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Chris Stedman | Jun 23, 2014 |
Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying. Photo by Matthias Bauer, via Wikimedia Commons.
Tim Lambesislead singer of metalcore band As I Lay Dying, who last month was sentenced to six years in prison for plotting to murder his ex-wifemade headlines over the weekend after admitting that he was actually an atheist.
This admission was a surprise to many. Lambesis publicly identified as a Christian for many years and As I Lay Dying gained a large Christian following. As the Christian Post wrote in 2011: In a genre known for its secularism, As I Lay Dying stands out from the crowd by spreading Gods message in mosh pits.
But then things changed. In a lengthy interview with Alternative Press, Lambesis said:
[While studying religion in college] Id get three pages of the traditional evangelical conservative point of view, then three paragraphs or sometimes even just three sentences from the atheist perspective. But even in just a few sentences, Id think, This point of view makes more sense, even when it wasnt being well represented. In the process of trying to defend my faith, I started thinking the other point of view was the stronger one.
Why did he keep his atheism secret? I was afraid it would affect As I Lay Dying sales, which would affect my overall income, said Lambesis. Truthfully, I was an atheist. The strategy I had at the time was cowardly.
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And just i case anyone was wondering if what Stedman described happened here, it did:
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