Boy, October and War are the proof
I threw a brick through a window = repentance
Surrender, Red Light = classic sermon against worldy evil
40 is a psalm
Drowning Man = salvation
October = hymn of praise
Sunday Bl00dy Sunday = true faith transcends tragic tribalism and injustice - the original version ends "to claim the victory Jesus won"...
New Years' Day is full of allusion towards second coming
It went all vague in Unforgettable Fire, then Joshua Tree was explicit questioning, then Rattle & Hum said "christianity is bollox, let's just be a rock band instead". But the philosophy at the start was pretty much indisputable.
Am I right?
2006-06-16 23:06:12 · 7 answers · asked by wild_eep 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Agreed, Sunday bluddy Sunday is principally about the day when 13 (?) unarmed people were shot dead by paratroopers. But it goes well beyond that and ends with an unmistakable evangelical message. Note I said evangelical, not protestant.
2006-06-16 23:15:40 · update #1
Fair point, Jenny, but I think they started out with the Catholic Charismatics, which was the closest thing to evangelical that Catholics could manage at the time (and had all that speaking in tongues and bad dress sense that goes with it). I gather they drifted away from it, except Clayton who always thought it was crap.
2006-06-17 05:14:33 · update #2
Well you gave me something to ponder. Thank you.
2006-06-16 23:14:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are write and not right, as every body know that you have wasted our time by writing this lengthy text, which has no meaning for the learned persons.
If Drowning Man = salvation, why don't you try this approach?
If October = hymn of praise, what are , January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November and December?
2006-06-17 06:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were not!
They were very Catholic in the beginning, which is completly different from being "born-again evangelical Christian". I know because I was raised Catholic and some of my family are "born again" (which is a total crock) in some crazy, money grubbing religion.
What's your point, anyway?
2006-06-17 06:35:11 · answer #3 · answered by Jenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Er no...
Sunday bloody sunday etc are about the troubles in Northern irealand ... Bloody sunday is when the britist shot a load of irish people at a demo.
2006-06-17 06:13:18 · answer #4 · answered by Joey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are born again Christians, they sure don't act like it!
2006-06-17 06:35:39 · answer #5 · answered by mitch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did not know until quite recently, thanks for publishing it - many eyes have been opened out there i presume.
2006-06-20 01:16:47 · answer #6 · answered by Cool Briz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As if they didn't suck enough already...
2006-06-17 06:11:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋