Salty dogma: Bono gives an explicit confession of being saved by Grace, not Karma

WORLD ^ | August 6, 2005 | Gene Edward Veith

[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.

[citadel84]

You know say what you want about Bono. They way this is written it is a very good confession of Faith. This is thought out.

[17th Miss Regt]

What Bono said was a very condensed version of what C. S. Lewis wrote in his book, "Mere Christianity".

[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.

[Paulus]

I enjoyed reading this. BTW, on my bookshelf I have a very special place for Mr. Lewis. He helped me clear a lot of junk out of my closet. IMO it is second only to the bible.

[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.

[Ladysmith]

Sounds like it was a lot more than homework. Sounds to me like he experienced God's forgiveness in a way he can neither deny or forget. He found, recognized, and acknowledges the Truth.

Only God can make that happen.

[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.

[Terabitten]

What Bono said was a very condensed version of what C. S. Lewis wrote in his book, "Mere Christianity".

I was gonna say just that. Bono's been reading C.S. Lewis.

[Ladysmith]

Then you would love a certain presentation by Frank Peretti. He about spits when he talks about karma. The name of the presentation escapes me, I'll have to find it.