http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676 How arrogant of the Vatican to forgive Lennon for a comment that was true in most parts of the world.....And who gives a sh-t what the Vatican thinks anyway.....Do they also forgive all their pedophile priests for molesting little boys?????&nbsp;No&nbsp;the Vatican has no ground to stand on when it comes to blasphemy.....Hopefully GOD forgives the Vatican.... Reuters&nbsp; VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a &quot;boast&quot; 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. &quot;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,&quot; Vatican daily Osservatore Romano said. The article, marking the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' &quot;The White Album,&quot; went on to praise the pop band. &quot;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,&quot; it said. Lennon was murdered in New York in 1980. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27857596/?GT1=43001 How arrogant of the Vatican to forgive Lennon for a comment that was true in most parts of the world.....And who gives a sh-t what the Vatican thinks anyway.....Do they also forgive all their pedophile priests for molesting little boys?????&nbsp;No&nbsp;the Vatican has no ground to stand on when it comes to blasphemy.....Hopefully GOD forgives the Vatican.... Reuters&nbsp; VATICAN CITY - The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a &quot;boast&quot; 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. &quot;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,&quot; Vatican daily Osservatore Romano said. The article, marking the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' &quot;The White Album,&quot; went on to praise the pop band. &quot;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,&quot; it said. Lennon was murdered in New York in 1980. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27857596/?GT1=43001 en-us Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:15:56 PST <p>Makes you wonder who had a better chance of gaining entrance into the pearly gates, the non believing, peace loving Lennon, or the 'infallable&quot; Pope Alexander. I got my money on the mop haired boy.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344833 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344833 <p>Makes you wonder who had a better chance of gaining entrance into the pearly gates, the non believing, peace loving Lennon, or the 'infallable&quot; Pope Alexander. I got my money on the mop haired boy.</p> <p>Too late!&nbsp; Lennon died about 30 years ago.</p> <p>And the only thing that could make The Beatles seem less cool is an endorsement from The Vatican.&nbsp; Yuck.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344860 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344860 <p>Too late!&nbsp; Lennon died about 30 years ago.</p> <p>And the only thing that could make The Beatles seem less cool is an endorsement from The Vatican.&nbsp; Yuck.</p> <p>Well, I did say who &quot;<em>had</em> a better chance&quot; Cat. LOL</p> <p>Alexander's been dead for 264 years!&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344871 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344871 <p>Well, I did say who &quot;<em>had</em> a better chance&quot; Cat. LOL</p> <p>Alexander's been dead for 264 years!&nbsp;</p> <p>What John actually said was this...</p> <p><em><strong>&quot;Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I do not know what will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity...We're more popular than&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000">Jesus</span> now.&quot;</strong></em></p> <p>In 1966 that was a fact... he didn't say they were &quot;more important than&quot;... or &quot;greater than&quot;... he said &quot;more popular than&quot;... and that my friends was so true in 1966.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344881 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344881 <p>What John actually said was this...</p> <p><em><strong>&quot;Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I do not know what will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity...We're more popular than&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000">Jesus</span> now.&quot;</strong></em></p> <p>In 1966 that was a fact... he didn't say they were &quot;more important than&quot;... or &quot;greater than&quot;... he said &quot;more popular than&quot;... and that my friends was so true in 1966.</p> <p>PUKE are you guys bored or what?? suns been out all weekend..and you sit around posting this crap..who cares that you dont care??&nbsp;another lame attempt to trash christianity by the local atheists..</p> <p>First of all....why would you want to drag John through something he aplogized for years ago by bringing this ignorant (EDIT) up..?? It doesnt matter if they forgave him..God did...</p> <p>show some respect....Let him rest in PEACE...</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344901 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344901 <p>PUKE are you guys bored or what?? suns been out all weekend..and you sit around posting this crap..who cares that you dont care??&nbsp;another lame attempt to trash christianity by the local atheists..</p> <p>First of all....why would you want to drag John through something he aplogized for years ago by bringing this ignorant (EDIT) up..?? It doesnt matter if they forgave him..God did...</p> <p>show some respect....Let him rest in PEACE...</p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size: larger">Anti&nbsp; -- Thank you for the little zippermouth man.&nbsp; He's on my shoulder right now.&nbsp; : )</span></span></p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344908 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344908 <p></p> <p><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size: larger">Anti&nbsp; -- Thank you for the little zippermouth man.&nbsp; He's on my shoulder right now.&nbsp; : )</span></span></p> <p>Well Sioux, <em>you </em>found the time to post. ;)</p> <p>Actually I played golf twice, went to a football game a hundred miles away, went Christmas shopping, visited my 82 year old mom, and still had time to crack wise on the blog.</p> <p>You think it's that I'm a terrific multi-tasker, or has my wife been slippin' meth into my cereal?</p> <p>BTW I think a lot of atheists DO turn non belief into a religion. But I do find it amusing that an organization with such a sordid past as the Catholic Church wants to forgive a guy whose whole mantra was Peace. Next thing you know they'll be forgiving Ghandi for not being a Christian.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344950 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344950 <p>Well Sioux, <em>you </em>found the time to post. ;)</p> <p>Actually I played golf twice, went to a football game a hundred miles away, went Christmas shopping, visited my 82 year old mom, and still had time to crack wise on the blog.</p> <p>You think it's that I'm a terrific multi-tasker, or has my wife been slippin' meth into my cereal?</p> <p>BTW I think a lot of atheists DO turn non belief into a religion. But I do find it amusing that an organization with such a sordid past as the Catholic Church wants to forgive a guy whose whole mantra was Peace. Next thing you know they'll be forgiving Ghandi for not being a Christian.</p> <p>Well Anti my post was after the sun went down.... if you care to check the time <span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: small">:P</span></span></p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344954 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344954 <p>Well Anti my post was after the sun went down.... if you care to check the time <span style="color: #ff0000"><span style="font-size: small">:P</span></span></p> <p>Try doing all that stuff during the day in the condition I'm in Sioux. I burn really easily....</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/vampire-power-1.jpg" /></p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344988 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_344988 <p>Try doing all that stuff during the day in the condition I'm in Sioux. I burn really easily....</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/vampire-power-1.jpg" /></p> <p>But I&nbsp;understand Lennon is still on the crap list for &quot;Imagine.&quot;</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_345072 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/gube/37676/#c_345072 <p>But I&nbsp;understand Lennon is still on the crap list for &quot;Imagine.&quot;</p> <br />