Bono at the NAACP awards
His message to the church at the end is worth your time.
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Update: I've transcribed some of his passionate speech for you.
“and to those in the church who still sit in judgment on the AIDS emergency let me climb into the pulpit for just one moment. Because whatever thoughts we have about God who he is or even if God exists most will agree, that most will agree that God has a special place for the poor. The poor are where God lives. God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is where the opportunity is lost and lives are shattered. God is with the mother who has infected her child with a virus that will take both their lives. God is under the rubble and the cries we hear during wartime. God my friends is with the poor and God is with us if we are with them. This is not a burden. This is an adventure. And don’t let anyone tell you it can not be done. We can be the generation that ends extreme poverty. Thank you.” - bono
link
Update: I've transcribed some of his passionate speech for you.
“and to those in the church who still sit in judgment on the AIDS emergency let me climb into the pulpit for just one moment. Because whatever thoughts we have about God who he is or even if God exists most will agree, that most will agree that God has a special place for the poor. The poor are where God lives. God is in the slums, in the cardboard boxes where the poor play house. God is where the opportunity is lost and lives are shattered. God is with the mother who has infected her child with a virus that will take both their lives. God is under the rubble and the cries we hear during wartime. God my friends is with the poor and God is with us if we are with them. This is not a burden. This is an adventure. And don’t let anyone tell you it can not be done. We can be the generation that ends extreme poverty. Thank you.” - bono
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