I'm not sure if you realize this but those lines were quoted from a song.
He was making a point poetically about organized religion and obviously
bending the facts.
If your interested the complete song is below.
As for the other statements you made I won't comment on them
as I don't know how factual they are but as far as I know Eric Clapton
has not been with Patie Boyd for many many years.
Ken
Awaiting On You All
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You don't need no love in
You don't need no bed pan
You don't need a horoscope or a microscope
The see the mess that you're in
If you open up your heart
You will know what I mean
We've been polluted so long
Now here's a way for you to get clean
By chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free
The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see
Chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free
The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see
You don't need no passport
And you don't need no visas
You don't need to designate or to emigrate
Before you can see Jesus
If you open up your heart
You'll see he's right there
Always was and will be
He'll relieve you of your cares
By chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free
The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see
Chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free
The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see
You don't need no church house
And you don't need no Temple
You don't need no rosary beads or them books to read
To see that you have fallen
If you open up your heart
You will know what I mean
We've been kept down so long
Someone's thinking that we're all green
And while the Pope owns 51% of General Motors
And the stock exchange is the only thing he's qualified to quote us
The lord is awaiting on you all to awaken and see
By chanting the names of the lord and you'll be free
shane mattison wrote:
> hi randy,
> i checked with at least two top financial analysts about your quoting
> george harrison as stating that the pontiff owns 51% of General Motors. This
> was met with replies as the following:
> <<Any person or company that owns more than 5% of a public company must report
> this fact to the SEC. Therefore, you can check GMs SEC filings
> http://quote.fool.com/sec/sec.asp?currticker=gm&symbols=gm -- but, Ill save
> you the trouble, no one person or institution owns half of GM. That is not
> to say the Catholic Church is not an investor, Im not sure, however, they are
> not listed as a top institutional owner this would indicate that if they are
> shareholders, they own less than .61% of outstanding shares thats a long
> way from half . However, I would be surprised if they did not invest in
> stocks in general. Of course this is just as true for any other large
> religious or non-religious not-for-profit organization.
>
> This is not to say Mr. Harrison did not say it, I don't know that either, but
> just because your famous doesn't mean you know what you are talking about.>>
>
> apparently, i was told, mr. harrison lost a lawsuit over "my sweet Lord" - it
> was not his composition, the judge ruled. mr. harrison also, allegedly
> (according to the claptons), broke the heart of the now wife of eric clapton ,
> george's ex , when he proposed sharing her in a tryst...a proposal he made
> with friends at the dinner table....this is not to suggest that he is some
> terrible person not worthy of kindness or consideration...but given that he
> likes to witness a certain eastern religiosity, he should be more factual when
> he makes statements about those of other religious persuasions...
>
> this is not to deny the heap of corruption in the vatican, especially certain
> disreputable leaders of past and present, the curia, and the vatican bank...i
> think some day soon they will get a blast from the Lord Himself "in His sore
> displeasure" (remember the overthrowing the tables of the money-changers)...
> in my opinion, there are cardinals and bishops who are rogues, to say the
> kindest that can be said about them,...there are also a few among them who are
> very reverential and holy...and there's everything in between...
> it is those few worthy ones that i like to think that joni was asked to play
> for/with...and for whom dylan accepted the invitation...
>
> cheers,
>
> shane
