Is Ed......a Christian again? Options

[pizan0]

http://www.stereotruth.net/2009/05/get-to-...ddie-from-live/

See for yourself. Granted, its just an article - but Ed twittered in response to it and said "Beautiful piece!" and seemed excited by it.

Is it strange that I don't want Ed to practice any specific religion? I liked it better when he asked questioned this stuff more (of course, that is a selfish thought). But come to think of it, "Take me on up to Zion" has Old Testament written all over it. At first I took it more as him just experimenting with the idea of "Zion" - a perfect place of comfort. But this article says that he has "devoted himself to God" and compared Live to Creed and Nickelback - God help us all..... (no pun intended)

[Wambangalang]

i guess the reason i had such a strong reaction is because to me live has always been a kind of voice of reason when it comes to spiritual matters. Growing up as a catholic and all of the rites of passage and all the fire and brimstone imagery that comes with it left me a pretty confused frightened teenager, with massive amounts of guilt and anxiety about life, death and beyond. Mental Jewelry was such an eye opener, TC was the angry repressed ego rebelling violently against the system. All of which led me to read extensively into krishnamurti's teachings which blew my mind and helped me shed all (or most) of that hokey conditioning and i always felt that live understood that.

for ed to be a "christian" now, just baffles me. The reason is being a chiristian means you know that jesus christ is your saviour and only hope of redemption, and anything else means eternal burning in the pits of hell. Literally. There is no other way. There are no metaphorical interpretations. There WAS a guy called jesus who died for us and he WAS resurrected in the flesh and rose to the heavens. Its NOT a matter of interpretation. Gotigrz will tell you that. And to me.....thats just shit. To say i must believe something that comes out of a story book and devote myself to it is absurd. There's no way to prove it.

Live always encouraged a different approach to spirituality and that truth is available to everyone through the power of love. But now it would seem ed believes that jesus and his dad sit up in the clouds and cry when you masterbate. We've been shafted.