Creed lead singer Scott Stapp recently made headlines after posting comments calling for greater unity and reminding Americans that our constitutional republic is founded on biblical principles.
“The only way change will happen is if we wake up and come together. Focus on what we have in common: life, freedom, love and happiness,” Stapp said during a concert on the band's reunion tour.
“Division is what they want,” he said, “to distract us from holding them accountable.”
Reports say BlazeStapp argued that humans are programmed to be disconnected starting from kindergarten.
“Almost everything we accuse other countries of doing, we do here. Your civil rights are violated every minute of every day! And what do we do about it? We focus on what divides us!” he continued.
“We're keyboard warriors,” Stapp says, “going to entertainment venues, trying to be perfect citizens, buying the latest trends, all to distract ourselves from what's going on right in front of us.”
The speech, which did not mention any political party, was met with thunderous applause and cheers from the audience.
“The only way to make change happen is to wake up and come together. Let's focus on what we have in common: life, liberty, love, happiness. We find our common ground and build from there. And in building that common ground, we begin to hold those in power accountable,” he continued.
“We start reminding our kids what's in the Constitution. We remind our kids what's in the Bill of Rights. We remind our kids that we're a constitutional republic based on the Bible and the word of God, we're not a democracy. Study. Do your homework.”
One version of Stapp's speech Earned The video garnered over 3.1 million views on social media.
According to Church LeadersStapp, 51, was raised Christian, but as Creed rose to fame in the late 1990s and 2000s, he struggled with drugs and alcohol, legal troubles and suicidal thoughts. In 2006, Stapp had a “real epiphany” after he fell 40 feet off a balcony while drunk, was hospitalized and cried out to God for help.
In 2012 he wrote and published a memoir. The Sinner's Creed10 years later, CBN NewsStapp discussed redemption and surrender.
“God [is] “I took this mess I was in, what I'd created, and turned it into a message,” he said at the time. “If my life can be an example of how God can love the unlovable, God can love anyone and everyone, you just have to come.”
Creed's Scott Stapp appears between songs.
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