"Jesus wept" is the shortest verse in the Bible,he wept because of his loving nature and mans misery. In modern times he must be crying a river. This morning I was listening to two friends comparing notes over things that happened when their kids were teenagers. Both had run ins with the school over T-shirts,one shirt said "Jesus Farted" (meaning he was human) another shirt said "Pray Naked" (everyone is naked to the Lord). I thought both shirts were innocuous and mentally compared the way kids dress for school nowadays,leaving little to the imagination.
Another statement that was misunderstood was when John Lennon was thought to say "The Beatles are more popular than Jesus" which was taken out of context. The actual quote that was taken from an interview was: "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-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." His quote received little notice in Britain,but in the US (land of religious freedom?) it was reprinted out of context and many radio stations banned Beatles music (thank god they got over that!).
Another somewhat related Jesus item...The British government refused a patent to "Jesus Jeans" because it was morally offensive. The US gave the company the patent,but refused dozens of other patents with Jesus in their company name. I guess it depends on what day of the week it is?
Another statement that was misunderstood was when John Lennon was thought to say "The Beatles are more popular than Jesus" which was taken out of context. The actual quote that was taken from an interview was: "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-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." His quote received little notice in Britain,but in the US (land of religious freedom?) it was reprinted out of context and many radio stations banned Beatles music (thank god they got over that!).
Another somewhat related Jesus item...The British government refused a patent to "Jesus Jeans" because it was morally offensive. The US gave the company the patent,but refused dozens of other patents with Jesus in their company name. I guess it depends on what day of the week it is?
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