Seal Sentences Christ to Die...in a Musical
He may have been "Kissed by a Rose" and even had the love of supermodel Heidi Klum, but the Grammy award-winning artist, Seal, is now going one step beyond. He is portraying the Roman leader who sentenced Jesus Christ to die.
During a two-hour live musical performance of "The Passion", Seal will take on the role of Pontius Pilate. Much like Pilate, Seal admits that he finds himself skeptical of religion and "constantly striving to connect with his spirit." He told the Huffington Post that while he may not be a "spiritual person", he does try to "do as much [connecting] as possible, because when I do that, when I feel that I’m connecting with my spirit, I feel more clarity. I feel better positioned to make good decisions.” …show more content…
He said that he has many devout friends and finds religion to be a "wonderful thing". Of his religious friends, he says, "It never ceases to amaze me how solid they are. And not only solid, but solid in times of adversity, and how connected they are as a family. And I attribute that to their religious faith.”
Part of Seal's skepticism comes from the many negative ways that religion is used to promote agendas. “It’s when it’s misused as a form of control and people sort of take it to extremes and bastardize religion, that’s when it kind of gets out of control and that is probably why you are seeing a shifting in the landscape of non-believers," he said.
According to NPR, Seal was raised in a religious Church of England school when he was young and his parents were religious but not overly so. He believes that God is a divine energy. "You know, I believe in God, I believe that there is a God. I don't necessarily think he's a grey-haired man with a beard, but I think of God as more of an energy, a divine
He may have been "Kissed by a Rose" and even had the love of supermodel Heidi Klum, but the Grammy award-winning artist, Seal, is now going one step beyond. He is portraying the Roman leader who sentenced Jesus Christ to die.
During a two-hour live musical performance of "The Passion", Seal will take on the role of Pontius Pilate. Much like Pilate, Seal admits that he finds himself skeptical of religion and "constantly striving to connect with his spirit." He told the Huffington Post that while he may not be a "spiritual person", he does try to "do as much [connecting] as possible, because when I do that, when I feel that I’m connecting with my spirit, I feel more clarity. I feel better positioned to make good decisions.” …show more content…
He said that he has many devout friends and finds religion to be a "wonderful thing". Of his religious friends, he says, "It never ceases to amaze me how solid they are. And not only solid, but solid in times of adversity, and how connected they are as a family. And I attribute that to their religious faith.”
Part of Seal's skepticism comes from the many negative ways that religion is used to promote agendas. “It’s when it’s misused as a form of control and people sort of take it to extremes and bastardize religion, that’s when it kind of gets out of control and that is probably why you are seeing a shifting in the landscape of non-believers," he said.
According to NPR, Seal was raised in a religious Church of England school when he was young and his parents were religious but not overly so. He believes that God is a divine energy. "You know, I believe in God, I believe that there is a God. I don't necessarily think he's a grey-haired man with a beard, but I think of God as more of an energy, a divine