Vatican Forgives Lennon For Jesus Comment Message Board and Comments

Well I have to agree that the Church was right to forgive him. At the end of the day he said what he said and it was wrong, not just taken up wrongly. I have to agree with what he said about the disciples though, they seemed an unusually thick bunch to me. But then again seeing what they saw maybe they had to be thick so as not to be frightened by it. Incidentally I hear the Church are very supportive of the attached ideas, .. google the words Shell Sinclair Boffin and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky!"... I wonder why? And I wonder why they have just approved "Come Lord Jesus" in their newspaper last week. Who knows maybe he is already here and maybe he allows them to speak for him! Strange times indeed but one thing is for sure the money lenders are even now being thrown from the temple.

i wholeheartedly agree with the comments, but as mr lennon came to his conclusion reading about there own popularity i have come to mine wasnt jesus paraded about and portrayed as a healer and people took to him as an icon,healer etc, perhaps when fans took their sick friends/relatives to the gigs hoping to be touched by them and healed, what difference does it make, and how different is it? jesus the healer icon, lennon/beatles the portrayed healer icons! isnt it the same beliefs jesuses disciples had for him the same as the faith the beatles fans had for them,its how it all starts!! i hope im clear on these points, i never liked the beatles but i love jesus and i have faith in god and the churches!

Wow! thanks vatican. What I'd like to know is what is Lennon being forgiven for? Guess you haven't seen the interview where John explains himself. He never compared them to Jesus or anything. He just said at the time they seemed more popular. More for England then good Christian America. How do you think he got this conclusion? More people,it seemed to him,were attending Beatles concerts than going to church and he only read this and made a conclusion.The mistake he really made was saying his comment off the cuff(like we all do)it's just that his got published oh yeah, a month or two later from when he said it.In my view fans are at fault too. If you look at fan history it will show that many,many silly fans would take their invalids,sick,and mamed, mentally handicapped loved ones to the Beatles to be touched by them as if they could do some sort of miracle healing.This is how crazy it got. Is it any wonder they wanted to stop touring. So who should be forgiven REALLY?..John Lennon or the fans that looked to them as idols? John just said what he said and was taken wrong or out of context. He knew they weren't perfect,just a good little rock n roll band. John had character flaws and the Beatles were not role models by no means. The point I am trying to make is John isn't the only one that needs forgiven in this issue. Maybe fans too. By the way isn't the Vatican only about 40 years to late...That's just me view luv..peace & luv Carljo out

The Vatican -- through its official newspaper -- "forgives" John Lennon for a comment he made "against" Jesus Christ back in 1966. So, sins against Jesus -- Who is God, by the way -- are forgiven (or not) by the Vatican since Jesus ain't around to take care of it Himself, I reckon? Two thoughts come to mind: (1) Jesus already took care of every "whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man" before He left last time (Mat.12:32), and (2) since it's apparently so easy for the Vatican to say "thy sins are forgiven thee" then let's send over some paraplegics/quadriplegics & see some "rise up and walk" action! (Luke 5: 23-25) Suggestion: if we decide to let a lame friend down through the roof, we might wanna think twice about busting out the ceiling at the Sistine Chapel.