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Lennon's famous quote in criticism of Christianity was in 1966:

Lennon's famous quote in criticism of Christianity was in 1966:

:Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now. I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.

* Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. '''We're more popular than Jesus now'''; I don't know which will go first — rock and roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.  

After Christians worldwide criticized his attitude, quoting him as saying "We are greater than Jesus," Lennon held a press conference on August 11, 1966 in Chicago at which he elaborated:

After Christians worldwide criticized his attitude, quoting him as saying "We are greater than Jesus," Lennon held a press conference on August 11, 1966 in Chicago at which he elaborated:

:I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I was not knocking it. I was not saying we are greater or better.

* I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I wasn't knocking it or putting it down. I was just saying it as a fact and it's true more for England than here. I'm not saying that we're better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is. I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.

 

[[Category:Musicians|Lennon, John]]

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