John Lennon:

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; 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.

— John Lennon Modern

Beatles, peace activist

Context

Interview with Maureen Cleave, Evening Standard

Date / Period

1966

Source

https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/john-lennon-we-re-more-popular-than-jesus-72…

Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

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