Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine: ‘I have a personal relationship with Christ, but I don’t believe in religion’

September 14, 2013 By David Stagg

In an interview with the Nashville Scene, Megadeth embodiment Dave Mustaine opened up about his somewhat new-found life as a born-again Christian. Despite being a believer, Mustaine opts to take the “it’s not a religion, it’s a relationship” approach to his beliefs.

“I don’t think that my faith has anything to do with my lyrics. I try and keep religion out of it. Frankly, for me, I don’t believe in religion. I have a personal relationship with God and with Christ, and that’s it. I don’t push that on anybody; it’s private. I kind of leave it there. Dave (Ellefson)’s real open about it.”

Ellefson is a little more outspoken about it, and when asked about touring with the “dark side,” he offered:

Having now read the Bible a few times, I was listening to ‘The Number of the Beast,’ and I said, ‘You know, it’s just the story out of the Book of Revelations.’

Currently, Megadeth is on tour with Iron Maiden to support their latest release, Super Collider.

You can read the entire piece over at Nashville Scene.

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