My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ. Christ teaches that God is love ... and as much as I respond in allowing myself to be transformed by that love and acting in that love, that's my religion. Where things get complicated for me, is when I try to live this love. Now that's not so easy.
-Bono, 'Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas'
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(I respect Bono a great deal for this. I don't neccesarily share his idea exactly, but I sure do respect that view and understand where he is coming from. A veiw like that, I say, is something I can really understand and respect)
girlhappy said:
For HOnor, i read Bonos quote about God and love and dont get it, how can you explain his idea?
Now, everything can be interpreted however anyone wants
But I will explain as best I can
My interpretation of Bono's statement:
Bono is saying that he is unique in his religion, that he does not neccesarily follow the bible word for word. He is say that he has his own understanding of what love is, and who Christ is, and how love and Christ go together. "Christ teaches that God is love", he says. Basically, he says that his religion is allowing God's love to transform him, acting in that love. He closes by saying that the hard part is living it in real life, in reality. As in, even though he knows what God and/or God's love is about (in his own way, to himself), it is difficult to bring that into reality, and live that way, even though he is a human being. Kind of like making an ideal a reality - sometimes it's hard to do.
This reminds me, a bit, of "Acrobat"
I must be
an acrobat
to talk like this
and act like that.............
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Now, as for why I praised Bono for making that statment:
Bono is thinking for himself, and has his own personal relationship with god. More so, he's being real about what he thinks. It doesn't matter if I think the same way about god or love as he does, because that is his own personal choice, and I have no say in it. But I still respect him because of the way he addresses his decision, how he comes to his conclusion about god/love. I like this because Bono made the religion his own, and it's more real, I feel, that way.
Like covering a song - if Bono were to sing Unchained Melody just as the Righteous Brothers did, exactly copying it, then I don't think it would be the same as U2's cover of the same song. In doing it his own way, it is more authentic, more real.
(by the by, I love U2's cover of unchained melody. It's great - the B side of 1980-1990....)
In conclusion...
Bono's statement reflects an personal choice. His reference to love is in a spiritual nature here. It seems as though the question was more about religion than about love, but he infused love in his answer, speaking about Christ, his religion, and god.
To make a bit of a stretch, I'd say that he see's real love as acting in the way Jesus did - Jesus acted with love and compassion, etc. In his own way, he tries to follow in those footsteps, love like Jesus. But it's hard to do sometimes, ( as, though this may be disputed in certain forums, he seems to be admiting he is not Jesus
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