HI. REMEMBER ME? LET US TALK ABOUT FAITHFULNESS, RESPECT, EXCLUSIVE DEVOTION & TRUST IN ONLY JAH, and WAITING ON HIM VS. EXERCISING NONE OF THAT
[ADDED-TO, AGAIN]
Hey - How ya doing? We used to "play" Zootopia together sometimes, even in the middle of the night, even like at 3:33am, way back in the day - before you allowed your people to ban me, as you were putting out the song, "Yahweh" (which you would soon work mass-blasphemy with) anyway.
Scriptural-spiritual truth - the warning and corrective kind, in particular - WAS shown HATE, just like Jesus prophesied; and so much of what went on in the microcosm of your "funsite" - the actions of people - made so many Scriptural prophecies of how God-defiant people would unjustly talk and behave come straight to life. I must say, that was phenomenal, but not in a good way. If you really do understand much of anything about the Bible, what went down there should have caused you to take a couple of steps back, in fear of God. Some regret should have happened.
Then, of course, there's been - and still is - the whole damned - as in DEFINITELY GOD-CONDEMNED - decade-plus-long and still ongoing INTERNATIONAL MASS-BLASPHEMY of Jehovah/Yahweh's OWN PERSONAL HOLY NAME - which you continue to carry on, by letting your spiritually-insanely-evil "U2 Yahweh" cartoon idol image videos (and concert videos showing the same blasphemous images) play on the major video-sharing sites, without you retracting them (as you have done with other U2-related videos in the past, which you did not want shown.)
And with all of the high-level media opps you have partaken of or afforded yourself over the past decade, did you ever once publicly apologize - or explain your deep regret and error - over your mass blasphemy in this (and other) ways? NONE HAS BEEN NOTICED WHATSOEVER...([add-in]: OR...if you are sad about it - calling out God's name "in shame" don't you think your speech and actions should SHOW it? [That answer should be YES.]) Yet, your Satanic videos continue to air to the world, and continue to make opportunities for public desecration of Jehovah's name.
And then there was the icky, gross, "Breathe" song, which prompted at least one of your site-welcomed, God-disrespecting, unrighteous, and conscience-impaired fans to outrightly post that she "enjoys scaring Jehovah's Witnesses away from her door." That IS the standard you did set, sir, for spiritually-defunct followers of yours.
What happened to your "Horizon"? How did that, eventually morph? Hmmm. Lemme see.....After some time, and your latest "new" Zootopia, I thought I'd test the waters, with your, "Password...enter here...you know your name...so punch it in."
But you hired (and continue to reward) anti-God and you-idolizing moderators - and between them and your usual crowd [remember - for your own set standards] of idolatrous, rather than spiritual-scriptural truth or actually God-respecting fans, it wasn't long until, once again, oil and water did not mix. Even though as usual, others were allowed to speak freely; corrective and warning scriptural words from me were shown the usual hate - by the actually ungodly - despite their claims to be otherwise - and your moderator censored/banned me (the effect is the SAME), "warning" me that your fansite isn't a place for "religious rants" The FACT IS, however, as is classic among U2 fans, RELIGION and spirituality are discussed ALL THE TIME - BEING AS IT IS THAT YOU GLEANED PROBABLY MOST OF YOUR FAN-BASE, OVER THE YEARS, BY YOUR INCLUSION OF SCRIPTURE-BITS OR ALLUSIONS TO THEM IN YOUR SONGS! It very much seems to be that this is how you have acquired most of your fame, fortune, fan-base, and celebrity-currency, as you call it -
BY YOUR USAGE - however scripturally correct or incorrect - of the words and intellectual property of God Almighty Himself, in your music.
And then, despite all - YOU PROMOTE and LET BE "JUDGE" and "IN CHARGE" of the souls who visit your pages - people YOU drew in, for your use/mis-use of God Almighty's words - a person demonstrating hate for and banning-censoring-out the more serious, less "FUN", and less-popular/marketable corrective and warning words from God. (How foolish and ironic that is, besides being intensely and excuselessly hypocritical and conscience-lacking though - because it is often those scripturally corrective-warning words that actually end up being the most important to people [and some day soon, they will be]).
So you censored-BANNED me - again - and yes, YOU and U2, as heads of your operation, ARE the ones responsible - for what you have allowed.
How could it ever have worked though? Despite your having made your fame and fortune mainly by tapping into people's spiritual drive, their spiritual "searching" - for your use of Scripture-bits/allusions; you have recently proven that YOU REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT THE CREATOR/UNIVERSAL SOVEREIGN SAYS ANYWAY - if it doesn't suit what your agenda/your desire is....So, whereas your "moderator" felt it necessary to, for instance, delete even my "profile" comments about what was "on my mind" - when I said that I hated how smoking was being re-glamorized by a new video - I'm pretty sure that you all definitely wanted "GOD CLEARED OUT OF THE ROOM" (scriptural warning or corrective words from Him, as responses, prevented anyway) BEFORE YOU MADE YOUR SHOCKING, anti-God, anti-scriptural, antichrist public statements about your band being "for" homosexual marriage, that "Bono is for lesbians", and that people should vote for homosexual marriage to be sanctioned by the state [Ireland]. I am sure that your moderators would have quickly deleted any serious and firm, scripturally corrective and warning comments regarding that issue.
You have hit a new LOW, however - and I believe you know how and why - and yes, I did already write about my concern: You have been concert and mass-media singing, regarding religion and spirituality, "I DON'T BELIEVE ANYMORE" - PURPOSELY LEAVING THAT REPEATED PUBLIC PROCLAMATION GENERALIZED, so that it can apply to any and all religions - either of Satan's false world empire of all false religions OR Jehovah's own scripturally-described-and-based one TRUE religion. You and U2 did not care - you, AGAIN, let Jehovah and worship of Him, on His own scriptural terms, be SLANDERED ALONG WITH your denunciation of all of the demonic, spiritistic, bloodguilty, and injustice-producing, ANTI-God FALSE religions of the world, which actually do deserve that denunciation (as God can't stand them either). And you have done the same with this mass-media-ed line in that same song too: "The worst things in the world are justified by belief": YOU PAINTED JEHOVAH, JESUS CHRIST, and TRUE BELIEFS, AS PER THE WORDS OF GOD HIMSELF - to all be JUST AS CULPABLE AS SATAN, HIS LIES, and ALL OF THE EVIL, HARM, and DEATH that comes from BELIEVING and SERVING SATAN/DEMONS.
This is the worst yet though: During all of your new concerts so far, you make a highlight out of performance of this, as it is, spiritually negligent, and wrongly God-blaming and God-defiant song; but you also, during this number, mass-media a dangerous and JEHOVAH-FIGHTING example, to the world, of destroying pieces of what are made to seem like offered spiritual literature. The majority could easily assume/guess at least some of this literature to be from the global religion that has been well-known, since the late 1800's, as being one that distributes MUCH spiritual literature - purposed to be as Bible-study aids- to the world.
And there you are - before the masses - kicking, ripping and throwing spiritual literature that would be assumed to include some that does teach scriptural truth - including Jehovah's name.
So this is coming off as though you are a wolf, with an attitude and practice stronger than what would be a spiritually healthy and rightly respectful "fear" of God - and you are teaching/reinforcing/recommended to others (especially your avid followers/fans) - that they too should show a brazen disrespect and anger towards God - especially the True God of the Bible, Jehovah - and likewise show a HATE and angered disrespect and derision for books or magazines of His global Jehovah's Witness religion that do and have helped millions of persons learn Bible truths (for their having been useful as Bible study aids). And that hate and anger would likewise be transferred onto the messengers bringing and offering these items to people too.
And what of these books , magazines, brochures, tracts, etc. that are meant to be Bible study aids, to help persons learn scriptural truths and see some applications for them? What of them, Bono? Do you take difference with some words or explanations of men within them - that may include human errors - so much so that you would publicly trash and recommend hate and anger towards the whole lot and rest of all such publications that HAVE taught millions of persons, worldwide, since the late 1800's, in hundreds of languages, vital and life-helpful scriptural truths and Jehovah's name; and which have served to help spiritually fortify and unify the prophesied global congregation that does exist in our day - and to help keep the God-commanded global preaching work of it organized?
Again, these various publications are NOT the God-Authored Holy Scriptures themselves - the touchstone and Authority for all spiritual matters. The writings of men in these magazines, etc., therefore, do not have the same weight of Authority as God's own scriptural words do. They are Bible study/learning aids that that attempt to explain and make useful applications of God's words for life today, with all of its challenges. They cite Scriptures in their writings. Those who worship Jehovah as He wishes, "with spirit and truth" (John 4:24), and honest-hearted seekers of Jehovah's truth should always be discerning, to check the validity of any spiritual writings/teachings of man against or as compared to what Jehovah's own scriptural words say. Readers of these publications can and should look up the cited Scriptures (especially those they are not familiar with) in their Bibles, to check for scriptural agreement of what is being discussed or taught, just as God Himself has recommended -
"Beloved ones, do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God, because many false prophets have gone forth into the world." (1John 4:1)
"Immediately by night the brothers sent both Paul and Silas out to Be·roe′a, and these, upon arriving, went into the synagogue of the Jews. Now the latter were more noble-minded than those in Thes·sa·lo·ni′ca, for they received the word with the greatest eagerness of mind, carefully examining the Scriptures daily as to whether these things were so. " (Acts 17:10,11)
"And this is what I continue praying, that your love may abound yet more and more with accurate knowledge and full discernment; that you may make sure of the more important things, so that you may be flawless and not be stumbling others up to the day of Christ, and may be filled with righteous fruit, which is through Jesus Christ, to God’s glory and praise." (Philippians 1:9-11)
"All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work." (2Timothy 3:16,17)
Super simple, from a en-scriptured prayer of Jesus Christ himself, to Jehovah, his own God as well as Heavenly Father, regarding the spiritual care and well being of his followers, and so true worshipers of God:
"SANCTIFY THEM BY MEANS OF THE TRUTH;
* YOUR * WORD * IS * TRUTH * " (John 17:17)
"Finally, go on acquiring power in [the] Lord and in the mightiness of his strength. Put on the complete suit of armor from God that YOU may be able to stand firm against the machinations of the Devil; because we have a wrestling, not against blood and flesh, but against the governments, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places. On this account take up the complete suit of armor from God, that YOU may be able to resist in the wicked day and, after YOU have done all things thoroughly, to stand firm. Stand firm, therefore, with YOUR loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness, and with YOUR feet shod with the equipment of the good news of peace. Above all things, take up the large shield of faith, with which YOU will be able to quench all the wicked one’s burning missiles. Also, accept the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, that is, God’s word, while with every form of prayer and supplication YOU carry on prayer on every occasion in spirit. And to that end keep awake with all constancy and with supplication in behalf of all the holy ones." (Ephesians 6:10-18)
And there are many more protective words from God, in His own words, regarding the importance of always being spiritually discerning, so as to remain true to Him, as well.
[Reminds me of the "sculpture" of the girl's head in your "Everywhere You Go, You Shout It" video, on which the words were drawn to say, "STAY TRUE." Good idea, to "stay true" - to Jehovah.]
Sometimes, yes it does happen that men make errors in their writing or teaching about how God's words should be explained or applied. Sometimes, those errors - or generalities, etc. - have even been aggravating and/or hurtful to some individuals. HOWEVER, when such errors (or writings that cause misunderstandings, etc.) are made, the very LIVING AND TRUE GOD JEHOVAH ALWAYS MAKES SURE, WITH HIS SPIRIT (HIS ACTIVE FORCE) THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS (etc.) AFFECTING HIS OWN TRUE and LOYAL PEOPLE (of His own namesake, too) - or persons honest-heartedly seeking Him - ARE CORRECTED - at LEAST EVENTUALLY (and even if "eventually" means after He Himself sorts everything and everyone all out come "the great tribulation" and Armageddon Day).
We ARE living in the prophesied time of the end - the time when Satan would have great anger towards anyone loyal and obedient to Jehovah, doing His will, and teaching His scriptural truth - or honest-heartedly seeking God, so as to find His truth and obey it - and so there is a very heavy, challenging, and active spiritual war going on now. Also, like in the biblical account of Jeremiah's day (preserved as a warning for our day), as prophesied, there are some troublemakers mixed in among God's people now too - even a relative few treacherous and traitor-some, wicked, hurtful, and hypocritical persons. God warned in more than a few verses to look out for such persons - but He also taught not to let any such person ruin one's relationship with, service to, or pure worship of Jehovah.
God always does act to fix things, and His own words can always be trusted. HE and HIS SON are the one's who are truly in charge of/ leading His people - not men - and so nothing will escape Jehovah's notice or [at least eventual] fixing.
It's funny that you should have me on your back this way, Bono - because apparently you and I have a bit similar of a temperament, so to say.
Let me explain. You see, in a couple of situations - which were NOT public demonstrations though - even I, a longtime faithful Jehovah's Witness [who also happened to grow up Catholic] also happened to rip up a couple of the above-mentioned magazines. WHY?? Because there ARE the relative few traitor-some, treacherous, hurtful, unjust, unrighteous, damaging, apostately-attacking, persecuting, Pharisee-like, evil-y intense hypocrites out there - and I was socked with such a near total-Judas-like, spiritually abusive, Devil-like person directly in my personal life. Rather than being a TRUE worshiper of God, at all times - and keeping the whole of Jehovah's own scriptural words,
His commands and principals first and foremost, as those things which a person must answer to God for - this person decided it was much more interesting to put on a well-done false show of formalistic worship in front of others; but then to privately treat me with life-robbing, very distressing evil.
That person made a habit, in their "spiritual" "studies", of by-passing, disregarding, and "forgetting" about what God's own words had to say about certain spiritually critical issues. God's own words are purposed to cover MUCH MORE, and more precisely, than the words of men - and Jehovah's own words incorporate no misunderstandings on His part - and no overlooking of the unique situations and needs of each individual. However, again, some wickedly behaved persons are not all that concerned about living true lives with spiritual integrity, worshiping Jehovah "with spirit and truth", or always wanting to treat others with righteousness. When appearing to be "holy" in front of others becomes the priority, warped things can happen. Being "a pleaser of men", rather than God happens. Idolizing men and their putting their words first - even if they don't truly apply, or if they contain errors or misunderstandings - above God's own words can go along with that too. In other words, a person with bad, hypocritical motives can turn even the one true religion into their own, self-serving cult for themselves as an individual - and use that "tool" they formed - of scriptural beliefs they twisted; together with any errors or oversights of men they can exploit to "support" their badness; and the "support" of persons who only get to see the double-lived "holy" side of them - as a destructive spiritual weapon to attack, abuse, and apostately persecute someone loyal and true to God with.
So, for instance, when that particular person came to me then, to point out non-fitting words of men as "counsel" to me of "why" I should submit myself to that person's abuse, if I wanted to be pleasing to God, what do you think I did to that particular magazine, in that particular private situation? Pieces, tossed towards them, on the lawn.
Note, though, that is immensely different than making a very unfair, highly disrespectful (especially to Jehovah) mass-media-ed public demonstration of rageful hate and trashing of literature that has, by-in-far, for the most part, since the late 1800's, well-served God and mankind as a means to make Jehovah's Scriptures, understanding of them, and true worship known - "to the most distant parts of the earth." (Acts 1:8)
To continue to disrespectfully publicly rampage against what God has used, so much, to have His scriptural truths taught, throughout the world, for a long time, would be very, very bad (evil) of you. (And it would make it completely impossible for me to even come to observe your show. ) It also sets a very dangerous example:
There infamously have been and ARE situations and places in this world where enemies of Jehovah (and His own-named, true and faithful people) HAVE BANNED, under human-rights- violating threats of punishment (or death) - the same sourced/named Bible study-aid material that it easily appears that you - over and over again - are making a large-show public display of showing disgust and disdain for, and are likewise DESTROYING. Again, your historic "company" for such "leadership" action would include Hitler and Stalin, etc.
The spiritual-fortification and teaching value of such publications has been so high, that, for instance, in the days of Hitler, Stalin, and other enemy-of-God despots, TRUE and faithful servants of Jehovah have both risked and, at times, lost their freedom or their lives, in attempt to share such publications - with the helpful true scriptural teachings that they do contain - with others.
In your own home country, I read that, in the past, this same kind of literature had to be smuggled along as well, with messengers and sharers of these things needing to be so careful, lest part of, for instance, the "Legion of Mary" come after them ("in the name of God"), to even beat their fellow women/mothers with their broomsticks, to try to stop their scriptural preaching work.
Additionally, not only is the literature you are recklessly mass-teaching hate for and destruction of produced by dedicated volunteers, and funded by donations; but there is involvement in it by adoptive spiritual sons of God/"holy ones"/ CHRIST'S BROTHERS yet on earth too. So, besides at least carelessly and recklessly disrespecting the Creator and Universal Sovereign Jehovah God Almighty and His installed King-Son Jesus Christ, by your repeated public display of destruction of what can easily be assumed to include this literature; for your doing this, YOU ARE ALSO MISTREATING JESUS CHRIST'S BROTHERS. People will be judged, by Christ, as to being "sheep" [for everlasting life] or "goats" [for everlasting death] according to how they treat Christ's brothers, too (Matthew 25:31-46) - and, you have been
acting so as to defame and damage their Christ-commissioned global preaching work to teach life-saving, scriptural truth. (Matthew 24:14; 28:19,20)
Again, this "world" [of persons alienated from God] already, as prophesied, shows all kinds of hate towards Jehovah, Jesus Christ, God's whole-scriptural truth and standards, and TRUE Christians/TRUE worshipers of God Almighty.
It is bad, reckless, unrighteous, and unloving of you for you to mass-media-make a point of trying to drum-up more of that very dangerous HATE.
The main way I learned God's life-saving scriptural truth was by using such literature as Bible study aids. How tragic it would be, for any other honest-hearted seekers of spiritual truth, for you to discourage them away from also having that help.
P.S. , FYI - I thoroughly did enjoy passing out such literature in public, in Ireland; at and in conjunction with your shows in 5 different countries, plus several more cities; and in front of your studio at Hanover Quay, back in the day. The people who received that comforting learning material appreciated it too. For that, it was a very good time.
P.P.S. I am, of course, NOT a prophet(ess) (there aren't any more of those, in these post-closed-scriptural-canon days of this world system) - but I AM a TRUE, though definitely imperfect, loyal servant of Jehovah God. Though causes can produce predictable effects; and although human metaphors can be very loose things; I am still finding it interesting that I wrote this here, back in 2008. It wasn't too far off, with what came to seem like the spirit of things, was it? It seems I just basically got the animal wrong, for the current sad-tragic overall effect? Did you ever read this, Bono/U2? -
(Excerpt from a story I wrote on this same website) -
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
"Ban it, ban it, show it hate!" chanted the spiritists in unison. WE are one, WE are one, WE are one. We do NOT NEED truth from God, and we don't want to obey it, just like Satan said. BAN God's truth! Show it hate!"
The hyenas mimicked the people, who were behaving like the hyenas. One hyena had a tattered Bible. He invited other hyenas to rip it apart with him. A human came by to steal a hunk of it, shouting, "We want to rip it apart too, we want to rip it too! Oh ha ha! Ha ha ha!" A hyena panted at him, as if sharing the same "thought."
Hey - How ya doing? We used to "play" Zootopia together sometimes, even in the middle of the night, even like at 3:33am, way back in the day - before you allowed your people to ban me, as you were putting out the song, "Yahweh" (which you would soon work mass-blasphemy with) anyway.
Scriptural-spiritual truth - the warning and corrective kind, in particular - WAS shown HATE, just like Jesus prophesied; and so much of what went on in the microcosm of your "funsite" - the actions of people - made so many Scriptural prophecies of how God-defiant people would unjustly talk and behave come straight to life. I must say, that was phenomenal, but not in a good way. If you really do understand much of anything about the Bible, what went down there should have caused you to take a couple of steps back, in fear of God. Some regret should have happened.
Then, of course, there's been - and still is - the whole damned - as in DEFINITELY GOD-CONDEMNED - decade-plus-long and still ongoing INTERNATIONAL MASS-BLASPHEMY of Jehovah/Yahweh's OWN PERSONAL HOLY NAME - which you continue to carry on, by letting your spiritually-insanely-evil "U2 Yahweh" cartoon idol image videos (and concert videos showing the same blasphemous images) play on the major video-sharing sites, without you retracting them (as you have done with other U2-related videos in the past, which you did not want shown.)
And with all of the high-level media opps you have partaken of or afforded yourself over the past decade, did you ever once publicly apologize - or explain your deep regret and error - over your mass blasphemy in this (and other) ways? NONE HAS BEEN NOTICED WHATSOEVER...([add-in]: OR...if you are sad about it - calling out God's name "in shame" don't you think your speech and actions should SHOW it? [That answer should be YES.]) Yet, your Satanic videos continue to air to the world, and continue to make opportunities for public desecration of Jehovah's name.
And then there was the icky, gross, "Breathe" song, which prompted at least one of your site-welcomed, God-disrespecting, unrighteous, and conscience-impaired fans to outrightly post that she "enjoys scaring Jehovah's Witnesses away from her door." That IS the standard you did set, sir, for spiritually-defunct followers of yours.
What happened to your "Horizon"? How did that, eventually morph? Hmmm. Lemme see.....After some time, and your latest "new" Zootopia, I thought I'd test the waters, with your, "Password...enter here...you know your name...so punch it in."
But you hired (and continue to reward) anti-God and you-idolizing moderators - and between them and your usual crowd [remember - for your own set standards] of idolatrous, rather than spiritual-scriptural truth or actually God-respecting fans, it wasn't long until, once again, oil and water did not mix. Even though as usual, others were allowed to speak freely; corrective and warning scriptural words from me were shown the usual hate - by the actually ungodly - despite their claims to be otherwise - and your moderator censored/banned me (the effect is the SAME), "warning" me that your fansite isn't a place for "religious rants" The FACT IS, however, as is classic among U2 fans, RELIGION and spirituality are discussed ALL THE TIME - BEING AS IT IS THAT YOU GLEANED PROBABLY MOST OF YOUR FAN-BASE, OVER THE YEARS, BY YOUR INCLUSION OF SCRIPTURE-BITS OR ALLUSIONS TO THEM IN YOUR SONGS! It very much seems to be that this is how you have acquired most of your fame, fortune, fan-base, and celebrity-currency, as you call it -
BY YOUR USAGE - however scripturally correct or incorrect - of the words and intellectual property of God Almighty Himself, in your music.
And then, despite all - YOU PROMOTE and LET BE "JUDGE" and "IN CHARGE" of the souls who visit your pages - people YOU drew in, for your use/mis-use of God Almighty's words - a person demonstrating hate for and banning-censoring-out the more serious, less "FUN", and less-popular/marketable corrective and warning words from God. (How foolish and ironic that is, besides being intensely and excuselessly hypocritical and conscience-lacking though - because it is often those scripturally corrective-warning words that actually end up being the most important to people [and some day soon, they will be]).
So you censored-BANNED me - again - and yes, YOU and U2, as heads of your operation, ARE the ones responsible - for what you have allowed.
How could it ever have worked though? Despite your having made your fame and fortune mainly by tapping into people's spiritual drive, their spiritual "searching" - for your use of Scripture-bits/allusions; you have recently proven that YOU REALLY DON'T CARE WHAT THE CREATOR/UNIVERSAL SOVEREIGN SAYS ANYWAY - if it doesn't suit what your agenda/your desire is....So, whereas your "moderator" felt it necessary to, for instance, delete even my "profile" comments about what was "on my mind" - when I said that I hated how smoking was being re-glamorized by a new video - I'm pretty sure that you all definitely wanted "GOD CLEARED OUT OF THE ROOM" (scriptural warning or corrective words from Him, as responses, prevented anyway) BEFORE YOU MADE YOUR SHOCKING, anti-God, anti-scriptural, antichrist public statements about your band being "for" homosexual marriage, that "Bono is for lesbians", and that people should vote for homosexual marriage to be sanctioned by the state [Ireland]. I am sure that your moderators would have quickly deleted any serious and firm, scripturally corrective and warning comments regarding that issue.
You have hit a new LOW, however - and I believe you know how and why - and yes, I did already write about my concern: You have been concert and mass-media singing, regarding religion and spirituality, "I DON'T BELIEVE ANYMORE" - PURPOSELY LEAVING THAT REPEATED PUBLIC PROCLAMATION GENERALIZED, so that it can apply to any and all religions - either of Satan's false world empire of all false religions OR Jehovah's own scripturally-described-and-based one TRUE religion. You and U2 did not care - you, AGAIN, let Jehovah and worship of Him, on His own scriptural terms, be SLANDERED ALONG WITH your denunciation of all of the demonic, spiritistic, bloodguilty, and injustice-producing, ANTI-God FALSE religions of the world, which actually do deserve that denunciation (as God can't stand them either). And you have done the same with this mass-media-ed line in that same song too: "The worst things in the world are justified by belief": YOU PAINTED JEHOVAH, JESUS CHRIST, and TRUE BELIEFS, AS PER THE WORDS OF GOD HIMSELF - to all be JUST AS CULPABLE AS SATAN, HIS LIES, and ALL OF THE EVIL, HARM, and DEATH that comes from BELIEVING and SERVING SATAN/DEMONS.
This is the worst yet though: During all of your new concerts so far, you make a highlight out of performance of this, as it is, spiritually negligent, and wrongly God-blaming and God-defiant song; but you also, during this number, mass-media a dangerous and JEHOVAH-FIGHTING example, to the world, of destroying pieces of what are made to seem like offered spiritual literature. The majority could easily assume/guess at least some of this literature to be from the global religion that has been well-known, since the late 1800's, as being one that distributes MUCH spiritual literature - purposed to be as Bible-study aids- to the world.
And there you are - before the masses - kicking, ripping and throwing spiritual literature that would be assumed to include some that does teach scriptural truth - including Jehovah's name.
So this is coming off as though you are a wolf, with an attitude and practice stronger than what would be a spiritually healthy and rightly respectful "fear" of God - and you are teaching/reinforcing/recommended to others (especially your avid followers/fans) - that they too should show a brazen disrespect and anger towards God - especially the True God of the Bible, Jehovah - and likewise show a HATE and angered disrespect and derision for books or magazines of His global Jehovah's Witness religion that do and have helped millions of persons learn Bible truths (for their having been useful as Bible study aids). And that hate and anger would likewise be transferred onto the messengers bringing and offering these items to people too.
And what of these books , magazines, brochures, tracts, etc. that are meant to be Bible study aids, to help persons learn scriptural truths and see some applications for them? What of them, Bono? Do you take difference with some words or explanations of men within them - that may include human errors - so much so that you would publicly trash and recommend hate and anger towards the whole lot and rest of all such publications that HAVE taught millions of persons, worldwide, since the late 1800's, in hundreds of languages, vital and life-helpful scriptural truths and Jehovah's name; and which have served to help spiritually fortify and unify the prophesied global congregation that does exist in our day - and to help keep the God-commanded global preaching work of it organized?
Again, these various publications are NOT the God-Authored Holy Scriptures themselves - the touchstone and Authority for all spiritual matters. The writings of men in these magazines, etc., therefore, do not have the same weight of Authority as God's own scriptural words do. They are Bible study/learning aids that that attempt to explain and make useful applications of God's words for life today, with all of its challenges. They cite Scriptures in their writings. Those who worship Jehovah as He wishes, "with spirit and truth" (John 4:24), and honest-hearted seekers of Jehovah's truth should always be discerning, to check the validity of any spiritual writings/teachings of man against or as compared to what Jehovah's own scriptural words say. Readers of these publications can and should look up the cited Scriptures (especially those they are not familiar with) in their Bibles, to check for scriptural agreement of what is being discussed or taught, just as God Himself has recommended -
"Beloved ones, do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God, because many false prophets have gone forth into the world." (1John 4:1)
"Immediately by night the brothers sent both Paul and Silas out to Be·roe′a, and these, upon arriving, went into the synagogue of the Jews. Now the latter were more noble-minded than those in Thes·sa·lo·ni′ca, for they received the word with the greatest eagerness of mind, carefully examining the Scriptures daily as to whether these things were so. " (Acts 17:10,11)
"And this is what I continue praying, that your love may abound yet more and more with accurate knowledge and full discernment; that you may make sure of the more important things, so that you may be flawless and not be stumbling others up to the day of Christ, and may be filled with righteous fruit, which is through Jesus Christ, to God’s glory and praise." (Philippians 1:9-11)
"All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work." (2Timothy 3:16,17)
Super simple, from a en-scriptured prayer of Jesus Christ himself, to Jehovah, his own God as well as Heavenly Father, regarding the spiritual care and well being of his followers, and so true worshipers of God:
"SANCTIFY THEM BY MEANS OF THE TRUTH;
* YOUR * WORD * IS * TRUTH * " (John 17:17)
"Finally, go on acquiring power in [the] Lord and in the mightiness of his strength. Put on the complete suit of armor from God that YOU may be able to stand firm against the machinations of the Devil; because we have a wrestling, not against blood and flesh, but against the governments, against the authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the wicked spirit forces in the heavenly places. On this account take up the complete suit of armor from God, that YOU may be able to resist in the wicked day and, after YOU have done all things thoroughly, to stand firm. Stand firm, therefore, with YOUR loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness, and with YOUR feet shod with the equipment of the good news of peace. Above all things, take up the large shield of faith, with which YOU will be able to quench all the wicked one’s burning missiles. Also, accept the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the spirit, that is, God’s word, while with every form of prayer and supplication YOU carry on prayer on every occasion in spirit. And to that end keep awake with all constancy and with supplication in behalf of all the holy ones." (Ephesians 6:10-18)
And there are many more protective words from God, in His own words, regarding the importance of always being spiritually discerning, so as to remain true to Him, as well.
[Reminds me of the "sculpture" of the girl's head in your "Everywhere You Go, You Shout It" video, on which the words were drawn to say, "STAY TRUE." Good idea, to "stay true" - to Jehovah.]
Sometimes, yes it does happen that men make errors in their writing or teaching about how God's words should be explained or applied. Sometimes, those errors - or generalities, etc. - have even been aggravating and/or hurtful to some individuals. HOWEVER, when such errors (or writings that cause misunderstandings, etc.) are made, the very LIVING AND TRUE GOD JEHOVAH ALWAYS MAKES SURE, WITH HIS SPIRIT (HIS ACTIVE FORCE) THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS (etc.) AFFECTING HIS OWN TRUE and LOYAL PEOPLE (of His own namesake, too) - or persons honest-heartedly seeking Him - ARE CORRECTED - at LEAST EVENTUALLY (and even if "eventually" means after He Himself sorts everything and everyone all out come "the great tribulation" and Armageddon Day).
We ARE living in the prophesied time of the end - the time when Satan would have great anger towards anyone loyal and obedient to Jehovah, doing His will, and teaching His scriptural truth - or honest-heartedly seeking God, so as to find His truth and obey it - and so there is a very heavy, challenging, and active spiritual war going on now. Also, like in the biblical account of Jeremiah's day (preserved as a warning for our day), as prophesied, there are some troublemakers mixed in among God's people now too - even a relative few treacherous and traitor-some, wicked, hurtful, and hypocritical persons. God warned in more than a few verses to look out for such persons - but He also taught not to let any such person ruin one's relationship with, service to, or pure worship of Jehovah.
God always does act to fix things, and His own words can always be trusted. HE and HIS SON are the one's who are truly in charge of/ leading His people - not men - and so nothing will escape Jehovah's notice or [at least eventual] fixing.
It's funny that you should have me on your back this way, Bono - because apparently you and I have a bit similar of a temperament, so to say.
Let me explain. You see, in a couple of situations - which were NOT public demonstrations though - even I, a longtime faithful Jehovah's Witness [who also happened to grow up Catholic] also happened to rip up a couple of the above-mentioned magazines. WHY?? Because there ARE the relative few traitor-some, treacherous, hurtful, unjust, unrighteous, damaging, apostately-attacking, persecuting, Pharisee-like, evil-y intense hypocrites out there - and I was socked with such a near total-Judas-like, spiritually abusive, Devil-like person directly in my personal life. Rather than being a TRUE worshiper of God, at all times - and keeping the whole of Jehovah's own scriptural words,
His commands and principals first and foremost, as those things which a person must answer to God for - this person decided it was much more interesting to put on a well-done false show of formalistic worship in front of others; but then to privately treat me with life-robbing, very distressing evil.
That person made a habit, in their "spiritual" "studies", of by-passing, disregarding, and "forgetting" about what God's own words had to say about certain spiritually critical issues. God's own words are purposed to cover MUCH MORE, and more precisely, than the words of men - and Jehovah's own words incorporate no misunderstandings on His part - and no overlooking of the unique situations and needs of each individual. However, again, some wickedly behaved persons are not all that concerned about living true lives with spiritual integrity, worshiping Jehovah "with spirit and truth", or always wanting to treat others with righteousness. When appearing to be "holy" in front of others becomes the priority, warped things can happen. Being "a pleaser of men", rather than God happens. Idolizing men and their putting their words first - even if they don't truly apply, or if they contain errors or misunderstandings - above God's own words can go along with that too. In other words, a person with bad, hypocritical motives can turn even the one true religion into their own, self-serving cult for themselves as an individual - and use that "tool" they formed - of scriptural beliefs they twisted; together with any errors or oversights of men they can exploit to "support" their badness; and the "support" of persons who only get to see the double-lived "holy" side of them - as a destructive spiritual weapon to attack, abuse, and apostately persecute someone loyal and true to God with.
So, for instance, when that particular person came to me then, to point out non-fitting words of men as "counsel" to me of "why" I should submit myself to that person's abuse, if I wanted to be pleasing to God, what do you think I did to that particular magazine, in that particular private situation? Pieces, tossed towards them, on the lawn.
Note, though, that is immensely different than making a very unfair, highly disrespectful (especially to Jehovah) mass-media-ed public demonstration of rageful hate and trashing of literature that has, by-in-far, for the most part, since the late 1800's, well-served God and mankind as a means to make Jehovah's Scriptures, understanding of them, and true worship known - "to the most distant parts of the earth." (Acts 1:8)
To continue to disrespectfully publicly rampage against what God has used, so much, to have His scriptural truths taught, throughout the world, for a long time, would be very, very bad (evil) of you. (And it would make it completely impossible for me to even come to observe your show. ) It also sets a very dangerous example:
There infamously have been and ARE situations and places in this world where enemies of Jehovah (and His own-named, true and faithful people) HAVE BANNED, under human-rights- violating threats of punishment (or death) - the same sourced/named Bible study-aid material that it easily appears that you - over and over again - are making a large-show public display of showing disgust and disdain for, and are likewise DESTROYING. Again, your historic "company" for such "leadership" action would include Hitler and Stalin, etc.
The spiritual-fortification and teaching value of such publications has been so high, that, for instance, in the days of Hitler, Stalin, and other enemy-of-God despots, TRUE and faithful servants of Jehovah have both risked and, at times, lost their freedom or their lives, in attempt to share such publications - with the helpful true scriptural teachings that they do contain - with others.
In your own home country, I read that, in the past, this same kind of literature had to be smuggled along as well, with messengers and sharers of these things needing to be so careful, lest part of, for instance, the "Legion of Mary" come after them ("in the name of God"), to even beat their fellow women/mothers with their broomsticks, to try to stop their scriptural preaching work.
Additionally, not only is the literature you are recklessly mass-teaching hate for and destruction of produced by dedicated volunteers, and funded by donations; but there is involvement in it by adoptive spiritual sons of God/"holy ones"/ CHRIST'S BROTHERS yet on earth too. So, besides at least carelessly and recklessly disrespecting the Creator and Universal Sovereign Jehovah God Almighty and His installed King-Son Jesus Christ, by your repeated public display of destruction of what can easily be assumed to include this literature; for your doing this, YOU ARE ALSO MISTREATING JESUS CHRIST'S BROTHERS. People will be judged, by Christ, as to being "sheep" [for everlasting life] or "goats" [for everlasting death] according to how they treat Christ's brothers, too (Matthew 25:31-46) - and, you have been
acting so as to defame and damage their Christ-commissioned global preaching work to teach life-saving, scriptural truth. (Matthew 24:14; 28:19,20)
Again, this "world" [of persons alienated from God] already, as prophesied, shows all kinds of hate towards Jehovah, Jesus Christ, God's whole-scriptural truth and standards, and TRUE Christians/TRUE worshipers of God Almighty.
It is bad, reckless, unrighteous, and unloving of you for you to mass-media-make a point of trying to drum-up more of that very dangerous HATE.
The main way I learned God's life-saving scriptural truth was by using such literature as Bible study aids. How tragic it would be, for any other honest-hearted seekers of spiritual truth, for you to discourage them away from also having that help.
P.S. , FYI - I thoroughly did enjoy passing out such literature in public, in Ireland; at and in conjunction with your shows in 5 different countries, plus several more cities; and in front of your studio at Hanover Quay, back in the day. The people who received that comforting learning material appreciated it too. For that, it was a very good time.
P.P.S. I am, of course, NOT a prophet(ess) (there aren't any more of those, in these post-closed-scriptural-canon days of this world system) - but I AM a TRUE, though definitely imperfect, loyal servant of Jehovah God. Though causes can produce predictable effects; and although human metaphors can be very loose things; I am still finding it interesting that I wrote this here, back in 2008. It wasn't too far off, with what came to seem like the spirit of things, was it? It seems I just basically got the animal wrong, for the current sad-tragic overall effect? Did you ever read this, Bono/U2? -
(Excerpt from a story I wrote on this same website) -
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
The IDOLS in the Middle of the Desert
"Ban it, ban it, show it hate!" chanted the spiritists in unison. WE are one, WE are one, WE are one. We do NOT NEED truth from God, and we don't want to obey it, just like Satan said. BAN God's truth! Show it hate!"
The hyenas mimicked the people, who were behaving like the hyenas. One hyena had a tattered Bible. He invited other hyenas to rip it apart with him. A human came by to steal a hunk of it, shouting, "We want to rip it apart too, we want to rip it too! Oh ha ha! Ha ha ha!" A hyena panted at him, as if sharing the same "thought."
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