Beatles a Christian band? Lennon ‘big fan’ of Jesus
Newly unearthed interview reveals John’s surprising thoughts on faith.
Here’s a tip to any of you crazy Christian “journalists” out there who obviously have to meet really unreasonable deadlines so much that you have to dig up make believe bullshit all the time. Wait… you’re Christian, so that means you’re spouting make believe bullshit anyway, but that’s beside the point. If you’re going to take an old quote from an old interview by an artist and attribute it to their entire career, it might be a good idea to know more about their music catalog than one single song. Let’s just clear this all up by citing John Lennon’s song “God,” written later in his carrer, in 1970:
God is a concept,
By which we can measure,
Our pain,
I’ll say it again,
God is a concept,
By which we can measure,
Our pain,
I don’t believe in magic,
I don’t believe in I-ching,
I don’t believe in bible,
I don’t believe in tarot,
I don’t believe in Hitler,
I don’t believe in Jesus,
I don’t believe in Kennedy,
I don’t believe in Buddha,
I don’t believe in mantra,
I don’t believe in Gita,
I don’t believe in yoga,
I don’t believe in kings,
I don’t believe in Elvis,
I don’t believe in Zimmerman,
I don’t believe in Beatles,
I just believe in me,
Yoko and me,
And that’s reality.
The dream is over,
What can I say?
The dream is over,
Yesterday,
I was dreamweaver,
But now I’m reborn,
I was the walrus,
But now I’m John,
And so dear friends,
You just have to carry on,
The dream is over.
Yeah, so fuck off Worldnet Daily.
I do understand though, why it would be wholly appealing to try and claim the Beatles for Christianity. First, the Beatles, as a secular rock & roll band, probably did more to hurt Christianity than any of the hardcore/death metal folks out there. The ridiculous protests after John’s famous “we’re more popular than Jesus” statement showed the mindless cult of Christianity to be nothing more than scared children that need to burn and destroy everything that they stand against. Secondly, it’s a known fact that Christian music is almost beneath human standards of listening. Specifically, most Christian “Rock & Roll” amounts to watered down, regurgitated riffs, stolen from the secular music world and rearranged, so that it can be pleasant to the ears of god, and pre-teens who haven’t been thoroughly ridiculed enough by their friends who listen to good music.
P.S. - when Christianity is dead and gone, considered a silly, mythical religion… people will still love Helter Skelter!
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