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...culture. In 1966 John Lennon raised an uproar when he boasted, "We're more popular than Jesus Christ now. I don't know which will go first. Rock and roll or Christianity." We can't say either, but the astronomical success of the Beatles is unquestionable. A whole generation...

...author, poet. Plain Tales from the Hills, chapter heading to "Lispeth" (1 888). Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that;...which will go first — rock and roll or Christianity. JOHN LENNON, (1 940-1980) British songwriter, rock musician. Evening Standard (London, March 4, 1966)....

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...Cleave of the London Evening Standard o( his recent readings in theology. adding. "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that:...proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now." Upon a July 29 reprinting of this interview in the American magazine Datebook. a furor swept through...

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...believes at the time. "Christianity will go," he said. "It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're...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...

...morning, I have your answer. JOHN: CHRISTIANITY WILL CO. IT WILL VANISH AND SHRINK. I NEEDN'T ARGUE ABOUT THAT, I'M RIGHT AND I WILL BE PROVED RIGHT. WE'RE...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...

...distinctive and controversial answer: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that. I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now." 37 These claims from outside the discipline raise problems of definition and analysis which need to...

...Evening Standard: "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that. I am right and I will be proved right. We're more popular...first — rock and roll or Christianity. Jesus was alright, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me." The...