{"id":642,"date":"2015-03-31T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T00:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/kateohare\/?p=642"},"modified":"2015-03-31T16:08:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T00:08:45","slug":"bonos-bold-pronouncement-on-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kateohare\/2015\/03\/bonos-bold-pronouncement-on-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Bono’s Bold Pronouncement on Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Bono_U2_360_Tour_2011\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As reported by GlennBeck.com<\/em>, U2 frontman Bono, never shy about his personal faith<\/a>, gave an interview to RT\u00c9 One in his native Ireland, in which he made this statement about Jesus:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a defining question for Christians. Who was Christ? I don\u2019t think you\u2019re let off easily by saying He was a great thinker or great philosopher. Because, actually, He went around saying He was the Messiah. That\u2019s why He was crucified. He was crucified because He was the Son of God.<\/p>\n

So, He either, in my view, was the Son of God, or He was nuts. Forget rock-and-roll messianic complexes, I mean Charlie Manson-type delirium. And I find it hard to accept that millions of lives, half the Earth, for 2,000 years, have been touched, have felt their lives touched and inspired by some nutter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gee, maybe the producers of \u201cKilling Jesus\u201d \u2014 which told Christ\u2019s story without any supernatural elements <\/a>\u2014 should have had a chat with Bono first.<\/p>\n

Anyway, click here <\/a>to read the rest and see a video clip of the interview.<\/p>\n

Image: Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As reported by GlennBeck.com, U2 frontman Bono, never shy about his personal faith, gave an interview to RT\u00c9 One in his native Ireland, in which he made this statement about Jesus: It\u2019s a defining question for Christians. Who was Christ? 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