I love the Beatles, could they have been wrong??
2007-06-29 21:40:48 · 12 answers · asked by doggie love 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It seems God did step out, but he left physics and consequences to administer, and reason and us. The mentioned persons were are all right, it's just that Nietzxche died of syphilus I think. Even Paul said, "All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable." That's an Eastern thought if I ever heard one so the East is right to a point a way also. We're all right many times, just not all the time, but always from some perspective. You have to say something one way to one person and the opposite to another to make a point and sound contradictory and not necessarily be at all. Just thought I would say that. I can read some sense into most of what I hear and yet if I didn'tm ninety five percent of all I hear would sound foolish. The idea is usually to get what they are saying, but who listens that well.
2007-06-29 22:25:31 · answer #1 · answered by hb12 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's all a matter of Opinion. Mine is that the Beatles were correct. God is alive and well. John Lennon's statement was taken out of Context. His Point was that he didn't think that the Beatles were deserving of all the Fame that they had achieved, and how sad it was, (and is) that so much Fame, and what amounts to Worship is given to entertainers. When their Plane landed in New York in 1964, they thought that there was a reception for the President, or someone equally important. They had no Idea that the massive crowd was there to greet them. They were shocked ! John's Statement was that it was really a shame that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus. The Fans could probably recite the Lyrics to Beatles Music far more easily than the 10 Commandments, and this was to them a sad situation. How would You handle the sudden Fame that amounted to something that was nearly equal to Worship ? Wouldn't You be shocked ? John later apologized for having said the wrong thing, but it was repeated over and over by the Media, long after the Beatles split up. I sometimes wonder if John was murdered because of that Misstatement.
2007-06-30 05:09:14 · answer #2 · answered by gvaporcarb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nietzsche was wrong. Just wrong! Just read anything by him and you'll see. He must not have been a very easy person to be with. He does make some good points, but if you believed everything he believed you would probably kill yourself.
There were some Christians centuries ago who believed that God wasn't dead but that he created the universe and then stepped back to let it run by himself. In other words, God wasn't constantly tinkering with the world, intervening in peoples' lives, etc. This was part of a philosophy called Deism, which many of our American founding fathers had. But they didn't believe that God was -dead-. How could God be dead? It's just dumb.
As for the Beatles, John Lennon made some comment that was taken out of context by self-serving Christian ministers who hated rock music to begin with. I don't think any of the Beatles ever thought they were more famous than Jesus. They were very very famous in their day, though.
2007-06-30 04:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Friedrich Nietzsche was born after God was and now he's dead. Christians still refer to God as the Everliving God.
The Beatles were famous 2000 years after Jesus and in 2000 years Jesus will be more famous than the Beatles. Jesus's popularity lasted longer either way.
Apparently both were wrong.
2007-06-30 04:48:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Contrary to popular belief, Nietzsche did not say that God was dead. It was one particular character in one of his books that said that it appeared that God was dead.
Nietzsche, never said nor believed that God was dead. He has been said to be the first Existentialist and at the same time he was a total skeptic. He questioned even whether there had ever been a God.
His search for a valid answer (which he never found) eventually led him to having a nervous breakdown and died insane.
It was John Lennon of the Beatles who made that statement. And he himself never at anytime said that Jesus was not real. In fact, in his own way Lennon was a very religious person. What he meant by the statement was just what he said. He thought that people believed that more people like the Beatles than did Jesus. He used one example which was that church attendence in England and France had dropped to new lows. It has said that most people (which is true) went to church only three times in their life--for christening, for marriage, and on death.
As you can see this is what happens when people misuse quotations to promote their own agenda.
2007-06-30 11:11:36 · answer #5 · answered by scotishbob 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Beatles meant that they were bigger than Jesus, with a surprised, shocked, an slightly dismayed sort of reaction, not arrogant like it was assumed. They simply meant that they were so famous they didn't know what to think.
2007-06-30 05:38:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were both so very wrong... Not many know the beatles in Africa, Asia and other places but the Bible was translated and is present in all the continents... God is alive and Jesus is alive...
2007-06-30 05:13:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What John said was taken out of context!
Nietzsche was a man whose philosophy was an opinion like all others are! No more, no less!
I do like his expression , though! "That which does not kill me ,makes me stronger'1 Way cool !
2007-06-30 08:35:00 · answer #8 · answered by jaded 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the beatles was correct but they should have not said that..instead they've been an instrument for jesus christ.
2007-06-30 05:31:18 · answer #9 · answered by Flux 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nietzsche is dead.
2007-06-30 08:53:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋