"Another quote I actually think about a lot, which is odd since it's from Harry Potter, is when Dumbledore says "Dark and difficult times lie ahead, Harry. Now is the time that we must choose between what is right, and what is easy." I'm not sure if it applies to U2, but I just thought I'd include it for thought."
I just noticed you added this part later. Anyway, I think it definitely does! It's hard for any of us that call ourselves, and are Christians to keep living for God in the world we live in. It's even harder no matter what anyone says to do that as the biggest and most successful band alive, (and will likely go down in history as such), and keep an active relationship with Jesus as the boys from U2 have done. Heck, Adam even found Jesus, by Bono's own admissions, and some of his own statments recently, while at the pinnacle of career success. In "U2 by U2" Bono talks about a conversation he had with Michael Hutchence once where he told Bono how much he admired his committment to Jesus and his faith....Then he said, "you know, when I was younger I was the same way". Bono talks about how shocked he was when he heard that. He said something along the lines of. "I mean this was like hearing Casanova say he was pledged to Christ" The same has happened with many celebrities (and people in general really) they start out with faith, and lose it along the way. It would've been easy for the boys to say "Screw it, we don't need you God, the world loves us" Yet their faith, has strengthened through the years. It certainly hasn't been easy. Many of their fellow brothers and sisters in Christ refuse to accept them and pass judgement because their behavior and their art doesn't fit into the Pocketbook of Acceptable Behavior.Yet as Bono said after the Prayer Breakfast this year when asked "Why doesn't your music proclaim Christ?"..."It does." Many non-Christians misinterpret their message and goals sometimes too, yet they refuse to give up on their beliefs. Going along with all the work they do for charity, etc. it would be easy to throw some money at a cause, get their name in the paper, and walk away, yet they actually work, and are passionate about the causes they believe in. They give, but not for show. When asked, Bono always says that they do contribute money all the time, but they don't tell anyone in order to follow Jesus' teaching to "not let the left hand know what the right is doing." There is something about them that draws people to them beyond their amazing music; the grace of God at work in their lives and their deep and genuine compassion and love for others.
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