The Vatican forgives J. Lennon for saying that Beatles are more known than Jesus
By octavian
@octavian (200)
Romania
November 22, 2008 4:04am CST
In March 1966 in an interview John Lennon said that The Beatles are more known / famous than Jesus and that I quote "Christianity will disappear". That started a series of protests and did upset the Church.
After 42 years, the Roman-Catholic Church forgives John Lennon for that statement that caused a series of protests from the Catholics. What do you think about that? As for me, I did not know of such statements until recently browsing on the internet.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
24 Nov 08
i dont see why the hell they are bringing this up AGAIN!! my parents are still mad about that statement and the statement about the titanic and how god couldnt sink it and everything.. i wonder why they felt the NEED to come out with this.. if they were trying to draw attention to the church or what??
now they will just start up more people to get mad about it that like you didnt know about it.. sigh..
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@craftcatcher (3699)
• United States
24 Nov 08
I do remember the comment at the time it happened and the furor over it. I mean he apologized soon afterwards but nobody seems to want to remember the apology. It should have been forgiven and forgotten right there. BUT NOOOOOOO! It got blown so far out of proportion and went straight to absurb. There were boycotts of radio stations and record burnings in parking lots.. it was so stupid. Even as conservative of a Christian as my mother was at the time she didn't even think twice about it after the apology.
The only good side was it only added to the Beatles popularity. Like I said in the post above, wanna become popular?.. tick off the conservative Christians! 
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@craftcatcher (3699)
• United States
23 Nov 08
I remember that, and the ridiculous reaction. It was an off-hand remark made by a whitty smart mouth kid who was exhausted, full of amphetamines and under extraordinarily stressful circumstances. Then reported completely out of context. He did apologized for the comment shortly after he made it. It should have been left alone and should never have been thought of as anything more than it was. But even after his apology it was blown way WAY out of proportion by conservative Christians (not very forgiving of them) which resulted in the Beatles being boosted into a category of popularity that celebrities today could only dream about. Valuable lesson learned, wanna be popular.. tick off the conservative Christians!
Mighty big *sarcasm* of the Vatican to do that when he apologized 42 yrs ago. 
Mighty big *sarcasm* of the Vatican to do that when he apologized 42 yrs ago. 1 person likes this
@adnanezzi (243)
• India
22 Nov 08
throughout history you will find people claiming to be supreme then religion and god. and even some kings claiming to be gods. but where are they now .in just 50 years people are already forgetting who john lennon is that same people for 2000 years have remembered jesus
