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the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and hiscommandments are not grievous” (1 John 5:3).U2’s Lifestylee members of U2 live in blatant contradiction to thereality of biblical grace. ey are described in the followingpassages:“ey profess that they know God; but in works they denyhim, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every goodwork reprobate” (Titus 1:16).“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3:5).“For the time will come when they will not endure sounddoctrine; but aer their own lusts shall they heap to themselvesteachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away theirears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables” (2Timothy 4:3-4).“He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not hiscommandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him” (1 John2:4).e lives of the U2 rock stars exemplify their no-rulesphilosophy.In 1992 “Bono was named premier male sexpot” (U2: eRolling Stone Files, p. xxxvi).Of sex, Bono says: “You know, if you tell people that thebest place to have sex is in the safe hands of a lovingrelationship, you may be telling a lie! ere may be otherplaces” (Flanagan, U2 at the End of the World, p. 83).Bill Flanagan, a U2 friend who has traveled extensively withthe group, in his authorized biography describes them asheavy drinkers and constant visitors to bars, brothels, andnightclubs. He says, “If I wanted to I could fill up hundreds ofpages with this sort of three-sheets-to-the-wind [drunken],navel-gazing dialogue between U2 and me” (Flanagan, U2 atthe End of the World, p. 145). Bono admits that he lives “af a i r l y d e c a d e n t k i n d o f s e l fi s h - a r t - o r i e n t e d383