Ok, for the record Bono is Anglican

[gtsecc]

As declared in OBOB, so nearly infallible. Not poking fun at Vatican I, merely stating that that group of folks, when in agreement on something, are typically spot on.

 

[JewelInHisCrown]

I was just looking around the boards...and yes I normally post in OBOB...but felt the urge to answer your question because a similar one was asked there (not sure if you were the OP or not)....But I had found the answer and thought I'd share it here..hope you all don't mind.

Taken from the transcript of Bono's appearance on Larry King Live:

KING: ... trying to be. Are you -- do you like organized religion? Are you a Catholic? Do you go to mass?

BONO: Who in Ireland could have too much respect for organized religion? We've seen it tear our country in two. My mother was a Protestant. My father was a Catholic. And I learned that religion is often the enemy of God, actually.

And religion is this sort of -- religion is the artifice, you know, the building, after God has left it sometimes, like Elvis has left the building. You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard enough.
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Taken from a CBS news interview:

He was born into a particularly Irish controversy. "I come from both traditions, Protestant and Catholic," Bono says. "My mother was a Protestant, my father was a Catholic; no big deal anywhere else in the world but here.
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Taken from the magazine Christianity Today:

He doesn't attend church regularly. He prays frequently. He likes to say grace before meals. He tries to have a "Sabbath hour" as often as he can. His favorite Bible is Eugene Peterson's paraphrase, The Message. He hangs out with Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones, but on a recent visit to Nashville he spent the morning palling around with Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant.

"I'm a believer," Bono usually says when asked about his faith. "I don't set myself up as any kind of 'Christian,' " he said as his gleaming silver and chrome tour bus motored east from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Iowa City. "I can't live up to that. It's something I aspire to, but I don't feel comfortable with that badge."

 

[higgs2]

I was just looking around the boards...and yes I normally post in OBOB...but felt the urge to answer your question because a similar one was asked there (not sure if you were the OP or not)....But I had found the answer and thought I'd share it here..hope you all don't mind.

Taken from the transcript of Bono's appearance on Larry King Live:

KING: ... trying to be. Are you -- do you like organized religion? Are you a Catholic? Do you go to mass?

BONO: Who in Ireland could have too much respect for organized religion? We've seen it tear our country in two. My mother was a Protestant. My father was a Catholic. And I learned that religion is often the enemy of God, actually.

And religion is this sort of -- religion is the artifice, you know, the building, after God has left it sometimes, like Elvis has left the building. You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard enough.
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Taken from a CBS news interview:

He was born into a particularly Irish controversy. "I come from both traditions, Protestant and Catholic," Bono says. "My mother was a Protestant, my father was a Catholic; no big deal anywhere else in the world but here.
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Taken from the magazine Christianity Today:

He doesn't attend church regularly. He prays frequently. He likes to say grace before meals. He tries to have a "Sabbath hour" as often as he can. His favorite Bible is Eugene Peterson's paraphrase, The Message. He hangs out with Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones, but on a recent visit to Nashville he spent the morning palling around with Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant.

"I'm a believer," Bono usually says when asked about his faith. "I don't set myself up as any kind of 'Christian,' " he said as his gleaming silver and chrome tour bus motored east from Lincoln, Nebraska, to Iowa City. "I can't live up to that. It's something I aspire to, but I don't feel comfortable with that badge."

Yep, sounds like an Anglican to me

Thanks for providing this info, very interesting.

 

[JewelInHisCrown]

^^^ You're welcome

 

[No Swansong]

Yep, sounds like an Anglican to me

Thanks for providing this info, very interesting.

Sounds to me like he doesn't consider himself a Christian. Correct me if I am wrong but you must be a Christian to be Anglican right?

 

[Mary of Bethany]

I think he very much considers himself a Christian - just a struggling one who doesn't always live up to the "label" as he puts it. But he has said many times that he's a believer in Christ. And his lyrics confirm it.

Mary

 

[rainbowprism]

He most definetly is a believer. When you see him in concert reciting a Psalm or beeseching the audience to "turn this song into a prayer", or calling on the fact that two thirds of the world living on less than a dollar a day something that God find unnacceptable in our lack of action, you can't doubt his faith. What he shies away from is the label, because being a celeb you are already automatically under the microscope. There is one member of U2 who hasn't ever warmed up to Chrisitainity and perhaps that is also a reason why the band has not ever accepted the 'label'..

 

[Torah613]

who is Bono?

Joe Zollars

 

[No Swansong]

I think he very much considers himself a Christian - just a struggling one who doesn't always live up to the "label" as he puts it. But he has said many times that he's a believer in Christ. And his lyrics confirm it.

Mary

I'm not debating that he's not, I just seemed that's the way his quote read. I don't really enjoy the music and have never attended one of their concerts.

 

[JewelInHisCrown]

who is Bono?

Joe Zollars

The lead singer of the band U2

 

[gtsecc]

Correct me if I am wrong but you must be a Christian to be Anglican right?

Unfortunately, you could argue that many of our current and former Bishops don't fit the Christina category - I am nto throwign rocks either, just trying to give an honest answer.

 

[Mary of Bethany]

He most definetly is a believer. When you see him in concert reciting a Psalm or beeseching the audience to "turn this song into a prayer", or calling on the fact that two thirds of the world living on less than a dollar a day something that God find unnacceptable in our lack of action, you can't doubt his faith. What he shies away from is the label, because being a celeb you are already automatically under the microscope. There is one member of U2 who hasn't ever warmed up to Chrisitainity and perhaps that is also a reason why the band has not ever accepted the 'label'..

Word is that Adam has also become a Christian in the last few years.

Mary

 

[higgs2]

He is a Christian.

 

[gtsecc]

 

[gtsecc]

 

[JewelInHisCrown]

That picture is just awesome!

 

[gtsecc]

Yes, and it is thanks to Jeff Loyd of OBOB fame who found it.

 

[AnglicanCelt]

That picture is just awesome!

I totally agree.

Two of my most favourite men of faith, and two of the hardest working individuals to put forth the message of Christ.

I want that for my wallpaper!

 

[Torah613]

What is U2?

joe Zollars

 

[Colabomb]

I take his word that he is a believer.

But I don't like the theology behind "Religion is the Enemy of God". It is a misunderstanding of what the word religion means.

Secondly, he apparently does not understand what Christian means. It simply means follower, not perfect follower.