With Or Without You

I was singing this song by U2 the other day and my friend told me he heard it was actually a song about God. Anyone know/heard anything about Bono writing this song about God?

(ok I already posted this on a different topic but no one replied so sorry if I annoyed anyone)

This was U2's first #1 hit in the US. It was the first U2 single to do better in America than in England.
The lyrics are about relationships, but can be interpreted many ways. They were written by Bono, who wanted to write a love song that dealt with real issues in relationships.
The Edge used a distortion device called an "Infinite Guitar" to create the wail. It was invented by Michael Brook, who The Edge worked with on the soundtrack for The Captive. Brook created the Infinite Guitar by replacing the pickup on a guitar with a magnetic device that vibrates the strings.
This was voted best single of 1987 in a Rolling Stone magazine readers poll.
This won an MTV Viewer's Choice award in 1987.
Bono intended this as part of a trilogy with 2 other songs that did not make the album. At the time, he felt this did not make any sense without the other 2 songs.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.lasso?id=910

Thanks Jacki!