Hallucination
Refugee
U2 is obviously a spiritual band. That's obvious. I'm just wondering though how many of you are spiritual? How many of you believe in God? How many of you have a faith in any type of relgion or spirituality? Do the religious takes in U2's songs make you more of a fan or is it perhaps the other way around? Did U2 influence you into finidng your own faith? me personally I'm nothing. I'm not a believer in a God nor am I a nonbeliever in a God for that matter. The religious overtones in U2's music I like, yet I don't have a faith of my own and in fact I'm not really looking. This brings me to my next question. Why do "YOU" have faith and I don't? I mean I have friends who are truely devoted Christians. Great people who have such a passion for somthing that as far as I can tell may not even exist. Not saying it doesn't exist but nothing has ever inspired me to have faith in somthing like that. On the other hand nothing has ever pushed me away from it. I have friends who are Christian, my grandmother is a Christian, I used to sing in a Church choir but still nothing compells me to talk(pray) to someone who isn't even in the room. I don't feel I need it. I was discusing it with u2bonogirl earlier today and for her God is somthing she feels she needs. God is somthing she loves where as on the flip side I don't feel I need a God. This isn't to say that if he came and sat down with me I'd shun him. Definately not, but I find it so intrigueing how so many people can have such a passion and such a strong faith while others like myself don't have it, don't see it, and don't feel the need for it. I don't feel a void in my life by not having these things yet others swear by it and literally would die for it. Basically what I'm asking is, why do you have faith, where does it come from and when did you know you had it? Because from where I stand, someone can preach all they want, but faith isn't somthing you can preach into someone. I don't even believ that you can simply decide to have faith. You either have it or you don't and neither is right or wrong. I'm conent without it. There is no void in my life which many people who have found faith claim they had before they found their faith; only they didn't realise it.
For those who feel the need to respond by saying that me asking these questions is a sign that I do feel a void in my life; please don't. It's condescending and completely off the mark. I've had people say that to me before when asking questions and it honestly comes across as arrogant and is a total turn off to the whole topic. Though I'm sure none of you lovely people will do that. For me it's more like a paranormal(no offence) thing where so many people feel it and see it yet other don't.
Oh and also I'd like to add that it doesn't matter what religion you are. that's not the point. The point is why and how.
For those who feel the need to respond by saying that me asking these questions is a sign that I do feel a void in my life; please don't. It's condescending and completely off the mark. I've had people say that to me before when asking questions and it honestly comes across as arrogant and is a total turn off to the whole topic. Though I'm sure none of you lovely people will do that. For me it's more like a paranormal(no offence) thing where so many people feel it and see it yet other don't.
Oh and also I'd like to add that it doesn't matter what religion you are. that's not the point. The point is why and how.