Am 11. August 1966 entschuldigt sich John Lennon auf einer Pressekonferenz in Chicago zu Beginn ihrer letzten USA-Tournee für seine falsch verstandene Bemerkung, die Beatles seien bekannter als Jesus.
John Lennons Bemerkungen über die Situation der Religion in einem Interview in der Londoner Zeitung "Evening Standard" waren – aus dem Kontext gerissen – am 29. Juli 1966 im US-Teenager-Magazin "Datebook" abgedruckt worden.
John Lennons tatsächliche Aussagen: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that, I'm right and will be proved right. We're [The Beatles] more popular than Jesus Christ 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."
Auf der US-Pressekonferenz stellt John Lennon klar: "I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ or anti-religion. I was not knocking it. I was not saying we are greater or better…"(Zitat"Flensburger Kalender)
John Lennons Bemerkungen über die Situation der Religion in einem Interview in der Londoner Zeitung "Evening Standard" waren – aus dem Kontext gerissen – am 29. Juli 1966 im US-Teenager-Magazin "Datebook" abgedruckt worden.
John Lennons tatsächliche Aussagen: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that, I'm right and will be proved right. We're [The Beatles] more popular than Jesus Christ 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."
Auf der US-Pressekonferenz stellt John Lennon klar: "I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ or anti-religion. I was not knocking it. I was not saying we are greater or better…"(Zitat"Flensburger Kalender)
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