The Mars Volta's Cedric Bixler-Zavala Attacks Catholicism

The Mars Volta’s Cedric Bixler-Zavala has revealed to Gigwise that experiences in his youth have turned him against the Catholic religion.

Speaking to Gigwise recently Bixler-Zavala said that being railroaded into following its teachings made him feel even more isolated from it.

He told us: "I grew up being forced to embrace it.  I was the kid in school who argued with my religion teacher.”

“I was doing so bad in public school they thought it would be great to put me in catholic school. It gave me some distance between me and all the kids who were really into God.”

He then went on to blast the religion and its followers saying: “I just think in general that Catholicism reminds me of people who think the earth is flat.”

“There's so much more to what is really out there. And with Catholicism, there's so much unnecessary ritual - sit down, eat this bread, give us money - and if you're not careful you might end up with one of the priests."

Whatever could he mean?