[dagoofyfoot]

Wow!

Bono seems to have done his homework.

There might be hope for this guy yet!

[Bosco]

To many of us in the Christian faith community, this is not new news about Bono.

[keats5]

I like the "Grace vs Karma" line. I'm going to use that.

[bmwcyle]

The Good News!

[frankiep]

Nice

[bubman]

BUMP

[Dolphan]

So what you're left with is either Christ was who He said He was—the Messiah—or a complete nutcase. . . .

That's actually very well stated.

[tutstar]

ping

[Liberty Valance]

"I'm holding out that Jesus took my sins onto the Cross, because I know who I am, and I hope I don't have to depend on my own religiosity."

bttt

[Sloth]

Bono comes back, "Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: He was a great prophet, obviously a very interesting guy, had a lot to say along the lines of other great prophets, be they Elijah, Muhammad, Buddha, or Confucius. But actually Christ doesn't allow you that. He doesn't let you off that hook. Christ says, No. I'm not saying I'm a teacher, don't call me teacher. I'm not saying I'm a prophet. I'm saying: 'I'm the Messiah.' I'm saying: 'I am God incarnate.' . . . So what you're left with is either Christ was who He said He was—the Messiah—or a complete nutcase. . .

Exactly. Jesus was a liar, lunatic or Lord. None of this "great moral teacher" crap.

[norge]

How many posts will it take before the self-righteous start bashing?

Bono has it just about right.

[sweet_diane]

I must confess...I was looking for this to be a joke or exaggeration.

[USArmySpouse]

Bono's obviously read CS Lewis's Mere Christianity. His defense of the divinity of Christ is almost word-for-word from the book.

[shezza]

I met a biker once, a rowdy, tattooed, foul-mouthed biker, who had the most powerful saved-by-grace testimony you've ever heard. Sometimes people get so distracted by the profanity that they can't hear the message. I think swearing must be like smoking -- when it's been a lifelong habit, it's hard to break.

[Terabitten]

Yet many people question whether Bono is "really" a Christian, due to his notoriously bad language, liberal politics, and rock star antics

"My former pastor put it this way: Who are we to tell God in what order He must fix the problems in someone else's life?" In my own life, God took away my near-murderous rage before He dealt with my own rather salty tongue. Come to think of it, He's *still* dealing with my salty tongue. Bottom line, though, is that His priorities are correct.

Good on you, Bono.

[Manic_Episode]

Bonos politics and language have always disappointed me greatly, but I have to hand it to him here and count him as a brother. God bless him.
Always liked the music.

[ActionNewsBill]

Bono: "Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: He was a great prophet, obviously a very interesting guy, had a lot to say along the lines of other great prophets, be they Elijah, Muhammad, Buddha, or Confucius.

But actually Christ doesn't allow you that. He doesn't let you off that hook. Christ says, No. I'm not saying I'm a teacher, don't call me teacher. I'm not saying I'm a prophet. I'm saying: 'I'm the Messiah.' I'm saying: 'I am God incarnate.' . . . So what you're left with is either Christ was who He said He was—the Messiah—or a complete nutcase. . . .

George W Bush: “Jesus is my favorite philosopher”

[redgolum]

When I was living in Lincoln NE, Bono showed up one day and did a sermon at a local church.

From what I heard, it was pretty theologically orthodox. I might not agree with all of his politics, but Bono is a brother in the Lord.

[SunnySide]

"The interviewer marvels some more: "That's a great idea, no denying it. Such great hope is wonderful, even though it's close to lunacy, in my view. Christ has His rank among the world's great thinkers. But Son of God, isn't that farfetched?"

The interviewer; Societies typical secular pinko biased PESSIMIST. tear down everything, debunk anything good and positive, condescending, pseudo intellect, negative monger, whiner, party pooper, problem maker, solution avoidance, anarchist, chaos advocate, antagonist. Basically the walking dead feeding off the living.

[Vic3O3]

There's hope yet for the world...Bono gets it right! Read it.