FEELINNUMB
The Fly
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- May 2, 2005
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What is the quote Bono is always citing from Sam Shepard, smack dab in the middle of a contradiction, that's the place to be? First off, I've had it with these vicious, sanctimonious so-called Christians, no where else will you find people who slag off Jesus and all His teachings stand for like a born-again Christian. A truth that seems like a contradiction.
And I don't know who ever got the idea that doing the right thing brings approval and rewards in this existence, but it wasn't from a true Christian. Jesus defied the Pharisees and their evil teachings, healed the sick, made the blind see, on and on, and what did He get for it? Mockery, torture and crucifixion. A truth that seems like a contradiction. So Bono is in extremely good company, and is blessed that a higher price is not demanded of him. I always think of this quote from Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain: "If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks, then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding." And she's talking about the Old Testament!
Stephen Baldwin is confused, unhappy, clutching for something he doesn't understand out of misery, and is letting controlling people do his thinking for him -- don't go after him, pray for him. Now that's ONE HELL OF A CONTRADICTION!! But it's the truth!
And I don't know who ever got the idea that doing the right thing brings approval and rewards in this existence, but it wasn't from a true Christian. Jesus defied the Pharisees and their evil teachings, healed the sick, made the blind see, on and on, and what did He get for it? Mockery, torture and crucifixion. A truth that seems like a contradiction. So Bono is in extremely good company, and is blessed that a higher price is not demanded of him. I always think of this quote from Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain: "If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks, then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding." And she's talking about the Old Testament!
Stephen Baldwin is confused, unhappy, clutching for something he doesn't understand out of misery, and is letting controlling people do his thinking for him -- don't go after him, pray for him. Now that's ONE HELL OF A CONTRADICTION!! But it's the truth!