IN CHOICE

Bono, singer, songwriter, with the band U2 wrote:

“What does a man need – really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in – and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That’s all – in the material sense. And we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade. The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed. Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life?”

Then again… Bono’s net worth is estimated at $100 million. But he is still a pretty radical dude.

He also wrote, “To me this is not a fairy tale but a challenge. I preach what I need to hear…”

And this, “You can’t approach the subject of God without metaphor… literalism like legalism is an attempt to shrink God to recreate him in our own image.”

‘Where, then, lies the answer? In choice.’

“No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” Jesus