With all the members of As I Lay Dying being Christian, do you find it an obstacle when it comes to touring with other bands, particularly those with a heavy anti-Christian sentiment such as Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse?
We’ve never had a problem with any of that and I think it because we have respect for other people’s difference of opinions. If we show them a courtesy to let them do what they want, and don’t get me wrong we do all have our set of morals and values, but with bands such as Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse we always got along great. And that was because what we both did was talk about things we did have in common and focused on those and not really bring up our differences of opinion. We felt could just respect that we feel differently about different things and not try to change anybody else. It is important understand that not everybody is going to feel exactly as you do and so you need to respect that. And if can recognize that underneath all of that, we are all the same then we can all get along better at the end of the day.
What about when someone does attempt to attack you verbally for what you believe in?
If someone was criticizing us or me, I won’t really go out of my way to change their opinion. If someone wants to accuse me of not being an awesome Christian, then they’ve already got their minds made up so I don’t have any care to change that. It is unfortunate if anybody does have a bias, but if they do, then that’s on them. It is something I won’t concern myself with. You just have to be positive so I will focus on that instead.
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We’ve never had a problem with any of that and I think it because we have respect for other people’s difference of opinions. If we show them a courtesy to let them do what they want, and don’t get me wrong we do all have our set of morals and values, but with bands such as Behemoth and Cannibal Corpse we always got along great. And that was because what we both did was talk about things we did have in common and focused on those and not really bring up our differences of opinion. We felt could just respect that we feel differently about different things and not try to change anybody else. It is important understand that not everybody is going to feel exactly as you do and so you need to respect that. And if can recognize that underneath all of that, we are all the same then we can all get along better at the end of the day.
What about when someone does attempt to attack you verbally for what you believe in?
If someone was criticizing us or me, I won’t really go out of my way to change their opinion. If someone wants to accuse me of not being an awesome Christian, then they’ve already got their minds made up so I don’t have any care to change that. It is unfortunate if anybody does have a bias, but if they do, then that’s on them. It is something I won’t concern myself with. You just have to be positive so I will focus on that instead.
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