Bono interview

The current issue of Rolling Stone contains an excellent interview with Bono, the lead singer of the band U2. The third section of the interview discusses his Christianity, the nature of which has been a topic of debate among Christians and at Patrick Henry College. I don't think this interview will convince all conservative evangelicals that Bono is a Christian. Though this article and another recently published quote certainly seem to indicate that Bono is a Christian, I can't tell you for sure of his status. It doesn't matter to you or me, though, just him and God; all I can say is that he says some good things:

What is your religious belief today? What is your concept of God?

If I could put it simply, I would say that I believe there's a force of love and logic in the world, a force of love and logic behind the universe. And I believe in the poetic genius of a creator who would choose to express such unfathomable power as a child born in "straw poverty"; i.e., the story of Christ makes sense to me.

How does it make sense?

As an artist, I see the poetry of it. It's so brilliant. That this scale of creation, and the unfathomable universe, should describe itself in such vulnerability, as a child. That is mind-blowing to me. I guess that would make me a Christian. Although I don't use the label, because it is so very hard to live up to. I feel like I'm the worst example of it, so I just kinda keep my mouth shut.

His answer to the last question in the interview reflected a changed attitude toward conservative Christians similar to an attitude change I've been coming to in the past year.

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