and nervous over a God you don't believe in? If you think about it, there is no reason for that. All's you are doing is starting a "war" for the "Soldiers of Christ".

We're not nervous, we are tired of GROWN MEN still playing w/ toys and their invisible freinds. You have every right to do that, but still, nows the time to call things what they are

[orion71483]

Gun's don't kill people. People kill people. Religion doesn't start wars, people's ignorance and intolerance start wars.

[Divinephyton]

orion71483 wrote:

Gun's don't kill people. People kill people. Religion doesn't start wars, people's ignorance and intolerance start wars.

The presence of guns and dogma's helps a lot though...

[Eifler121]

I wish UG would stop posting articles regarding religion. I'm not even interested in making a snarky little joke. So many of the comments I see when I come on here are simply offensive. Act a little mature, both sides.

For the sake of being an educated collective, I have two things to say;
1.) When you are referring to a group having possession, you say their, not there's.
2.) Jesus' existence is a fact. He was a real human being that lived during Roman times. There is evidence that he really was crucified, but it is up to debate whether it had a divine purpose or not.

[ninfan200]

nargoth wrote:

Hurr, I hate religion because Slipknot told me to, it is the cause for every war ever and is bad

obvious troll is obvious

[slash.r0cks]

Year Zero wrote:

Anyone can believe in religion but do they actually follow it? That's called a hypocrite.

Dude. John 3:16, believe and be saved. No need to be a douche about it. People like you make the next quote true:

orion71483 wrote:

Gun's don't kill people. People kill people. Religion doesn't start wars, people's ignorance and intolerance start wars.

[chhang]

can he not make anything metal.

[nnb]

Religious debate, involving tweens, teens and mostly idiots who only know what they've learned in high school history class and on television.

Move along, nothing to see here...

[rocker222]

and still religion debate is going on..... PRAISE JESUS.

[rhoads2345]

Zakk has always been a pretty good role model, he's one of those guys that does it right

[Campbell22]

There is no debate to be had, religion as an institution for me is pretty ****ed up. If you leave your personnal spiritual life to yourself though, I couldn't care less.

[Skuzzmo]

Eifler121 wrote:

2.) Jesus' existence is a fact. He was a real human being that lived during Roman times. There is evidence that he really was crucified, but it is up to debate whether it had a divine purpose or not.

It's a fact?

Everything I've read appears quite subjective. Please could you supply some sources?

[Like I Is]

Skuzzmo wrote:

Eifler121 wrote:

2.) Jesus' existence is a fact. He was a real human being that lived during Roman times. There is evidence that he really was crucified, but it is up to debate whether it had a divine purpose or not.

It's a fact?

Everything I've read appears quite subjective. Please could you supply some sources?

Not to barge in, but the whole point of faith is to believe in something that cannot be proven by facts or science. The reason everyone makes fun of religious people is that they believe in something you can't see or touch or physically prove, which can be frustrating to someone who is more science-oriented.