The Vatican Forgives--show us how it is done!

I am back. I just read that the Vatican has forgiven John Lennon for his remark in 1966 that the "Beatles were bigger than Jesus". It was a statement designed to show that at that present time the hype the Beatles were receiving was greater than any hype Jesus was getting. (It was hard to beat Jesus' marketing machine, even back in the mid-1960s).

As I see it, it was a pretty innocuous statement. As he tried to explain, "I said the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. I didn't say we were better than Jesus. I was just saying." John Lennon was merely pointing out that the Beatles were a popculture phenomenon at that moment in time. The only thing "bigger" was probably Jesus and the Catholic Church, via the Vatican, were all over that shit.

Well, it is good to know that a good 42 years after the fact, they can forgive. Funny, an organization that PREACHES the teachings of Jesus, such as "turn the other cheek", took 42 years to forgive a statement that was factually true and really had its value misascribed.

Of course, this official act of forgiveness comes a good 28 years after John Lennon's death, so fat lot of fucking good it does him (or would have done him). Maybe, Mark David Chapman was an assassin sent by the Vatican to exact revenge for the statement. Of course, all the little altar boys diddled by priests since 1966 may be considered as revenge for the statement.

That may be some twisted Vatican logic, but they can do it.

On the same topic (the Vatican), I caught some comedian doing his bit the other night. He was funny. He was going to fuck with the Jews, but there was not much there. They are not everywhere trying to convert people or knocking on your door with religious pamphlets. His best line was about the "Pope being a Nazi". It did not concern him as Nazism lasted all of a decade or so, but the Catholic Church has endured for centuries of violence, killing in the name of Jesus and land, and fucking altar boys. "If you told me that the Nazi was a former Pope, then I would be scared."

Well, now that I have offended the Vatican, I guess I could expect my apology in what, 2050 or so, just in time for the nurse to change my diaper, which assumes that I am not pushing up the daisies before that time (rest assured that if I am, I will have taken out at least one or two you beforehand).

I hope it has been a happy Monday. Ciao!