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Post by Trey_Vore on Nov 23, 2008 3:47:55 GMT -5
I just read this on Yahoo! Music news: Vatican forgives John Lennon for Jesus remark 11/22/2008 3:00 PM, Reuters VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a young man grappling with sudden fame. The comment by Lennon to a London newspaper in 1966 infuriated Christians, particularly in the United States, some of whom burned Beatles' albums in huge pyres. But time apparently heals all wounds. "The remark by John Lennon, which triggered deep indignation mainly in the United States, after many years sounds only like a 'boast' by a young working-class Englishman faced with unexpected success, after growing up in the legend of Elvis and rock and roll," Vatican daily Osservatore Romano said. The article, marking the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' The White Album, went on to praise the pop band. "The fact remains that 38 years after breaking up, the songs of the Lennon-McCartney brand have shown an extraordinary resistance to the passage of time, becoming a source of inspiration for more than one generation of pop musicians," it said. Lennon was murdered in New York in 1980. (Writing by Deepa Babington; editing by Keith Weir) This is the link to the story: music.yahoo.com/read/news/61898954
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Post by Belchic on Nov 24, 2008 14:55:33 GMT -5
Wow. They're forgiving him just now? That was a bad move of him back then, but I thought all was forgiven years ago.
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Post by Shadow Dearly on Dec 4, 2008 16:06:09 GMT -5
All of the Catholics were shocked when Lennon said that.
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Post by Kit on Dec 21, 2008 16:41:43 GMT -5
They are christians... Can't they just... you know... forgive him? turn the other cheek? What happened to all that?
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