Church Forgives Lennon

This week reports have been coming in that the Vatican has forgiven John Lennon, which, you know, may have been more appropriate before he died 28 years ago. Lennon’s 1966 remark that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus” was regarded by certain religious folks as "the ultimate blasphemy." Beatles records burned! Sensational headlines ran in the papers! Everyone overreacted! However, "with semi-official Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano using the 40th anniversary of The White Album to expunge Lennon of his sins," it seems all has been forgiven. Well, goddammit, that took long enough didn't it! Their reasoning? “[This was] showing off, bragging by a young English working-class musician who had grown up in the age of Elvis Presley and rock and roll and had enjoyed unexpected success”.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on November 27, 2008 4:00 PM

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tingo

And who's going to forgive the church?

Last I checked, Lennon didn't kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people through the centuries to further their agenda.

thefacts

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MFer

Actually it wasn't bragging. It was the truth. But no religion can handle the truth. Just look at Bombay today.

There's no such thing as Hell. But if there were, Mohamed, Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Abraham and all other prophets and priests would be burning in it.

chris lee

now if we can find someone to forgive the church for it's slavery asentos and nazi collaboration.

Spirit of 76

Lennon's lucky. It took Galileo over 400 years to be forgiven for telling scientific truth. 42 years is a lot quicker. I guess forgiveness is too divine for the church.

nicemarmot

Like Lennon would have given a crap...the Catholic Church needs to go fuck themselves, along with all other organized religions.

aspiringrapper

Like Lennon would give a rat's ass even if he was still alive...

Yet more evidence how backward & behind the times the Catholic church is.

DevoutNYer

Somehow, the image of John Lennon, Elvis, George Harrison, and Pope John Paul II sitting around one of heaven's many nightclubs listening to James Brown when they get the news that John is back in God's good graces, seems about right.

chris lee

"So this is Christmas, what have we done? Another year over, a new one just begun."..The Vatican bank is in cahoots with the same International Banking System that makes wars a profitable inevitability