Bono's Prophetic Rock Concert

Soundaround, Soundaround, Soundaround,

What are you ranting about?? Giving up silly notions about religions is committing atrocities?? Give us a break!!!

Apparently you missed the synopsis of the silly notions of Christianity:

To wit:

Jesus was an illiterate Jewish peasant/carpenter/simple preacher man who suffered from hallucinations and who has been characterized anywhere from the Messiah from Nazareth to a mythical character from mythical Nazareth to a mamzer from Nazareth (Professor Bruce Chilton, in his book Rabbi Jesus). Analyses of Jesus’ life by many contemporary NT scholars (e.g. Professors Crossan, Borg and Fredriksen, On Faith panelists) via the NT and related documents have concluded that only about 30% of Jesus' sayings and ways noted in the NT were authentic. The rest being embellishments (e.g. miracles)/hallucinations made/had by the NT authors to impress various Christian, Jewish and Pagan sects.

The 30% of the NT that is "authentic Jesus" like everything in life was borrowed/plagiarized and/or improved from those who came before. In Jesus' case, it was the ways and sayings of the Babylonians, Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, Hittites, Canaanites, OT, John the Baptizer and possibly the ways and sayings of traveling Greek Cynics.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/theories.html

For added "pizzazz", Catholic/Christian theologians divided god the singularity into three persons and invented atonement as an added guilt trip for the "pew people" to go along with this trinity of overseers. By doing so, they made god the padre into god the "filicider".

Current crises:

Pedophiliac priests, atonement theology and original sin!!!!

Luther, Calvin, Joe Smith, Henry VIII, Wesley, Roger Williams, the Great “Babs” et al, founders of Christian-based religions or combination religions also suffered from the belief in/hallucinations of "pretty wingie thingie" visits and "prophecies" for profits analogous to the myths of Catholicism (resurrections, apparitions, ascensions and immaculate conceptions).

Current crises:

Adulterous preachers, "propheteering/ profiteering" evangelicals and atonement theology, all male hierarchies and strange banking and funding.

Bono pulls into town just as the wheels of government come to a screeching halt.

Note to Warshington: everyone "out here" has had it "up to here" with both parties. The Dems for their lack of focus and apparent last-minute conversion to Republicans Lite and to the Repubs for well, just being the usual moneyed, self-righteous jerks they are.

Excuse me, but your brain has Mad Cow Disease and your heart must have become a hemroid if your think committing the very kind of human atrocities rallied against in this very article and U2's message is what you " to wit" as the answer for one religion to dominate and wipe out judaism and islam because you simply see them as "silly notions". Such "redneck" attitudes are out of sync with the rest of the world, including U2.

You are the class example of what happens when people are poorly educated and surrounded by more dim wits.
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Bono needs to take on Islam and Judaism:
To wit:
Just think if the Palestinians/Arabs and Israelis would give up their silly notions about their religions, we could save over $200 billion dollars a year in military expenditures!!!!
And then maybe we can follow up on some of Bono's ideas!!!

"Anyone listening to U2's music has long known that the Irish band's lyrics are steeped in Catholic Christian notions of justice and love"

Perhaps the author should be aware that Bono is a Protestant, not a Catholic. Not a big deal here in America, but significant in Ireland.

If I had known I was attending a DNC convention instead of a rock concert it would be fine. Instead it was a 4/10, four words: shut up and play.

Posted by: georged1 |
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So you're telling us that Christian virtues are eschewed in Republican circles?

This is sad.

But did the historic Jesus really utter, Matthew 25: 31-46??

No, he did not as per:

"Samuel T. Lachs

Lachs [Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament, 393f] notes the confusion in this passage, which begins with a reference to the Son of Man (vs. 31) but later speaks of "the king" (vss. 34,40).
He observes:

All of the deeds mentioned here are acts of kindness (Heb. gemilut hasadim): feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, hospitality, clothing the naked, visiting the sick, burying the dead, and freeing captives. He who performs any one of them is considered praiseworthy, and it is as if he has done them to God himself. "He who receives his fellow man kindly, it is as if he has received the Shekkinah." "He who visits the sick will be saved from Gehinom."

Gerd Luedemann

Luedemann [Jesus, 236f]:

This concluding text of Jesus' eschatological discourse fits Matthaean theology seamlessly. After the paraenesis in 24.32-25.30 the judgment by the Son of Man is depicted in a great painting. The judgment is of all human beings, but Matthew has his community in particular in view: cf. 13.37-43,49-50. In view of this similarity we must seriously consider whether the whole passage should be regarded as a Matthaean construction.

John P. Meier (professor at Notre Dame)

When commenting on the use of phylake (prison) in Matt 11:2, Meier [Marginal Jew II,198] notes that "the whole passage depicting the last judgment is either a Matthean creation or heavily redacted by Matthew."

See more at http://www.faithfutures.org/JDB/jdb425.html

Conclusion: Matthew 25: 31-46 is simply more embellishment of a simple preacher man aka Jesus by an almost anonymous scribe named Matthew.

But did the historic Jesus really utter, Matthew 25: 25-41??

No, he did not as per:

"Samuel T. Lachs

Lachs [Rabbinic Commentary on the New Testament, 393f] notes the confusion in this passage, which begins with a reference to the Son of Man (vs. 31) but later speaks of "the king" (vss. 34,40).

He observes:

All of the deeds mentioned here are acts of kindness (Heb. gemilut hasadim): feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, hospitality, clothing the naked, visiting the sick, burying the dead, and freeing captives. He who performs any one of them is considered praiseworthy, and it is as if he has done them to God himself. "He who receives his fellow man kindly, it is as if he has received the Shekkinah." "He who visits the sick will be saved from Gehinom."

Gerd Luedemann
Luedemann [Jesus, 236f]:

This concluding text of Jesus' eschatological discourse fits Matthaean theology seamlessly. After the paraenesis in 24.32-25.30 the judgment by the Son of Man is depicted in a great painting. The judgment is of all human beings, but Matthew has his community in particular in view: cf. 13.37-43,49-50. In view of this similarity we must seriously consider whether the whole passage should be regarded as a Matthaean construction.

John P. Meier (professor at Notre Dame)

When commenting on the use of phylake (prison) in Matt 11:2, Meier [Marginal Jew II,198] notes that "the whole passage depicting the last judgment is either a Matthean creation or heavily redacted by Matthew."

See more at http://www.faithfutures.org/JDB/jdb425.html

Conclusion: Matthew 25-41 is simply more embellishment of a simple preacher man aka Jesus by an almost anonymous scribe named Matthew.

You never get too old to be right. peace Bono.

Definitely Rock On Bono!!! To those who hear you your words inspire. To those who are ignorant your words awaken. To those who seek to deceive us your words sting. God is watching us and his Truth shall set us free. Thank you Mr. Kessler. God Bless!!!

'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.' Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?' And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'
-Matthew 25:34

Thank you Michael Kessler for "getting it". You cut to the heart of the matter very eloquently and Bono would be proud! Anyone who knows U2, knows Bono is all about the lyrics. Always has been. Your perspective here is refreshing.

There's a fine line between humble service to the poor and sanctimony, and Bono crossed that line many moons ago.

If I had known I was attending a DNC convention instead of a rock concert it would be fine. Instead it was a 4/10, four words: shut up and play.

DEAR "C.ONcered C.hristian N.ow L.iberated" & CO; Closet Lover & Diciple of Rabbi JESUS/YASHUA/JEHOVA.

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-Bono should sing,

"The Wicked Osam Bin Laden is Dead; Osam Bin & his lamp is Dead; Get-out of Afghanistan AMERICA & Friendlys; Get out get tonight, get out brave soldiers burn their Opium Fields on your way home..."

Bono needs to take on Islam and Judaism:

To wit:

Just think if the Palestinians/Arabs and Israelis would give up their silly notions about their religions, we could save over $200 billion dollars a year in military expenditures!!!!

And then maybe we can follow up on some of Bono's ideas!!!

Rock on, Bono.