[kokanator]

First a bow to her tremendous courage.

The irony of this moment was the song she was about to perform was "I Believe in You". This would have been the most religious song sung that evening by far.

It was brilliant on her part to separate the failed human organization from her beliefs.

This is what happens when you simply shout someone down. You miss the opportunity to better understand them.

Here is the rehearsal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C7tAp5X6Zo

[lucideer]

> The irony of this moment

The thing about Sinéad is that she was, right until the end, a strong believer in one god and if anything more of a critic of the church due to their betrayal of religious/spiritual/moral principles as hierarchical institutions, rather than their promotion of theistic beliefs.

She always considered herself a theologian, she said at the time of the pope: "Why do we need a pope? Christ doesn't need a representative".

She also later said of converting/"reverting" to Islam: "The reason why I like Islam is, I can keep Christianity and Judaism, which are two religions which I loved and studied.."

While her speaking out against the church would have resonated with many atheists and agnostics at the time, and even more with today's less religiously dominated Western society - it certainly resonates with me for this reason - I think her own perspective was a little different.