~LadyLemon~
I Serve Larry's Stick
If someone loves U2 but doesn't believe in God...are they a hypocrite?
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Ha ha!Originally posted by U2Bama:
No, but I am for liking U2 yet having conservative political leanings!
Originally posted by paxetaurora:
Incidentally, this might be why I stopped listening to Tori Amos as much as I used to. I still have just about everything she's ever done, but it was not always easy going listening to her as I tried to discover my Christianity.
Originally posted by famous rungi:
Paxetaurora, I struggle with the same thing too, as I am a huge Tori Amos fan. But I listen to her mostly for her skills in piano, hoping to pick up a few tips from her now and then; I admire her genius in that area as well as her inspiring songwriting. But yes, some of her lyrics bug me, like Father Lucifer ("father lucifer you never looked so sane/you always did prefer the drizzles to the rain/...how's the Lizzies/how's your Jesus Christ been hanging"). However, I don't let that kind of thinking influence me. It is the same as listening to a friend yap about atheism or Christian-bashing all day--it's an annoying mosquito bite and nothing more. Also, I think that if one feels that one is pliable or impressionable, then one should stay away from such influences, as you have wisely done.
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Originally posted by LarryMullen's_POPAngel:
I am still not sure where my faith is...I believe in God, but like everyone else I have big questions. Anyways, I feel listening to U2 in itself is a religious experience.
Hey, God has LOTS to do with many of our decisions to be U2 fans! It's what turned me on to U2 back in `84. I loved the Christian lyrics.Originally posted by sv:
We are all U2 fans. The concept of God has nothing to do with U2.
We are all agnostic (i.e. we don't know if there's a God). Some of us are just willing to admit it.
Others have been effectively trained and socialized to "have faith" that there is a God, despite the near-total lack of evidence in support of this.
Just because we can't explain creation doesn't mean there has to be a God. That logic is totally flawed.
Originally posted by sv:
True. I should have said, "God has nothing to do with U2" rather than referring to "the concept".