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It's a few years too late but here's an interview that Mark David Chapman might have been benefitted from hearing--and so would have John Lennnon and his family.
An unheard interview with JOHN LENNON has revealed the late singer believed his group THE BEATLES were a Christian band.
The star famously caused controversy after claiming in 1966 that the Fab Four were "bigger than Jesus" and predicting Christianity would "vanish and shrink".
But in a previously undiscovered 1969 interview with Lennon, aired for the first time on BBC Radio on Sunday (13Jul08), the Imagine singer claims his infamous remark was misunderstood.
And he even hoped his music would encourage people to turn to the Christian faith.
Lennon told a reporter: "It's just an expression meaning the Beatles seem to me to have more influence over youth than Christ.
"Now I wasn't saying that was a good idea, 'cause I'm one of Christ's biggest fans. And if I can turn the focus on the Beatles on to Christ's message, then that's what we're here to do."
(Contact Music.com)
Eleven years after making this claim, John Lennon would be dead from four hollow point .357 magnum bullets fired by Mark David Chapman who claimed he killed the former Beatle in the name of Christ.
And the song that used to make Chapman the angriest? “Imagine.”
Like it or hate it, you know you’re twisted when “Imagine” makes you want to blow your top--and somebody else’s.
Originally posted by jmdewey60
An unheard interview with JOHN LENNON has revealed the late singer believed his group THE BEATLES were a Christian band.
At one time I was so much involved in the religious bull# that I used to go around calling myself a Christian Communist, but as Janov says, religion is legalised madness. It was therapy that stripped away all that and made me feel my own pain.
John Lennon 1971
Originally posted by jmdewey60
Ian said something on the air that he did not put into this post he made.
He said that Lennon, in this interview,said that he was misunderstood, and that it was just a figure of speech, that they were "more popular than Jesus".
Also that he was one of Jesus' biggest fans.
But if it makes you happy to think they were some sort of christian band, that's cool
my mom that told me this which is ironic since she was so anti~john
i doubt john Lennon was killed in the name of christ, but rather in the name of peace (which was also the reason christ was supposedly killed).
Originally posted by jmdewey60
And did certain evil people in government try to feed the idea that Lennon was some kind of anti-Christ?
[edit on 15-7-2008 by jmdewey60]
Originally posted by Oldtimer2
...,the guy was a loser so his cry for attention ...
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.