Comments on: The Vatican Forgives John Lennon

By: The Definition of Irony « Watching The Defectives

The Definition of Irony « Watching The Defectives — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:24:40 +0000

[...] Vatican Forgives John Lennon [...]

By: Mathew Wilder

Mathew Wilder — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:20:06 +0000

+100 internet points for Wade!

Was it really even a boast? IIR, Lennon was taken out of context regarding that remark.

By: Seth C.

Seth C. — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:08:10 +0000

I think they would just discount it as another heathen saying something crazy…

By: Fails, “Forgiveness” and Time « blueollie

Fails, “Forgiveness” and Time « blueollie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:41:28 +0000

[...] Fails, “Forgiveness” and Time Religious Humor: did you know that The Vatican “forgave” John Lennon for saying that “We (the Beatles) are bigger tha… [...]

By: miller

miller — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:44:20 +0000

If the remark were made today, I wonder if there would have been more indignation or less.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:28:48 +0000

I thought Christians would love the Beatles since when you play “Number Nine Number nine” backwards on the White Album it sounds like “Turn me on dead man”. Very Christian.

Yes, I grew up with turn-tables…

By: theShaggy

theShaggy — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:19:55 +0000

Darwin’s Dagger already said it, kinda, but…

It’s so big of the Vatican Church to decide that the best thing to spend their time doing is forgive a dead man for a comment he never really asked forgiveness for during his life.

Really, that type of forethought and sensitivity, to act as if a man who didn’t really care about what you thought in the first place shows a type of complete benevolence that is not at all like self-righteous arrogance.

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:46:24 +0000

We, the Great and Magnanimous Richard Wade, Having Fallen into Neglect and Disrepute, and Needing to Boost Our Narcissistic Desire to Pretend to Relevance, Hereby Unilaterally and out of the Blue Proclaim that We Forgive the Holy Roman Catholic Church for Annoying a Certain Unnamed and Obscure French Huguenot Baker Who Lived in a Now Non-Existent Village near Dijon in 1562, Having Unkindly Given him a Series of Migraine Headaches and Generally Making his Life Difficult for a Few Years. We Make this Gracious, Generous and Portentous Gesture of Our Precious and Sought-After Forgiveness Entirely From Our Own Inflated Sense of Self-Importance.

By: Darwin's Dagger

Darwin's Dagger — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:14:17 +0000

Who the fuck asked for forgiveness from the Vatican? But I guess before I get all irate over the arrogance of such presumptions I’ll just follow John’s advice and Let It Be.

By: Herb

Herb — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:50:45 +0000

You’re right Siamang – I was giving too much credit.