Am aflat recent ca printre evrei cine se numeste Cohen este din vechea casta a preotilor, a cohanimilor.

Numele acesta imi rezoneaza in minte cu ceva acorduri muzicale…asa ca am dat drumul la ceva muzica din ultimul sau concert live(Londra) si am recitit ce spune muzicianul canadian despre crestinism:

“Interviewers: Has the Christian mythos been a creative force for you?

Cohen: I love Christ. I see Christianity as the world historic mission of certain ideas that the Jews developed. Christianity is a mighty movement, and that is the way those ideas penetrated the world. Christianity is the missionary arm of Judaism. As Maimonides said, “We’re all working for the world to come.”(sursa)

Publicatia Canoe prezinta cateva “chat-scripts” ale cantautorului si printre ele se poate citi una referitoare la crestinism:

“Leonard Cohen: Dear Seth, I don’t really have a ‘take on the state of Christianity.’ But when I read your question, this answer came to mind: As I understand it, into the heart of every Christian, Christ comes, and Christ goes. When, by his Grace, the landscape of the heart becomes vast and deep and limitless, then Christ makes His abode in that graceful heart, and His Will prevails. The experience is recognized as Peace. In the absence of this experience much activity arises, divisions of ever sort. Outside of the organizational enterprise, which some applaud and some mistrust, stands the figure of Jesus, nailed to a human predicament, summoning the heart to comprehend its own suffering by dissolving itself in a radical confession of hospitality.”

Sigur, mentionarea unor cuvinte, expresii si ganduri cu privire la Christos si crestinism nu dau pieselor sale o aura crestina. Numai ca uneori cei aflati in afara unui “fenomen” prind mai bine esenta unor stari/lucruri decat cei care se afla inlauntru…

deci pana la urma intelege cineva ce zice el…?