John L said bigger than Jesus, not God.
Tim A.
On 21 Apr 2010, at 16:50, Halvard Johnson wrote:
> But, hey, one of the Beatles said they were "more popular
> than God," and that probably stuck in some Canadian craws
> as well.
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> It was the Rolling Stones that were satanic, as I recall.
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> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Douglas Barbour
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>> Well, he isnt necessarily saying theyre new, but he is suggesting
>> that they
>> are unprecedented, & there may be an argument there.
>>
>> On the other hand, I am beginning to wonder if our sense of the
>> growing
>> crazines of USAmericans may not have to do with the extraordinary
>> media
>> publicity theyre getting. There was a story on CBC's SUnday Morning
>> show
>> coming out of the Vatican's 'forgiveness' of he Beatles, in which
>> they
>> played some old interviews with the preacher & some of his young
>> flock min
>> Tennessee (I think) who were burning Beatles LPs because they were
>> 'satanic'
>> & 'unpatriotic' (having apparently made some negative comments
>> about the
>> USA). They sounded crazy too, but I had forgotten, partly because
>> the story
>> was a one day wonder. Now...?
>>
>> Doug
>> On 20-Apr-10, at 7:35 PM, Uche Ogbuji wrote:
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>> Even staying with the quote you picked, I'd say the suggestion that
>> such
>>> phenomena are new, or suddenly imbued with an unprecedented
>>> virulence is
>>> quite exaggerated.
>>>
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>> The secret
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>> I was immediately set upon by two or three
>> critics, who hurled sophistries and
>> maledictions at me that were astonishing
>> in their dimness.
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>> Jorge Luis Borges
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