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http://www.christianitytoday.com/music/interviews/bono-1202.html
In response to those opening statements, ChristianityToday.com asked Bono to elaborate on the spiritual ramifications relating to the AIDS epidemic in Africa, specifically seeking his views on how the church should step in. "There's a lot at stake here, obviously lives of people," he responded. "I think Judeo Christian culture is at stake. If the church doesn't respond to this, the church will be made irrelevant. It would [be] like the way you heard stories of people watching the Jews get put on the trains during the Holocaust. We will be that generation who watched our African brothers and sisters get put on the trains."
I am interested in your opinions to this article and Bono's reference to "being the generation who watched our African brothers and sisters get put on the trains." Is he going overboard? The few times I actually talk to people about helping Africa, their response is that America has enough of it's own problems (poverty,etc.) and we should solve them first before helping Africa.
I believe that Bono is doing the right thing and get frustrated that it is taking so long to get results from our government. The demand for these results come from the people and it seems that the people aren't saying much yet. Why not?
In response to those opening statements, ChristianityToday.com asked Bono to elaborate on the spiritual ramifications relating to the AIDS epidemic in Africa, specifically seeking his views on how the church should step in. "There's a lot at stake here, obviously lives of people," he responded. "I think Judeo Christian culture is at stake. If the church doesn't respond to this, the church will be made irrelevant. It would [be] like the way you heard stories of people watching the Jews get put on the trains during the Holocaust. We will be that generation who watched our African brothers and sisters get put on the trains."
I am interested in your opinions to this article and Bono's reference to "being the generation who watched our African brothers and sisters get put on the trains." Is he going overboard? The few times I actually talk to people about helping Africa, their response is that America has enough of it's own problems (poverty,etc.) and we should solve them first before helping Africa.
I believe that Bono is doing the right thing and get frustrated that it is taking so long to get results from our government. The demand for these results come from the people and it seems that the people aren't saying much yet. Why not?