Who Said That?

Who said that?

"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."

You know the drill.  No google searches!  Leave your guess in the comments section below. 

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Update on Sunday, May 13, 2007 at 06:48PM by Kim Riddlebarger

This is a quote from John Lennon from the The Evening Standard (London, 4 March 1966).  This quip prompted a huge outcry!  Not only did the Beatles have long hair (remember how big a deal that was at the time), they were atheists too!

Comments

[Pierre Benz]

the beatles.

[Ron]

Paul, John, George, & Ringo

[Ivan]

Oh yes, no question,that one was John Lennon.
I recall hearing preachers use this quote again and again as to why the Beatles suddenly split up as a group.

The real Jesus of the Bible is not as well liked as the watered-down, PC Jesus we find today.
Come to think of it, the real Jesus was not too popular in his day either.

Hey, maybe John Lennon was on to something.

[Jim Vellenga]

John Lennon.

[Wayne Rohde]

John "Imagine There's No Heaven" Lennon

[Jordan]

John Lennon

And unfortunately, Ivan, you're right.

[plw]

I wonder what John and George are thinking right now?

[Brian Davilla]

I remember this when I was 9 or 10 years old. It was John Lennon.

[Robin]

I wonder what John and George are thinking right now? plw

SELAH

Robin

[Rev. Bob]

As everyone has pointed out, this was Lennon.

For an interesting read on this, pick up "The Gospel According to the Beatles" by Steve Turner. You get the back story on this whole incident and learn a lot about drug induced religion. Fascinating stuff for Beatles fans to be sure.

[Re4mdmom]

John Lennon

[Ted Tschopp]

The sad truth is that they were just parroting others teachings. I have read statements like the above made by several people that John said were influential to his philosophy.

[zrim]

i like to think lennon was on to something and that the following can easily be a commentary on american evangelicalism:

"there's always something happening and nothing going on; everybody's talking, and no one says a word; strange days indeed."

i think i'll keep my album-stomping boots in the closet a little longer...

zrim

[F.Scottie]

John Lennon.Didn't people start burning their records after people found out that he said this?

[BrianR]

John Lennon

[quinn]

John Lennon

Interesting: Listen to the song "Help" then look at the response to the Beatles in the United States (especially in the Bible belt). Seems Christianity could have done more to help the hurting young musicians, but instead we chose to bash them and write them off. In many ways his comments were a response to the Christianity he had experienced.

["lee n. field"]

(the late) John Lennon

[mholst]

Homer Simpson (inspired no doubt by John Lennon!).

[plw]

Robin, I was thinking about Luke 16........

[plw]

You ought to see what 'Word Pictures' did on a 10 hour show on 'They Sold Their Souls For Rock and Roll'.......It is a real eye opener on how bad things really are. Oh, and yes, the beatles were included in it. www.crosstv.com