CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:youre blinded by your religion Linda....
yet again....Lennon did not say what you assume he said....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONYVxatB1U4
and yes....there are "fanatics" in the Christian religion just like there are in every religion, and no, I did not say you were a fanatic....!
for example: the KKK are Christian fanatics, are they not?
and no, out of context comments did not "hurt the beatles".....
because from 1966-1970 they still had 11 #1 hits in the US alone( out of fifteen singles releases), that's nearly a 78% #1 strike rate!
and eight studio albums during the same period, seven of which topped the US charts(the other one made it to a lowly #2)
I wouldn't say Lennon's solo career suffered neither, he was probably more popular in the US than just about anywhere between 70-75 when he went into
being a 'house husband'(fulltime father)
infact John Lennon probably bought more people together in the name of love and peace i[U]n the 1970s [/U]than anyone including Jesus Christ....
the churches had an old fashioned regimented way of preaching to people and the youngsters of the day were not interested, Lennon spoke to the people in a simple, direct, modern way that they appreciated/understood and they responded accordingly...
and in the way of speaking simply and direct to the people about love and peace he probably had more in common with Jesus than many of the evangelical tv preachers who line their own nests, get mixed up with drugs, alcohol and hookers...Baker, Swaggart come to mind immediately., and im sure there a are a lot more also.
And thus ends today's sermon boys and girls...........
'The purpose of life is a life of purpose' - Athena Orchard.