I have a bunch of quotes by them about their faith, and thought it might spark some interesting discussion. I know that none of them would or has ever come right out and talked about it- they do not push it down people's throats. But this is what they have said:
"It took U2 fifteen years to get from Psalms to Ecclesiastes, and it's only one book!" -Bono
"People expect that because I am a believer that I somehow have all the answers. And I was saying that really I have more questions, as a result of being a believer, and the road I am going down is a road with many side roads, and you get lost along the way and I dont feel that Im a very good ad for God,
y'know. If ever there was a sinner there is one here." -Bono
"All the best songs are co-written by God, y'know!" -Bono
"I think it's the spiritual strength that's essential to the band. People have got to find their own way. I'm not into standing up and saying, 'hey, you should be into God!' My own life is exhilirating through an experience I feel, and I feel there's no point in talking about something which should be there in your life anyway. You don't have to preach about it. " -B
"Three of us are Christians and Adam isn't. That doesn't mean we're going to say to him at any time, you're not in the club." -B
"I'm frightened, but I'm not cynical or pessimistic about the future and a lot of that must come down to my beliefs. It is my belief in God that enables me to get up in the morning and face the world. I believe that there is a logic and a reason for everything. If I didn't believe that and thought that everything was simply down to chance, then I'd really be afraid. I wouldn't cross the road for fear of being run over." -B
"People would love to sensationalise our beliefs until they meant nothing. Three of us are committed Christians. We refute the belief that man is just a higher stage of animal, that he has no spirit. I think when people start believing that, the real respect for humanity is gone. You are just a cog in a wheel, another collection of molecules. That's half the reason for a lot of the pessimism in the world." -B
"Can you imagine how it feels to believe in Christ and be so uncomfortable with Christianity? The church is an empty, hollow building. It's the edifice. The established church is the edifice of Christianity. It's as if when the spirit of God leaves a place, the only things that are left are the pillars of rules and regulations to keep its roof on. And we are more and more claustrophobic around organised religion. I used to think I could walk into a Protestant or Catholic church or whatever and just be at one with myself and the surroundings. But we are... it's as if the way we are outsiders in the music scene we're outsiders on every level. We get flak from everyone. We seem to be walking this line, and whenever we cross it either way it's a long way down, on either
side, to fall. And I don't know how we're still there, but it takes it all away to talk about it too much." -B
"It's not all of our beliefs and not everyone in the band believes in the same way. There are things I just don't want to talk about. I'll talk about them in music, the way I feel about things comes out on-stage. There are things that don't go well coming indirectly from other people. " -B
"I have no trouble with Christ, but I have trouble with a lot of Christians." -Edge
"I am a Christian and not ashamed of that.
But trying to explain my beliefs, our beliefs, takes away from it. I have more in common with somebody who doesn't believe at all than I do with most Christians. I don't mind saying that." -Larry
(I thought I had more here... maybe I'll find some more later)
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"Songs are the language of the spirit... the melodies are how you sing to God. It's a deep language. But they can't explain everything, because really great songs touch places that you can't explain." -Bono
U2 Take Me Higher
MPS: "Evil shouldn't look this good"
