http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22969/bigger-than-jesus http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22969/bigger-than-jesus#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:04:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22969 The Vatican's daily newspaper marked the 40th anniversary of the "The White Album" by dismissing as a "quip" John Lennon's notorious claim that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus Christ.

At the time, the comment by Lennon to a London newspaper in 1966 infuriated Christians, particularly in the United States, some of whom burned Beatles' albums in huge pyres. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22969/bigger-than-jesus/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21760/the-beatles-were-a-christian-band http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21760/the-beatles-were-a-christian-band#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:02:05 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21760 John Lennon famously claimed the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, even predicting that Christianity would "vanish and shrink".

But 28 years after his death, in an interview being broadcast for the first time, he claims that on the contrary, he hoped to encourage people to focus on the Christian faith.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21760/the-beatles-were-a-christian-band/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18571/sinead-o-connor http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18571/sinead-o-connor#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:39:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18571/sinead-o-connor http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18571/sinead-o-connor/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16958/gospel-crunk-hip-hop-in-church http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16958/gospel-crunk-hip-hop-in-church#comments Sat, 30 Dec 2006 19:46:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16958/gospel-crunk-hip-hop-in-church http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16958/gospel-crunk-hip-hop-in-church/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16328/madonna-show-to-go-on-minus-crucifixion-scene http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16328/madonna-show-to-go-on-minus-crucifixion-scene#comments Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:02:57 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16328/madonna-show-to-go-on-minus-crucifixion-scene http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16328/madonna-show-to-go-on-minus-crucifixion-scene/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16051/madonna-confessions-crucifixion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16051/madonna-confessions-crucifixion#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:27:44 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16051/madonna-confessions-crucifixion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16051/madonna-confessions-crucifixion/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15814/barry-mcguire-triumphed-over-a-personal-eve-of-destruction http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15814/barry-mcguire-triumphed-over-a-personal-eve-of-destruction#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15814/barry-mcguire-triumphed-over-a-personal-eve-of-destruction/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15553/madonna-crucified-despite-storm http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15553/madonna-crucified-despite-storm#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15553/madonna-crucified-despite-storm/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15119/andrae-crouch-battled-racism-on-way-to-legacy-in-christian-music http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15119/andrae-crouch-battled-racism-on-way-to-legacy-in-christian-music#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15119/andrae-crouch-battled-racism-on-way-to-legacy-in-christian-music/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14758/madonna-defends-mock-crucifixion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14758/madonna-defends-mock-crucifixion#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/14758/madonna-defends-mock-crucifixion/feed 0