John Lennon — "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm …"
Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with 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 and roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.
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English singer-songwriter, founding Beatle, and peace activist whose 'Imagine' (1971) became a 20th-century anti-war anthem; assassinated in NYC December 8, 1980.
Closely associated with
Paul McCartney (Beatles songwriting partner and lifelong foil) and George Harrison (fellow Beatle).
For an intellectual contrast, see
Richard Nixon, 37th US President — Nixon's 1972-73 administration tried to deport Lennon for his anti-Vietnam-War activism; declassified FBI files later confirmed the political motivation behind the immigration case. The canonical example of state retaliation against a celebrity activist.
Details
Interview with Maureen Cleave, The Evening Standard