I know it's a global world, I have over 40 different passport entry stamps in my passport. Much of the world does not practice Christianity. There are other religions too. I don't have to declare John to be right or wrong because the controversy doesn't end today, it goes on. John wore a cross around his neck for how long, five minutes?
@Jake I agree that it is an important book on the Beatles, but this quote concerns two dead people and there is no way of verifying Shotton's claim.
@robert What happens in the western world happens elsewhere ten years later.
@robert According to May Pang, John was informed about George and Maureen's affair, a year or so after the breakup of the Beatles
@robert Time will tell. I guess you have never been in an half empty church. In the western world, Catholic churches are reeling from sex scandals. Christianity hasn't vanished but it is definitely shrinking.
@Eric Gudmunsen Give me absolute proof that Neil Young ascertains in a quote that the "Hank" mentioned in his song can be attributed to Hank Marvin and not by heresay or wish fullfillment.
I should have added in the comment above that Preston's Hey Bro followed Paul's Hey Jude almost a year later.
eddy Let It Be was recorded in January of 1969 while Preston's song was recorded in May 1969. Also Billy wrote a song called Hey Bro which is similar to Hey Jude.