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Vatican forgives Lennon for 'more popular than Jesus' remark

telegraph.co.uk — More than 40 years after Christians were infuriated by the Beatles' claim that they were "more popular than Jesus", the Roman Catholic Church has made peace with the Fab Four.

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  • dnasty27, on 11/21/2008, -3/+80Why does it matter?
    Who cares if the church likes you, everyone knows religion is just a ploy...oh wait.
  • aethelberga, on 11/22/2008, -3/+68Well Lennon got in there quicker than some. Galileo had to wait until 1992.
  • Pooley, on 11/22/2008, -0/+45This quote is routinely taken out of context. Lennon was making a comment on the absurdity of The Beatles' fame and popularity. When you consider it that way, it was an entirely reasonable observation.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -4/+34There was nothing to forgive. Once again the Vatican overestimates it's relevancy in the age of reason.
  • sparsely, on 11/22/2008, -1/+31Christians took 40 years to forgive?!
    hahaaaahahahaahahahahahahahahahaaahahaa
  • DickyT83, on 11/22/2008, -4/+26Only the church would forgive someone years after they've already perished.
  • dawgator, on 11/22/2008, -4/+26Lennon's more popular than the Vatican. Give it up Pope!
  • IrishJoe, on 11/21/2008, -0/+21Now Lennon can get out of Purgatory. God's been lobbying the Pope for a long time to do this so to get him into the Rock 'n Roll Heaven band.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -4/+24Wow because the Vatican speaks for God, huh?
  • crkatana, on 11/22/2008, -1/+21what a relief... this was keeping me up at night
  • omnithought, on 11/22/2008, -2/+19Translation: The Vatican auto-fellates itself. "Look how tolerant we are!......long after the fact"
  • sggrissom, on 11/22/2008, -0/+16No, the actual quote.

    Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people.

    He wasn't saying it was an addictive, controlling substance, but rather a relief in this painful world. Opiates stop the pain, but don't fix the cause of it. He was being critical of religion, but not as the quote is generally taken.
  • pintomp3, on 11/22/2008, -0/+16it takes time to turn the other cheek when your head is so big.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -1/+16Yes, all is forgiven.

    - Personal Jesus
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -2/+17Oh Catholic Church, anything to remain relevant.
  • Trollbane, on 11/22/2008, -2/+16Imagine there's no heaven
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -2/+15http://www.google.com/trends?q=the+beatles%2C+jesu ...

    The Beatles vs. Jesus Christ
  • gommle, on 11/22/2008, -3/+16Yes
  • Nettegen, on 11/22/2008, -0/+12I was waiting for someone to mention that often overlooked but crucial little tidbit of information. Too bad it flew waaaaay over people's heads back then and now the Vatican is only perpetuating the myth.
  • secrity, on 11/22/2008, -2/+14Who the ***** cares about what the vatican thinks? I care far more about what the vatican tells its millions of minions to DO.
  • HareMahadeva, on 11/22/2008, -2/+14John's having a laugh tonight. This is like when Tom Snyder had Lennon on the Tomorrow show and was reminiscing about 1964 and the Beatles and their "silly haircuts." And Lennon says, "Yeah, those silly Beatle haircuts -- and you've got one now."
  • asgardshill, on 11/22/2008, -4/+15I'm quite sure that generations of little boys forgive their priests in the Catholic church for buggering them too. Hey, what's a little buttsex between friends?
  • arvvvs, on 11/22/2008, -1/+12Really took them soooo long to 'forgive' somebody who wrote and sang about love and peace.
    Come on the last guy who tried to introduce a new following, and talk about love and peace among hatred, and instability was. was no wait...
    Jesus.
  • inactive, on 11/21/2008, -2/+13Finally.
  • arvvvs, on 11/22/2008, -1/+12Start with not following the words of Jesus, and spreading hate, and intolerance.
  • xaeon, on 11/22/2008, -1/+12You forgot about aiding the escalation of AIDS by refusing to condone contraception, continuing to deny women equal rights, ignoring the widespread paedophilia amongst members of clergy, dissuading women who are unable to cope with a child from abortions with misleading and inaccurate information, etc, etc.
  • ShootTheCore, on 11/21/2008, -3/+14Cool. I still have to say I agree with Lennon's original comments though. There seems to be a lot of Beatles stories recently, with the new McCartney album, grumpy Ringo, the Harmonix game, the Hard Day's Night chord and this mysterious "lost track"...
  • Olfster, on 11/22/2008, -1/+11I have been losing a lot of sleep over this.
  • flashback99, on 11/22/2008, -0/+10Lennon doesn't need validation from a bunch of ***** like the vatican.

    Remember these are the same retards against contraception and loads of other ***** they've kept hauling on the decent public who they think give a *****.
  • Mujokan, on 11/22/2008, -5/+15Jesus who?
  • kelix, on 11/22/2008, -3/+1340 years too late... like their "pardon" for Galileo and Darwin, all to late...
  • wiggles, on 11/22/2008, -0/+8In their defense, they are the world's oldest beaurocracy. They're not very efficient at doing much of anything...

    At least it wasn't 500 years like with Copernicus...
  • cyclades, on 11/22/2008, -0/+9Who gives a ***** what the Catholic Church thinks?
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -0/+9so... you're new to the internet? trolling has come a long way, my friend.
  • mexretroshore, on 11/22/2008, -8/+16***** the Vatican.
  • inactive, on 11/22/2008, -2/+10You are still the vast minority; it was an apology for something that was a non-issue to begin with. The world has changed. There's no room in it anymore for arbitrage of morality by theologians appointed by santa claus.
  • anagoge, on 11/22/2008, -1/+9Reach out and touch faith
  • DubYaSee, on 11/22/2008, -0/+7Tell the Hitler Youth Pope to keep his forgiveness and to imagine a world with no religion.
  • Slade605, on 11/22/2008, -4/+11"Religion is an opiate for the masses." - Karl Marx
  • diggopolous, on 11/22/2008, -1/+8Mother Superior Jump the Gun! I never thought this would happen
  • westtexas357, on 11/22/2008, -0/+7Let it be
  • sexybobo, on 11/22/2008, -0/+7Lennon meant they were more popular than Jesus which was correct at the time.
  • Llanowar, on 11/22/2008, -0/+7Can you finish the list in your lifetime?
  • iamdak, on 11/22/2008, -3/+9If had any real piety they would've forgiven him immediately.
  • secrity, on 11/22/2008, -0/+6At least they claim to be leaving the kids alone -- but then, they have always claimed that.
  • hlehmann, on 11/22/2008, -2/+8Who gives a rats ass what any church thinks. Sorry Ratso, your ideals are your own; I can live my life without the opinions of you and your pedophile underlings.
  • doublefelix, on 11/22/2008, -2/+840 years to the Roman Catholic Church is like 7 days to you or me.
  • areyouserious, on 11/22/2008, -1/+7All for a profit.
  • asgardshill, on 11/22/2008, -1/+7Because "Hold muh beer and watch THIS" just sounds so cool.
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