WARNING Response to U2's New "Breathe" Song
What will follow is a comment I wrote on "songmeanings" dot NOT (pseudonym there, on that last part, so as not to deliver them any more UNDESERVED reknown). As that site (like at least 9 others before) became overtaken by demon-serving Judas'/ apostates and other FERVENT (mostly FALSE "Christian") U2 IDOLATERS - evidently including the administration, for their choice of actions taken - [nearly all of] my posts (of diligent and longstanding efforts) have been deleted there also.
It is so sad to see websites give in to journalistic prostitution against truth for the sake of pleasing those with the majority opinion (and thus greater sales/ market potential) that way. How entirely corrupt and dishonorable that is.
Yet, it has been a repeated phenomena that has occurred - for the defense of FALSE religious IDOLATRY; and, in these cases, FALSE "Christian" U2/ Bono IDOLATRY in particular. It is a STARK EXAMPLE of the PROPHESIED showing of HATRED for vital scriptural TRUTH from God and messengers of it; but a strong favoring of anti-scriptural, antichrist spiritual FALSEHOODS (and teachers of them) which are wrongful/ sinful desire-accomodating, and so more popular and beloved. (John 15:18-20; 17:14-18; 2Timothy 4:3,4)
Yes indeed - many FALSE "Christian" (but also a lesser amount of sexual pervert, atheist, witch and other spiritist) Bono/ U2 IDOLATERS have proven themselves willing to be very FERVENT and even thoroughly corrupt and immoral (i.e, demonistically slanderous) in their defense of "ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH" from Jehovah/ Yahweh and his Son as regards the spiritual issues brought up before BILLIONS of persons by Bono/ U2 songworks (and other accompanying mass-media-ed messages) and the largely extorted and misrepresented (because of how they've been used) bits/ paraphrases of Scriptures and allusions to them found in many of their songs (and Bono-speeches).
Even though those Satan-serving deletions and bannings of scriptural, spiritual TRUTH have occurred, (especially) as a testimony to the badness of the FALSE "Christian" Bono/ U2 IDOLATRY way; and even though fervent FALSE/ apostate "Christian" and other FALSE religious Bono/ U2 IDOLATRY and the spreading/ reinforcing of anti-God spiritual LIES via Bono/ U2 songs (and other media) and spiritually-drunken/ dumb-ified Bono/ U2 IDOLATERS continues; soon, all of these evil works and persons guilty of them will meet with AN ACCOUNTING by the God they FIGHT AGAINST and dare to BLASPHEME so boldly.
Here is that post [with slight grammar-editing]. Read, and enjoy FREEDOM of SPEECH, in the way it matters most, in the growing-ever-more-rare places it is still yet to be found.
[It may help to read the LYRICS to the new U2 song, "Breathe", to understand these grievances against it. The lyrics can be found on their website.]
March 7, 2009 -
YES, I WOULD, and DID. So did most of 6.5 million other Jehovah's Witnesses earthwide, as we were not mostly born into this religion. We chose (though maybe not immediately) to be HOSPITABLE to true, spirit-backed messengers of God's words. WE LISTENED TO THE "VOICE OF GOD" through those scriptural messages, having respect for them.
Now, I ring people's doorbells to help them LEARN what they need to from God's words - to stay alive (through Armageddon); to gain the benefits of drawing "close to God"; to better their lives now by living according to scriptural standards; and to develop TRUE HOPE based on what is real, which conquers despair, and so strengthens people to make the best out of situations instead of "giving up" and sinking further into ruin, as too many people do. That and more.
(And its fairly standard to not call on people before 9:00 A.M..........)
However, SO CONTRARY to the spiritually jealous, slanderous lies that come out from people who have a HATE (as prophesied) for scripturally disciplining and warning words from God,
*******"We are NOT PEDDLERS of the word of God, as many men are, but as out of sincerity, yes, as sent from God, under God's view, in company with Christ, we are speaking." (2Corinthians 2:17)*******
We received [God's truth] free, so we give that free. (See Matthew 10:8.)
In tremendous, HYPOCRITICAL DIFFERENCE, though, it is the churches of CHRISTENDOM and other whole-Scripture disdaining FALSE religions that have shamelessly FLEECED their FLOCKS financially, imposing burdens upon many that way through the centuries, so UNJUSTLY, "in the name of God."
Bono, U2, and others applauding the at least careless denigration of Jehovah's Witnesses that this song yields, would do well, for the life of them, to meditate on the following (and then some).
"Insider" instructions from Jesus Christ to those preaching God's words "publically and from house to house" (Acts 20:20), as his true disciples did and do. Its the spiritual reality of the situation from the perspective of the messenger-servant-of God from the "outside" of the door, volunteering their precious time, energy, and other resources to HELP their "NEIGHBOR" in THE MOST IMPORTANT, TRULY LIFE-SAVING WAY THERE IS:
“Into whatever city or village YOU enter, search out who in it is deserving, and stay there until YOU leave. When YOU are entering into the house, greet the household; and if the house is deserving, let the peace YOU wish it come upon it; but if it is not deserving, let the peace from YOU return upon YOU. Wherever anyone does not take YOU in or listen to YOUR words, on going out of that house or that city shake the dust off YOUR feet. Truly I say to YOU, It will be more endurable for the land of Sod´om and Go·mor´rah on Judgment Day than for that city." (Matthew 10:11-15)
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple to become as his teacher, and the slave as his lord. If people have called the householder Be·el´ze·bub, how much more [will they call] those of his household so? 26 Therefore do not fear them; for there is nothing covered over that will not become uncovered, and secret that will not become known. 27 What I tell YOU in the darkness, say in the light; and what YOU hear whispered, preach from the housetops. 28 And do not become fearful of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be in fear of him that can destroy both soul and body in Ge·hen´na. 29 Do not two sparrows sell for a coin of small value? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without YOUR Father’s [knowledge]. 30 But the very hairs of YOUR head are all numbered. 31 Therefore have no fear: YOU are worth more than many sparrows. 32 “Everyone, then, that confesses union with me before men, I will also confess union with him before my Father who is in the heavens; 33 but whoever disowns me before men, I will also disown him before my Father who is in the heavens. 34 Do not think I came to put peace upon the earth; I came to put, not peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to cause division, with a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a young wife against her mother-in-law. 36 Indeed, a man’s enemies will be persons of his own household. 37 He that has greater affection for father or mother than for me is not worthy of me; and he that has greater affection for son or daughter than for me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not accept his torture stake and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39 He that finds his soul will lose it, and he that loses his soul for my sake will find it. 40 “He that receives YOU receives me also, and he that receives me receives him also that sent me forth. 41 He that receives a prophet because he is a prophet will get a prophet’s reward, and he that receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will get a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I tell YOU truly, he will by no means lose his reward.” (Matthew 10:24-42)
It is people who "listen" to, learn, respect, and obey God's scriptural truth that are really the "free" ones, who can clear-headedly "breathe" easily.
The rest are still dealing with the "smoke" and "sting" of God's judgment and warning messages that they have thusfar rejected, refusing to "listen" to/ "hear" and "see" them. (Revelation Chapter 9; Isaiah 6:8-10/ Matthew 13:13-15).
Bono said it himself, as part of his "National Prayer Breakfast" speech (though he badly misapplied some Scriptures, he got this idea PARTLY right anyway) - Christ IS judgmental over how "his brothers" are treated (Matthew 25:34-46)......................But, Bono was WRONG about WHO Christ's "BROTHERS" are.
They are NOT, as Bono mass-media taught, the monetarily/ materially/ physically "poor ones" in general of the earth. They ARE, instead, the REMNANT of the 144,000, spiritually adopted, spirit-anointed, joint heir with Christ "holy ones". There were only about 9105 of those "brothers" of Christ left on earth as of the date of The Lord's Evening Meal/ the Memorial of Christ's death in 2007 - and ALL of them.......are Jehovah's Witnesses.
By promoting this song to the world, letting it run wild, "as is", (it was already performed on the Letterman show this past week; and is in people's homes, car stereos and plugged into their ears now "everywhere") you, Bono, ARE MISTREATING CHRIST'S BROTHERS and TEACHING/REINFORCING OTHERS TO DO THIS SAME.
Maybe this will be "the last straw" for you with God, (and any fervent IDOLATER fans of yours copying your speech, behavior, and attitude)?
(ALREADY, I saw a new "fan" profile displayed on "zootopia", U2's official fan message board site - in which the woman bragged that she enjoys scaring Jehovah's Witnesses away from her doorstep.)
In my eyes, even the carelessness shown towards the effect of this song makes you a JUDAS. Your performance of this on national TV was REPULSIVE.
If I were you, I would do all I could, URGENTLY, to retract/correct the highly-likely NET MESSAGE of this song, which is one of BIGOTRY against Christ's brothers and their fellow true worshipers of Jehovah [Yahweh, whose name you made a project of blaspheming and teaching blasphemy of, last "round."]
UPDATE, November 22, 2013 - about 4-1/2 years later. "Big news": As its offering to the biggest "HOLIday" shopping day of the year, this November 29th, U2 will be putting out a new vinyl record with the song "Ordinary Love" on it. The flip-side/B-side of that record will be.....
"BREATHE (Mandela Version)". Who is that going to please?
WHAT WAS THE RELIGION of Nelson Mandela's very first wife (Evelyn)? What was the problem - did she not stay home ALL the time, barefoot and in the kitchen? Was it too bothersome that SHE needed some FREEDOM and FREEDOM OF SPEECH to serve her God Jehovah, to tell others the Scriptural truth, as the Universal Sovereign asked her to - including that this world's political system is manipulated by Satan the Devil and is hopeless to totally reform; that only Jehovah's own scripturally-described heaven-based "Kingdom" government that will soon be extended down from heaven to rule over this whole earth has the power and ability to truly, permanently FIX this world, and make it one in which THE WHOLE HUMAN FAMILY CAN THRIVE, in peace, happiness, justice, and love forever, united by pure worship of our grand Heavenly Father and Maker? Were the mandates of God Almighty Himself a bothersome problem?
If something like the above was, indeed, the case, should that kind of actually anti-godly treatment of a scriptural messenger of God be REWARDED, REINFORCED, and CONDONED - especially by what would become a globally re-released version of this song, one now as if dedicated to N. Mandela; one that, by effect, has also already carelessly denigrated the global Jehovah's Witness religion?
Seriously, why are people so ridiculous (and not in a good way) that they fight God, and treat those being loyal to Him so poorly, with hurtful hypocrisy?
UPDATE - DECEMBER 16, 2013 ~
The NEW VERSION of "Breathe (Mandela Version)" is MUCH BETTER than the original - "Breathe"!! The stand-out (spiritually) offensive elements of the former version are NOT FOUND in this newer rendition. I have to leave a disclaimer in that I do not know what "Rolihlahla" means, but, other than that, this new version seems to be so much better - even pleasant at that.
It is so sad to see websites give in to journalistic prostitution against truth for the sake of pleasing those with the majority opinion (and thus greater sales/ market potential) that way. How entirely corrupt and dishonorable that is.
Yet, it has been a repeated phenomena that has occurred - for the defense of FALSE religious IDOLATRY; and, in these cases, FALSE "Christian" U2/ Bono IDOLATRY in particular. It is a STARK EXAMPLE of the PROPHESIED showing of HATRED for vital scriptural TRUTH from God and messengers of it; but a strong favoring of anti-scriptural, antichrist spiritual FALSEHOODS (and teachers of them) which are wrongful/ sinful desire-accomodating, and so more popular and beloved. (John 15:18-20; 17:14-18; 2Timothy 4:3,4)
Yes indeed - many FALSE "Christian" (but also a lesser amount of sexual pervert, atheist, witch and other spiritist) Bono/ U2 IDOLATERS have proven themselves willing to be very FERVENT and even thoroughly corrupt and immoral (i.e, demonistically slanderous) in their defense of "ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH" from Jehovah/ Yahweh and his Son as regards the spiritual issues brought up before BILLIONS of persons by Bono/ U2 songworks (and other accompanying mass-media-ed messages) and the largely extorted and misrepresented (because of how they've been used) bits/ paraphrases of Scriptures and allusions to them found in many of their songs (and Bono-speeches).
Even though those Satan-serving deletions and bannings of scriptural, spiritual TRUTH have occurred, (especially) as a testimony to the badness of the FALSE "Christian" Bono/ U2 IDOLATRY way; and even though fervent FALSE/ apostate "Christian" and other FALSE religious Bono/ U2 IDOLATRY and the spreading/ reinforcing of anti-God spiritual LIES via Bono/ U2 songs (and other media) and spiritually-drunken/ dumb-ified Bono/ U2 IDOLATERS continues; soon, all of these evil works and persons guilty of them will meet with AN ACCOUNTING by the God they FIGHT AGAINST and dare to BLASPHEME so boldly.
Here is that post [with slight grammar-editing]. Read, and enjoy FREEDOM of SPEECH, in the way it matters most, in the growing-ever-more-rare places it is still yet to be found.
[It may help to read the LYRICS to the new U2 song, "Breathe", to understand these grievances against it. The lyrics can be found on their website.]
March 7, 2009 -
YES, I WOULD, and DID. So did most of 6.5 million other Jehovah's Witnesses earthwide, as we were not mostly born into this religion. We chose (though maybe not immediately) to be HOSPITABLE to true, spirit-backed messengers of God's words. WE LISTENED TO THE "VOICE OF GOD" through those scriptural messages, having respect for them.
Now, I ring people's doorbells to help them LEARN what they need to from God's words - to stay alive (through Armageddon); to gain the benefits of drawing "close to God"; to better their lives now by living according to scriptural standards; and to develop TRUE HOPE based on what is real, which conquers despair, and so strengthens people to make the best out of situations instead of "giving up" and sinking further into ruin, as too many people do. That and more.
(And its fairly standard to not call on people before 9:00 A.M..........)
However, SO CONTRARY to the spiritually jealous, slanderous lies that come out from people who have a HATE (as prophesied) for scripturally disciplining and warning words from God,
*******"We are NOT PEDDLERS of the word of God, as many men are, but as out of sincerity, yes, as sent from God, under God's view, in company with Christ, we are speaking." (2Corinthians 2:17)*******
We received [God's truth] free, so we give that free. (See Matthew 10:8.)
In tremendous, HYPOCRITICAL DIFFERENCE, though, it is the churches of CHRISTENDOM and other whole-Scripture disdaining FALSE religions that have shamelessly FLEECED their FLOCKS financially, imposing burdens upon many that way through the centuries, so UNJUSTLY, "in the name of God."
Bono, U2, and others applauding the at least careless denigration of Jehovah's Witnesses that this song yields, would do well, for the life of them, to meditate on the following (and then some).
"Insider" instructions from Jesus Christ to those preaching God's words "publically and from house to house" (Acts 20:20), as his true disciples did and do. Its the spiritual reality of the situation from the perspective of the messenger-servant-of God from the "outside" of the door, volunteering their precious time, energy, and other resources to HELP their "NEIGHBOR" in THE MOST IMPORTANT, TRULY LIFE-SAVING WAY THERE IS:
“Into whatever city or village YOU enter, search out who in it is deserving, and stay there until YOU leave. When YOU are entering into the house, greet the household; and if the house is deserving, let the peace YOU wish it come upon it; but if it is not deserving, let the peace from YOU return upon YOU. Wherever anyone does not take YOU in or listen to YOUR words, on going out of that house or that city shake the dust off YOUR feet. Truly I say to YOU, It will be more endurable for the land of Sod´om and Go·mor´rah on Judgment Day than for that city." (Matthew 10:11-15)
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple to become as his teacher, and the slave as his lord. If people have called the householder Be·el´ze·bub, how much more [will they call] those of his household so? 26 Therefore do not fear them; for there is nothing covered over that will not become uncovered, and secret that will not become known. 27 What I tell YOU in the darkness, say in the light; and what YOU hear whispered, preach from the housetops. 28 And do not become fearful of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be in fear of him that can destroy both soul and body in Ge·hen´na. 29 Do not two sparrows sell for a coin of small value? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without YOUR Father’s [knowledge]. 30 But the very hairs of YOUR head are all numbered. 31 Therefore have no fear: YOU are worth more than many sparrows. 32 “Everyone, then, that confesses union with me before men, I will also confess union with him before my Father who is in the heavens; 33 but whoever disowns me before men, I will also disown him before my Father who is in the heavens. 34 Do not think I came to put peace upon the earth; I came to put, not peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to cause division, with a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a young wife against her mother-in-law. 36 Indeed, a man’s enemies will be persons of his own household. 37 He that has greater affection for father or mother than for me is not worthy of me; and he that has greater affection for son or daughter than for me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not accept his torture stake and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39 He that finds his soul will lose it, and he that loses his soul for my sake will find it. 40 “He that receives YOU receives me also, and he that receives me receives him also that sent me forth. 41 He that receives a prophet because he is a prophet will get a prophet’s reward, and he that receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will get a righteous man’s reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, I tell YOU truly, he will by no means lose his reward.” (Matthew 10:24-42)
It is people who "listen" to, learn, respect, and obey God's scriptural truth that are really the "free" ones, who can clear-headedly "breathe" easily.
The rest are still dealing with the "smoke" and "sting" of God's judgment and warning messages that they have thusfar rejected, refusing to "listen" to/ "hear" and "see" them. (Revelation Chapter 9; Isaiah 6:8-10/ Matthew 13:13-15).
Bono said it himself, as part of his "National Prayer Breakfast" speech (though he badly misapplied some Scriptures, he got this idea PARTLY right anyway) - Christ IS judgmental over how "his brothers" are treated (Matthew 25:34-46)......................But, Bono was WRONG about WHO Christ's "BROTHERS" are.
They are NOT, as Bono mass-media taught, the monetarily/ materially/ physically "poor ones" in general of the earth. They ARE, instead, the REMNANT of the 144,000, spiritually adopted, spirit-anointed, joint heir with Christ "holy ones". There were only about 9105 of those "brothers" of Christ left on earth as of the date of The Lord's Evening Meal/ the Memorial of Christ's death in 2007 - and ALL of them.......are Jehovah's Witnesses.
By promoting this song to the world, letting it run wild, "as is", (it was already performed on the Letterman show this past week; and is in people's homes, car stereos and plugged into their ears now "everywhere") you, Bono, ARE MISTREATING CHRIST'S BROTHERS and TEACHING/REINFORCING OTHERS TO DO THIS SAME.
Maybe this will be "the last straw" for you with God, (and any fervent IDOLATER fans of yours copying your speech, behavior, and attitude)?
(ALREADY, I saw a new "fan" profile displayed on "zootopia", U2's official fan message board site - in which the woman bragged that she enjoys scaring Jehovah's Witnesses away from her doorstep.)
In my eyes, even the carelessness shown towards the effect of this song makes you a JUDAS. Your performance of this on national TV was REPULSIVE.
If I were you, I would do all I could, URGENTLY, to retract/correct the highly-likely NET MESSAGE of this song, which is one of BIGOTRY against Christ's brothers and their fellow true worshipers of Jehovah [Yahweh, whose name you made a project of blaspheming and teaching blasphemy of, last "round."]
UPDATE, November 22, 2013 - about 4-1/2 years later. "Big news": As its offering to the biggest "HOLIday" shopping day of the year, this November 29th, U2 will be putting out a new vinyl record with the song "Ordinary Love" on it. The flip-side/B-side of that record will be.....
"BREATHE (Mandela Version)". Who is that going to please?
WHAT WAS THE RELIGION of Nelson Mandela's very first wife (Evelyn)? What was the problem - did she not stay home ALL the time, barefoot and in the kitchen? Was it too bothersome that SHE needed some FREEDOM and FREEDOM OF SPEECH to serve her God Jehovah, to tell others the Scriptural truth, as the Universal Sovereign asked her to - including that this world's political system is manipulated by Satan the Devil and is hopeless to totally reform; that only Jehovah's own scripturally-described heaven-based "Kingdom" government that will soon be extended down from heaven to rule over this whole earth has the power and ability to truly, permanently FIX this world, and make it one in which THE WHOLE HUMAN FAMILY CAN THRIVE, in peace, happiness, justice, and love forever, united by pure worship of our grand Heavenly Father and Maker? Were the mandates of God Almighty Himself a bothersome problem?
If something like the above was, indeed, the case, should that kind of actually anti-godly treatment of a scriptural messenger of God be REWARDED, REINFORCED, and CONDONED - especially by what would become a globally re-released version of this song, one now as if dedicated to N. Mandela; one that, by effect, has also already carelessly denigrated the global Jehovah's Witness religion?
Seriously, why are people so ridiculous (and not in a good way) that they fight God, and treat those being loyal to Him so poorly, with hurtful hypocrisy?
UPDATE - DECEMBER 16, 2013 ~
The NEW VERSION of "Breathe (Mandela Version)" is MUCH BETTER than the original - "Breathe"!! The stand-out (spiritually) offensive elements of the former version are NOT FOUND in this newer rendition. I have to leave a disclaimer in that I do not know what "Rolihlahla" means, but, other than that, this new version seems to be so much better - even pleasant at that.
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